This is a good news story on many fronts. Cut down on plastics! Keep the streets cleaner! Cut down on beads hanging in trees! There’s a newcomer in the movement to kick plastic to the curb during Mardi Gras season.
New Orleans Street Heat – Not Equal
No, New Orleans will never be this hot or dry but still at times the same heat seems to be outside as we melt in the humidity. However on the street I live on, closer to St Charles there are
New Orleans Residents above a Landfill – Move us
Local New Orleans residents live above a former land fill and they have been fighting for a long time to be moved. In the summer of 2019, Gordon Plaza residents who live atop the toxic waste of a former landfill
Street Renaming in the Spring. Is our Cause a Lost Cause?
This spring, the street naming decision will be made and our suggestion for Lee Circle does not seem to be in the mix. The debate over renaming 37 streets, parks and public places in New Orleans that currently honor Confederates
Coastal Authority Backs Offshore Revenue Plan
authority A planned U.S. Senate bill to increase the amount of federal offshore oil revenue shared with to Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states, and to set up a similar revenue sharing program for wind energy generated in federal waters,
Third Name for Lee Circle – not Bulbancha Way
A third name was proposed for Lee Circle, not what GNOICC has proposed. The New Orleans City Council Street Renaming Commission settled Wednesday night on its final recommendation for the traffic circle that once hosted a statue of Confederate Gen.
More New Orleans homeowners risk foreclosure than in any other major U.S. city; here’s why
“The New Orleans area has earned an unwelcome financial distinction during the coronavirus pandemic: more homeowners here are at risk of losing their homes due to unpaid mortgages than in any other major American city.” So begins an article in
Folger Coffee Plant tax break request defeated
Spurring a lot of letters and emails to the City Council and with charges that the opponents over stated the benefit of refusing to give this tax break, the New Orleans City Council voted to reject the request by Folger