Neighborhood Groups
Desire Street Ministries exists to train and send leaders to revitalize impoverished neighborhoods through spiritual and community development. Everything we do is based on two core values. Our incarnational philosophy of ministry means that the leaders of our replication works choose to live in the neighborhoods we serve, seeking transformation…
Downtown Neighborhoods Improvement Association represents the property owners, renters, people who work, students, businesses and other stakeholders in the area from St. Bernard Avenue, to Ramparts, to Orleans, to Broad Streets. We work to improve the quality of life of our neighborhoods through a focus on educational, economic, and cultural…
We started in 2000, and have annual neighborood clean-ups, we have participated in rebuilding together, prior to Katrina. We are currently working with GCIA to promote a Festival in October as a Fund raiser for NOPD and NOFD. We have annual bake and plant sales for the community. We would…
The Entergy Innovation Center is a creative hub, business incubator, and community resource center focused on arts entrepreneurship. By combining affordable office, retail and community meeting spaces with technology access and targeted outreach and programming, the EIC seeks to empower business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs, professional artists, and community members to…
History: The original corporation, Esplanade Civic Association, Inc., was incorporated on October 5, 1972. On January 2, 1996, we did a successor corporation, Esplanade Ridge Civic Association, which, since the HDLC recognized Treme as a historic district, has been doing business as the Esplanade Ridge/Treme Civic Association. We have approximately…
Our neighborhood has a flourishing Community Garden. Recently a group of neighbors secured funds for a new play equipment for the play area at Lyons Center. We are in the process of becoming a neighborhood watch area in order to reduce crime. We also have started contacting negligent landlords to…
We are a collection of property owners and residents joining together for better quality of life purposes and to encourage sustainable development in the area bounded by Simon Bolivar and St. Charles Ave. and from Calliope to Jackson Ave.
We began in 1998. We have twice completed the series of Neighborhood Watch meetings. The PRC bought and renovated the entire 600 block of General Taylor. We have had successful neighborhood cleanups. We have participate in Rebuilding Together in past years and painted a needy person’s home. Goal – To…