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June 10, 2025 | From City of New Orleans

The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board to Conduct Adult Mosquito Abatement Tonight

The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTRCB) will conduct spray missions tonight, targeting adult populations of mosquitoes. Treatments will be conducted by truck between the hours of 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., weather permitting, in the following areas:

• Algiers & Tall Timbers/Brechtel bounded by General De Gaulle Drive, the parish line, Behrman Avenue, and the Intracoastal Waterway.

November 7, 2024 | From City of New Orleans

Mayor's Office of Nighttime Economy and Health Department Announce Developing Series of Free Narcan and Stop the Bleed Trainings for Hospitality Workers

The Mayor's Office of Nighttime Economy, in collaboration with the Health Department, is excited to announce a developing series of Narcan and Stop the Bleed trainings to equip hospitality workers with critical, life-saving skills. These free trainings will provide participants with the knowledge to respond effectively to overdose incidents and severe injuries, helping to make the nightlife community safer. To maximize accessibility, trainings will be scheduled in neighborhoods across the city.

October 12, 2015 | From City of New Orleans

Remaining Monthly Rrcycling Drop-Off Dates for 2015

The City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation reminds residents of this year’s remaining Recycling Drop Off Days, every second Saturday at 2829 Elysian Fields Ave., from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

Regularly accepted items include: newspapers, junk mail, phone books, catalogs, office paper, plastics: #1 through #7, small metal cans, cardboard, boxboard (i.e. cereal boxes), and waxboard (i.e. juice boxes).   E-waste* (computers, laptops, cell/telephones, telephone systems, cables, x-Boxes, playstations, Wii, MP3s, DVRs, DVDs, circuit boards, GPS, ink/toner cartridges, digital cameras/picture frames, fax machines, beepers, pagers, stereos, security systems, televisions (limit 4) ), batteries (AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, 6 & 9 volt), light bulbs (incandescent and fluorescent) and tires (limit 4).

Below is the remaining 2015 schedule for the Recycling Drop Off Center.

October 10- Recycling Drop-Off

November 14 - Shred Day- Iron Mountain will securely and confidentially shred up to 50 lbs. of documents at no charge

December 12- Recycling Drop-Off

For more information or to register for the City’s FREE curbside recycling program, please call 311. These services are only available to residents of Orleans Parish.

March 16, 2015 | From City of New Orleans

RoadWork: An Online Tool for Residents to Track Road Construction

 

The City of New Orleans has launched an online application that displays current, completed, and future road construction projects.  Located at roadwork.nola.gov, the website includes coordinated construction projects by the City’s Department of Public Work (DPW), Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Damage Reduction Project (SELA), and Regional Transit Authority (RTA).  Residents can even type in their address to see construction projects scheduled on their block.  The data will be updated on a monthly basis.  

View the full press release.

 

July 22, 2016 | From City of New Orleans

Rosenwald Pool to Open Monday, July 25

The Rosenwald Pool and Pool House at 1120 South Broad Street in the B.W. Cooper neighborhood will open to the public on Monday, August 25, 2016 for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. The pool will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

June 5, 2017 | From City of New Orleans

RSVP for the Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable!

On Saturday, June 24, 2017, the Mayor's Neighborhood Engagement Office (NEO) will host this quarter's Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable. NEO holds these sessions quarterly for neighborhood leaders to talk with City leadership, network across neighborhoods, and learn, discuss, and explore solutions with government officials.  This quarter, we will have presentations from Code Enforcement, the City’s Resilience Office, Homeland Security, and several other City agencies to discuss topics including blight remediation and emergency preparedness. Space is filling up fast, so be sure to register now!

 

June 28, 2016 | From City of New Orleans

Salute to Neighborhood Hero Victor Gordon

It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that Mr. Victor A. Gordon, Sr., longtime civic leader and president of the Pontilly Neighborhood Association, passed away last week. 

Mr. Gordon’s community involvement and commitment spans over 30 years, during which he fervently advocated for improved quality of life at the local, state and national levels. For almost a half a century, he served as the president of the Pontilly Neighborhood Association (Pontchartrain Park & Gentilly Woods), where he was instrumental in post-Katrina recovery efforts.

His passion and commitment to his community certainly shined through his work. Mr. Gordon worked as an educator in the Orleans Parish school system for 35 years and he served on several nonprofit boards, including Neighborhood Partnership Network, Total Action Community, and Committee for a Better New Orleans.

Mr. Gordon was a friend to the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office and during a recent neighborhood spotlight article, Mr. Gordon encouraged other community leaders to represent all members of their respective communities and to collaborate with other neighborhoods to build a stronger and healthier New Orleans. 

