Mid-City Neighborhood Organization

The city’s Dept of Sanitation has posted ads in the Times-Picayune about the end of curbside storm debris pickup, since FEMA didn’t extend reimbursement for this.

Therefore, any owner of a small business or residential property being gutted, repaired, or constructed … shall be responsible for the removal and proper disposal of all storm damaged bulky waste and construction and reconstruction debris … No such waste or debris shall be placed curbside. Effective immediately, the city will begin Enforcement Action, including fines for those residents and contractors that do not comply.

The Elysian Field drop off site is open to residents to use through tomorrow (Sept. 30); then the Gentilly & Avondale sites will be available for a fee.

Hot off the press — Whitney Bank is the purchaser of the former Walgreen’s at Jeff Davis & Canal, and have plans to build a new branch there.

They have been in contact with Mid-City Neighborhood Organization’s Zoning Committee, and with Palmyra Area Partners, and are setting a meeting to show their plans. The plans comply with all zoning for the area (meaning they will not have to ask for any waivers or variances). We will likely seek a Design Review Committee (similar to what we’ve done for the Storage facility on Canal & City Park Ave), so keep your eyes peeled for a request sometime in October.

This is exciting news, and will further revitalize this key intersection in Mid-City.

The location was one that the Economic Development Committee suggested to Whitney Bank back in March of this year, when we provided them with repopulation and economic development information for the neighborhood and formally requested that they move forward with reopening a branch.

Good news for Mid-City!

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Originally uploaded by Karen Apricot New Orleans

This weekend, two neighbors are representing Mid-City in Washington DC: Jennifer Weishaupt and Virginia Blanque. The trip is part of an effort by Friends of New Orleans to keep our cause alive in the minds of Congressional lawmakers. In this picture by Karen Gadbois, you can see Virginia is wearing her Mid-City tee shirt.


Update: Here’s another picture by Karen showing Jennifer and Virginia presenting a Mid-City short to Mary Maitlin.

Mid-City Neighborhood Organization would like to thank Capital One for their generous support of the Mid-City library branch.

From the Capital One press release:
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