Neighborhood Cares Initiative
Neighborhood Cares Initiative
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Join us at Kingswood Playground on Saturday, April 27th for a community-wide clean-up event! Let's come together to spruce up our beloved playground and make it shine.
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On Saturday, April 20th, the Mayor's Neighborhood Engagement Office (NEO) held the second Neighborhood Cares Initiative Community Day of 2024 in the Hollygrove neighborhood at Conrad Playground. NEO was proud to partner with Keep Louisiana Beautiful and host the event on the first day of “Love The Boot Week”, which runs through April 28th.
Over 75 volunteers spent the morning revitalizing the community, collecting over 120 trash bags and over a dozen bulk items. Additionally volunteers re-painted Conrad playground’s wheelchair ramp railing, basketball court columns, park clubhouse, and also removed graffiti from the playset. The day was truly an occasion of collaboration, as NEO also collaborated with the Hollygrove Neighborhood Assocation to paint recently built planter boxes at one of the neighborhood’s several community gardens.
City departments cut over 40 overgrown lots, trimmed over 70 trees, removed 10 dead trees, filled potholes, cleaned catch basins, and cleared dumping sites throughout the neighborhood. At the community resource fair, 21 city agencies and nonprofits engaged residents and provided them with useful information. Delicious free food, free snowballs, and music were enjoyed by residents. Youth were able to jump around in a spacewalk and choose from a number of screens to play the latest video games. Additionally, the New Orleans Public Library handed out children’s books, Thrive New Orleans gave away dozens of articles of brand-new clothing, Giving Hope NOLA passed out 100 bags of free groceries, and The Inner Pup provided numerous supplies for pets and pet owners, such as food and bedding.
The Neighborhood Engagement Office and Mayor LaToya Cantrell were proud to also partner with District A Councilmember Joe Giarrusso, the Hollygrove Neighbors Association, Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, We Dat's Chicken and Shrimp, Pee Wee's Crabcakes, B Spot, and PJ’s Coffee.