Mr. Gordon was tough, but fair. He held everyone accountable, but always offered solutions. Victor Gordon was the epitome of a true community leader. We will miss him.

Friends and family will gather on Thursday, June 30th for the memorial service to commemorate the life of Victor Gordon at 11am at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, 4700 Pineda St. with visitation beginning at 9am. Condolences may be expressed online at www.tharpsontheimerfh.com.

March 31, 2017 | From City of New Orleans

Save the Date: Equity New Orleans Strategy Launch

#EquityNewOrleans will be hosting a Strategy Launch event on April 20, 2017 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. More details to follow. 

March 30, 2015 | From City of New Orleans

Season 8 of Midnight Basketball in Full Swing

Last Saturday, Midnight Basketball completed its 5th week, just past the half way point of Season 8 at Crocker College Prep! 367 players have participated, which is the highest amount through this point of the season that we’ve ever had! In addition, over 150 spectators have come out to observe. 

There have been great speakers each night providing enrichment and mentorship to the young men, including Ameer Baraka (actor and author), Patrick Young (Strive Nola), Blair Boutte (Blair’s Bail Bonds), and Nicholas Holmes (CeaseFire). In addition, resource providers such as Youth Empowerment Project, Nola Dads, Job 1 Summer Employment Program, and Park Place Premier Barber School have connected participants to employment, training, and other services.

Midnight Basketball welcomes more basketball players—men ages 16 and up—to participate in the final weeks of the season. Players can participate in any week, even if they have not played yet this season. The final three weeks are 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18 at Crocker College Prep, 2301 Marengo St.  Registration begins at 7:00pm.

September 28, 2017 | From City of New Orleans

September's Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable

The Neighborhood Engagement Office hosted their quarterly Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable on Saturday, September 23rd in Ochsner Baptist’s Café De Lis. This year’s theme was Sustainable Water Management: Moving Forward with Resilience.

118 leaders from across the City attended this event. Mayor Mitch Landrieu was warmly received by the crowd as he spoke about sustainable water management, alluding to the many successes we’ve had and the challenges that we still have to face together in the years to come. The Mayor set the stage for an informative presentation from Deputy Mayor/Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Resilience Officer Jeff Hebert, who spoke at length about living with and managing water in our unique environment.

Resilience Outreach Manager, Charles Allen III, and Resilience Design Manager, Colleen McHugh, from the Office of Resilience and Sustainability then informed residents about green infrastructure and water management initiatives that are currently underway across the City. Following these presentations, leaders had the opportunity to ask some very pertinent questions on behalf of their communities.

Following the formal event, residents engaged with a range of green infrastructure and water management entities in the form of a resource fair that included: the Office of Resilience and Sustainability, NORA’s Green Infrastructure team, Water Wise, Urban Conservancy, Green Light New Orleans, Waggoner and Ball, and Topobox.

This event was truly a success, as residents left informed and ready to do their part in ensuring that together, we can achieve comprehensive water mitigation solutions across New Orleans.

July 21, 2015 | From City of New Orleans

Sign Up Now for the Katrina 10 Citywide Day of Service

On Saturday, Aug. 29th, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the City of New Orleans, with the support of Walmart, will host the Katrina 10 Citywide Day of Service, one of the most comprehensive and unique service initiatives in the country.  We aim to engage 10,000 volunteers on 100 projects across New Orleans and we need your help.

Volunteer opportunities are open to all ages, abilities, and levels of experience.  View projects across seven regions of the city and sign up to volunteer.

August 23, 2017 | From City of New Orleans

Small Business Administration to Offer Disaster Assistance to Residents Affected by August 5 Flooding

Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will offer low-interest federal disaster loans to Louisiana businesses and residents affected by flooding that occurred August 4-6, including August 5 flooding in New Orleans.

 

Loans are open to businesses of all sizes, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters whose property was damaged or destroyed by the flooding. The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany parishes.

 

Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 23 through Thursday, Sept. 14, SBA representatives will be on hand at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center to answer questions about SBA’s disaster loan program, explain the application process and help each individual complete their application. The center (Mid-City Library, 4140 Canal St. on the second floor in the Long Room) will be open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Fridays. The Center will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 4.

 

For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size, SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic injury assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any property damage.

 

Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property.

 

Applicants can apply online, receive additional disaster assistance information and download applications at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Applicants can also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard‑of‑hearing may call (800) 877-8339. The filing deadline to return applications for property damage is Oct. 23, 2017. The deadline to return economic injury applications is May 22, 2018. ​

 

SBA declared a disaster in response to a request received from Gov. John Bel Edwards on Aug. 17, 2017.