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May 17th 2013 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
Sculpture Yields Firewood
Sculpture taking shape. Lightning struck tree on Bayou St. John being transformed into local landmark. iPhone photo taken by Charlie Lonodn at 6:15 a.m. on May 14, 2013.
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May 14th 2013 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
Food Trucks to Visit Neighborhoods Tuesdays
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March 14th 2013 Neighborhood Energy Challenge UpdateGlobal Green USA |
Two finalists remain in the NOLA Wise Neighborhood Energy Challenge! 1. Hollygrove Neighbors You can still earn points for either team by having a Home Performance Evaluation (HPE) completed by March 31st. The team with the most HPEs by that date will win $5000 from Global Green to put towards the neighborhood’s proposed greening project! Proposed Greening Projects The competition is tight! *Make sure to mention what team you are signing up with. You do not need to live within the neighborhood boundaries to earn points for that team. |
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February 27th 2013 NOLA Wise Neighborhood Energy Challenge UpdateGlobal Green USA |
Competition is stiff in the NOLA Wise Neighborhood Energy Challenge! NOLA Wise has challenged neighborhood teams to see who can have the most Home Performance Evaluations (HPE) completed within their boundaries. The winning neighborhood will receive $5000 to put towards a neighborhood greening project. HPEs will be tallied until March 31st, and the winning neighborhood will be announced mid-April. All homeowners who complete a home energy retrofit through the NOLA Wise program, including those located outside of Neighborhood Challenge team boundaries, are eligible for a limited-time-only $750 cash back incentive. Contact NOLA Wise to sign up for a Home Performance Evaluation and learn how your house can start saving energy and money, and help your neighborhood to reach its greening goals! 504-523-WISE (9473), , or http://www.nolawise.org Participating Neighborhood Challenge teams: |
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December 18th 2012 You're Invited: NOLA Wise Neighborhood Energy Challenge!Global Green USA |
Talk about some healthy competition! Your neighborhood can start off 2013 right by competing to become the most NOLA Wise! NOLA Wise is an energy efficiency program available to New Orleans homeowners through a partnership between the Mayor’s office and the nonprofit organization Global Green USA. NOLA Wise Neighborhood Challenge! Applications due Tuesday, January 15th Do you have a corner lot just waiting to become a garden? Would your community center benefit from lower utility bills? Form a neighborhood team and compete with fellow New Orleanians to win $5000 for a community greening project of your choice, courtesy of NOLA Wise! NOLA Wise provides homeowners with the tools they need to improve their homes’ comfort, affordability and efficiency. Step one is to have a home performance evaluation (HPE) to see how the home could upgrade its energy performance. From there, homeowners have the option of working with a NOLA Wise approved and trained green building contractor to complete the energy efficiency work on their homes. NOLA Wise accesses all available incentives to lower the cost of the project, provides access to low interest loans and does the quality control on the work to ensure that it’s done right the first time. The challenge winner is the neighborhood with the most homes to have HPEs completed! Teams will be responsible for promoting NOLA Wise, via volunteer networks, social media, and all available outreach methods, as well as encouraging residents to get an HPE. Neighborhoods will be provided with any NOLA Wise branded marketing materials that are needed, digital or print. In order to register a neighborhood team, please submit a proposal to by Tuesday, January 15th. You will be notified about final proposal acceptance by January 18th, and the collection of HPE’s will occur between January 21st and March 31st. Totals will be calculated and the winners will be announced by April 15th, 2013. Proposals should include, but are not limited to, the following information: Team Information: Description of Outreach Plan Community Project Information http://nolawise.org/events/neighborhoodchallenge |
Filmore Gardens Neighborhood Association
Residents began meeting formally in July 2007 after complaining to city government regarding damage to street lights, parks and streets. (Having suffered the city-wide effects of the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina, this residential area near the Mirabeau breach of the London Canal had been further damaged by disaster relief…
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May nonprofit fundraising workshop: Fundraising Events 101 Thursday, May 23 1:00-3:30pm Ashe Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Details & registration at http://www.thefundingseed.com Learn to create events that… read more
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