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...
City Government / community meetings / Events / Good Works / Health and Wellness / Sustainability
by Tyree Worthy · Published January 17, 2020
The St. Anthony Green Streets team will host a Health and Wellness Week promoting personal health, community resilience, and environmental stewardship. Resilient NOLA, The Water Collaborative, Arts Council New Orleans, LifeCity, and other organizations are partnering on this week of...
In an effort to learn why more neighbors aren’t joining the organization, the Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Improvement Association conducted a survey for members and non-members last August. GT&GIA hosted their first meeting of the year last Thursday (Jan. 8),...
The first meeting of 2020 for Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Improvement Association is tonight (Jan. 8) at 6:30 p.m. at the Audubon Gentilly School (4720 Painters St.). This meeting will include an end-of-year review and past accomplishments, as well as...
City Government / community meetings / flood protection and drainage
by Gentilly Messenger · Published December 2, 2019
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the team behind the St. Anthony Green Streets project will host a community dinner at Bastion’s Wellness Center. At the dinner, the team will go over the current (60 percent) designs for their project, which will...
Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Improvement Association held their annual board elections during their monthly meeting on Nov. 13. Two members were added, and all previous board members returned with the exception of former treasurer Kim Schaefer. She left the board...
