May 20, 2023 | From City of New Orleans
A Neighborhood Cares Day on May 20th, 2023 at Oliver Bush Playground
On Saturday, May 20th, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office (NEO) held the 11th installment of the Neighborhood Cares Initiative at Oliver Bush Playground in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood.
Over 30 volunteers spent the morning cleaning the community and collecting over 50 trash bags and over a dozen bulk items.
City departments replaced several missing stop signs and three leaning signs were reset. In addition, City departments patched over 30 potholes, cleaned over a dozen catch basins, cut over 100 overgrown lots, and cleared dumping throughout the neighborhood.
At the community resource fair, 16 City agencies and nonprofits engaged residents and provided them with useful information. Children’s Hospital and The New Orleans Health Department gave away and registered residents to receive over 50 biometrics gun locks.
THRIVE New Orleans gave away dozens of articles of brand-new clothing. Crescent Care health bus conducted health screenings on site.
There was also a snow-ball stand and a game truck for the community youth to enjoy.