City Government / community meetings / Events / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published February 3, 2023
The City Planning Commission is creating a new land-has invited Gentilly residents to learn about and to help shape the future of their neighborhood. A meeting will be held Monday (Feb. 6) on amendments to the city’s Master Plan that...
Have Your Voice Heard! Police Community Advisory Board Meeting: Tuesday 15th, 6pm at Lakeview Christian Center Contact: 3rdDistrictPCAB@gmail.com
Advertiser's Message / community meetings / crime / Good Works / Social Action
by James Phelps · Published October 11, 2022
A student-led initiative that focuses on decreasing gun violence across the city. The city we all know and love is now the “Murder Capital for the U.S.,” and it’s time that we, as leaders across the city, act quickly to...
Poydras Home’s annual three-part speaker series, Poydras Home Conversations, continues on the evening of Thursday (Aug. 18) with tips for seniors to avoid being the targets of scams. Learn how to spot a scam and avoid being a victim. Seniors...
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The city kicked off its series of budget town halls in City Council District D on Tuesday evening (Aug. 9). Mayor LaToya Cantrell and District D Councilman Eugene Green presided over the event at Beacon Light...
community meetings / neighborhood groups / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published June 14, 2022
By Jackie Galli, Gentilly Messenger Bianka Lebeouf was putting up fliers this weekend with her children for a neighborhood public safety meeting when she heard gunshots. One of the shots she heard resulted in a man’s death. Those gunshots were...
Advertiser's Message / Arts, books, and music / community meetings / Health and Wellness
by James Phelps · Published April 6, 2022
Poydras Home is excited to introduce a new annual three-part speaker series beginning April 14. Poydras Home Conversations will host guest lecturers each spring, summer and fall, representing a wide range of topics. The first free event will be Thursday,...
City Government / community meetings / Land Use & Development
by Tyree Worthy · Published December 16, 2020
Robert E. Lee Blvd., General Early Dr., and Dreux Ave. are Gentilly streets that might find new identities very soon. The City Council Street Renaming Commission (CCSRC)—established to make recommendations for renaming streets, parks, and places in New Orleans that...
Arts, books, and music / community meetings / Events / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development / things to do
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 11, 2020
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The St. Anthony Green Streets Project has begun another series of public events, half a sequence of Zoom meetings and presentations and half a pop-up self-guided tour of the project area. From Sept. 10 to...
community meetings / court / crime / neighborhood groups
by Gentilly Messenger · Published February 13, 2020
By Nicholas Reimann, Gentilly Messenger Across New Orleans, it seems nearly all community meetings have ventured a little off script into a common theme lately — car burglaries, and just what there is to do about them. So it likely...
Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Improvement Association will celebrate both Black History Month and Mardi Gras at its general meeting tonight (Feb. 12). This month’s meeting will include king cake, a mini-parade for the children, and words from Gentilly’s Senator Joe...
The city’s Neighborhood Engagement Office resumes Community Office Hours at the Milne Rec Center (5420 Franklin Ave.) this week. On Tuesday, the Department of Public Works will be on hand for the community’s questions and concerns from 10:30 to 11:30...
