NORA Auction of 2 Mid-City Properties
ABSOLUTE! Sells to Highest Bidder No Minimum! No Reserve! October 27, 2012 – 1:00 p.m. Registration will begin at 11:00am the day of the auction for those intending to bid. The auction is open to the public with no restrictions. Anyone can attend and bid on the properties. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AUCTION CATALOG ABSOLUTE [...]
A Proposed Mid-City Development
At the last neighborhood meeting Mr. William Wright, a local developer shared the plans of a new development in Mid-City. The development will be located in the area behind Rouses all the way to the Bayou. This development will be integrated with the Lafitte Greenway and is being billed as a recreation and entertainment district. [...]
Proposed Sale of Mid-City Fire Station
The former fire house and former NORD facility at 200 N. Alexander in Mid-City will soon be up for auction. The structure, which was never repaired after it was flooded in 2005 has been a blight on the nearby neighborhood. With the new Winn-Dixie development at Carrollton and Bienville, and growing momentum for the Lafitte [...]
Title Clearing Collaborative Project
Volunteers from Louisiana Appleseed and attorneys from Southeast La. Legal Services and The Pro Bono Project are available to to you under their Title Clearing Collaborative Project. The Title Clearing Collaborative, has been working hard for almost one year to help 400 homeowners in Orleans Parish clear title to their property free of charge, enabling residents to [...]
Ground Breaking Tuesday on Mid-City Market
There will be a public ground breaking ceremony Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:30 am near the old Bohn Ford site and the new Mid-City Market Development which will feature Winn-Dixie. To read more, visit the NOLA Article. See you there!
BioDistrict Bill in the News
State Rep. Neil Abramson is introducing a bill that expands tax rebates for professionals who will work in the planned BioDistrict and purchase a blighted or abandoned property anywhere in the city. Mid-City residents don’t see benefit from incentive to fight blight POSTED: 05:05 PM Tuesday, March 6, 2012 BY: Ben Myers, Staff Writer State Rep. [...]
MCNO Formal Position: Support the Mid-City Market
The MCNO Board voted this month to support a one-way traffic crossing at St. Louis Street just above S. Carrollton Ave. This site is currently under design, but in order to sign Winn-Dixie as an anchor, the developers needed a concession from the Neighborhood and the City to create the traffic crossing of the Lafitte [...]
Mid-City’s First Fight the Blight Day!
Mid-City, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, is hosting a Fight the Blight Day. This is a program that was developed by the mayor’s office several City agencies and community volunteers show up to a designated location and identify and rectify neighborhood issues. It will be a day of planting trees, filling in [...]
Upcoming Demolition Hearings
The property owners of the following addresses have requested a demolition permit: Applicant Requests 401 N CARROLLTON AVE (Bohn Ford) 435 N SOLOMON ST 2645 Tulane (just outside our borders – we can weigh in or not) FEMA/City Funded 511 S HENNESSEY ST 2830-32 BANKS ST 4218-20 S CARROLLTON AVE Comments will be [...]
MCNO Formal Position: Demolition Hearing for 227 S. Olympia
MCNO has one property on the agenda – 227 S. Olympia. We strongly OPPOSE this request by the city to tear down a significantly contributing, structurally sound building and ask the committee to DENY it. We are shocked to find this property on the city’s Public Nuisance DEMO list. It has had numerous code judgments [...]
