A host of Gentilly Resilience District events are planned for Saturday (April 17), kicking off what promises to be a more active year for the massive sustainability project. Construction is anticipated to begin on all Gentilly Resilience District projects in 2021,...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / Traffic & Construction
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 13, 2021
The Mayor’s Office announced in its monthly roadwork update that an unprecedented amount of infrastructure work — altogether more than $550 million in roadway and other projects — is currently underway in New Orleans. Mayor LaToya Cantrell also said more...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 9, 2021
The city and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority on Thursday (April 8) announced a major milestone of completing 100 projects in the Community Adaptation Program. The program helps Gentilly homeowners retrofit their properties to better manage stormwater by installing green...
Events / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 19, 2021 · Last modified April 1, 2021
On Monday (March 22) at noon, local nonprofit organization Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL) will launch its Reforesting Pontchartrain Park campaign at a home located at 4000 Prentiss Ave. Three trees will be planted at this home to symbolize the...
City Government / Environment & Coast Preservation / Featured / flood protection and drainage / Parks & Recreation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published February 26, 2021 · Last modified March 12, 2021
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger A 27-acre woodland that borders Dillard’s campus is set to be transformed into a wetland park. Plans from the initial design phase include trails, a playground, an outdoor classroom and areas for ecological research. On...
City Government / Events / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development
by Katherine Hart · Published February 3, 2021
The city plans to reallocate some of the federal dollars flowing into the Gentilly Resilience District. The money would affect an array of green developments, including the Blue and Green Corridors, Dillard Wetlands, Mirabeau Water Gardens, St. Anthony Green Streets...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / transportation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published February 2, 2021
The Mayor’s Office issued the following updates on current roadwork projects. Roadway construction continues in historic Pontchartrain Park Hard Rock Construction Co. crews continue to install new and improved waterline systems to replace the more than 70-year-old systems currently in...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / Traffic & Construction
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 22, 2021
City officials and community community leaders broke ground Thursday on the $23 million Bayou St. John, Fairgrounds, 7th Ward Group B roadwork project. Mayor LaToya Cantrell called it her administration’s largest awarded Joint Infrastructure Recovery Response program in terms of...
flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 11, 2021 · Last modified January 14, 2021
Local nonprofit Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, or SOUL, will launch its Reforesting Pontchartrain Park campaign on Friday (Jan. 15). The group plans to plant 700 native trees in historic Pontchartrain Park — one in front of every home. Trees planted during...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published October 26, 2020
The first phase of the Pontilly Neighborhood Stormwater Network project is heading toward completion, and designs for the second phase are in the works, city officials report. Stormwater lots are being connected to the larger drainage system throughout Pontchartrain Park,...
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...
Arts, books, and music / Events / flood protection and drainage / Parks & Recreation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 9, 2020
In March 2019, the Gentilly Resilience District installed viewing boxes throughout the neighborhood for residents to get a glimpse of the developing designs for Gatto and Filmore Playground, Wildair Drive, and Wingate Drive. As the design phase for the projects...
