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Battening Down the Hatches: Protecting Your Windows and Doors
Event Description
“Battening Down the Hatches: Protecting Your Windows and Doors”
Bill Robinson, LSU AgCenter Associate
Held at the Community Center of St. Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St., Arabi
The workshop will help residents understand how to keep the storm winds out of their house to prevent the roof from blowing off. We will discuss storm shutters, which come in several varieties and are fitted to windows as a permanent installation, and storm panels, which are temporarily mounted for the duration of the storm or storm season. This presentation will also provide an overview of pros and cons of different materials available for window protection such as plastic, aluminum, wood, and steel.
To learn more about the Community Center of St. Bernard, visit: http://www.ccstb.org.
Location
Community Center of St. Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St., Arabi
Time(s)
5:30 PM- 6:30 PM
Cost
Free!
Meeting of Pontilly Neighborhood Association
Event Description
Updates from NORA on the Chef Menteur Shopping Moll and plans for the Dwyer Canal. Call the Pontilly Disaster Recovery Center at 286-5850 and ask for Audrey M. Browder, project manager, for additional information.
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Location
SUNO Main Cafeteria
Time(s)
11:00 AM
Cost
Free and open to the public
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Hurricane Tree Preparedness
Join Arborist, Scott Courtright, 10 am at the 2nd Saturday Program on July 11 to learn how to prepare your trees for hurricanes and how trees protect your property in case of high winds. Find out which trees are best for our area and how to care for them.
Plant sales will include tree gator bags, bales of long leaf straw, diatomaceous earth (to save your tender plants from those pesky slugs!) and high summer annuals and perennials
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Baronne and Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon
Cost
FREE
Greater New Orleans Housing Fair
Event Description
The Housing Fair will provide the attendees with valuable information on mortgage financing, pre-purchase counseling, housing insurance, foreclosure prevention, weatherization, and many more topics. Participants will be able to visit exhibitor’s booths for additional homeowners’ information.
The Finance Authority of New Orleans will screen, pre-qualify and provide attendees with information regarding the $65,000 Pathways to Homeownership Program. Potential homebuyers will leave the Fair knowing their credit status and home buying power.
Location
Dillard University
Time(s)
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost
Exhibitors Fee $250.00, Non-profits $100.00, Public – FREE Admission
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Tropical Art Wave!
Join us in a green art show and sale. Local artists will display their “green” artistic designs – photographs, jewelry, paintings and more inside our lovely 1890 shotgun. Joe Baucum, the Palm expert will speak about palms. Palms, cycads, and tropicals will be for sale.
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon – speaker at 10 am
Cost
FREE
Harrison Avenue Marketplace
Event Description
Denise Thornton recognized that it would take more than rebuilt homes to bring her neighbors back to Lakeview. Parallel growth was essential for recovery. Neighborhood services and businesses needed to return as well. Working with Beacon of Hope Resource Center, the non-profit organization she founded after Hurricane Katrina, the way to bring residents and businesses together became clear – host a Marketplace.
August 17, 2007 was the date set for the first Harrison Avenue Marketplace, less than a year after the storm. The site selected was the parking lot of a closed grocery store on the Harrison Avenue business corridor, the heart of Lakeview. Two event planning pros volunteered to help plan the event. Restaurants, businesses, associations, artists, musicians, and friends were recruited to participate.
The only expectation for the Marketplace was the heat, since summer was still lingering and much of Lakeview was still vacant. However, 2,500 attendees arrived to enjoy the food, music, crafts, and most importantly, see and talk to other people. As attendees connected with friends and neighbors, it was the words that echoed throughout the night, “You’re back now!”
As the Marketplace doubled in size, so did our ideas. In October 2007, the Marketplace started themes, such as “Cajun Thanksgiving” in November, “Hearts on Harrison” in February, “Irish Easter” in April, and “Pontchartrain Beach Party” in May.
Today, the Harrison Avenue Marketplace is a cornerstone of the Lakeview community. On the second Wednesday of the month, the Marketplace never fails to draw over 3,000 attendees to the 72 vendors sharing food, art, crafts, resources, and community spirit.
Economic studies of the Harrison Avenue Marketplace by Marketumbrella.org and University of New Orleans show an approximate $3.6 million direct economic impact over two years, helping Lakeview area businesses attain pre-Katrina revenue.
The Marketplace’s success has not gone unnoticed by other communities. This summer, two more Marketplaces will be established in Gentilly and New Orleans East. Our two event planning pros now serve as consultants for all three Marketplaces.
Location
801 Harrison Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124
Time(s)
5-8pm
Cost
Free!
Bywater Awards Night
Event Description
Created and hosted by the Marianites of Holy Cross, this award night honors Bywaterites who have contributed to the community in the year past. Honorees are chosen by nomination. A potluck dinner is also held. For more information please contact Sr. Clarita Bourque, 947-2210.
Location
3500 St Claude Avenue
Time(s)
7pm
Cost
Free
Harrison Avenue Marketplace
Event Description
Denise Thornton recognized that it would take more than rebuilt homes to bring her neighbors back to Lakeview. Parallel growth was essential for recovery. Neighborhood services and businesses needed to return as well. Working with Beacon of Hope Resource Center, the non-profit organization she founded after Hurricane Katrina, the way to bring residents and businesses together became clear – host a Marketplace.
August 17, 2007 was the date set for the first Harrison Avenue Marketplace, less than a year after the storm. The site selected was the parking lot of a closed grocery store on the Harrison Avenue business corridor, the heart of Lakeview. Two event planning pros volunteered to help plan the event. Restaurants, businesses, associations, artists, musicians, and friends were recruited to participate.
The only expectation for the Marketplace was the heat, since summer was still lingering and much of Lakeview was still vacant. However, 2,500 attendees arrived to enjoy the food, music, crafts, and most importantly, see and talk to other people. As attendees connected with friends and neighbors, it was the words that echoed throughout the night, “You’re back now!”
As the Marketplace doubled in size, so did our ideas. In October 2007, the Marketplace started themes, such as “Cajun Thanksgiving” in November, “Hearts on Harrison” in February, “Irish Easter” in April, and “Pontchartrain Beach Party” in May.
Today, the Harrison Avenue Marketplace is a cornerstone of the Lakeview community. On the second Wednesday of the month, the Marketplace never fails to draw over 3,000 attendees to the 72 vendors sharing food, art, crafts, resources, and community spirit.
Economic studies of the Harrison Avenue Marketplace by Marketumbrella.org and University of New Orleans show an approximate $3.6 million direct economic impact over two years, helping Lakeview area businesses attain pre-Katrina revenue.
The Marketplace’s success has not gone unnoticed by other communities. This summer, two more Marketplaces will be established in Gentilly and New Orleans East. Our two event planning pros now serve as consultants for all three Marketplaces.
Location
801 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70124
Time(s)
5-8pm
Cost
Free!
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Vegetable Gardening
Learn to prepare your garden for a lush fall season. Community Gardener Phillip Soulet will take you through the steps to rejuvenating your garden for high production. Veggies, herbs, and fall annuals will be for sale.
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon – speaker at 10 am
Cost
FREE
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October Build - Weekend 1
Event Description
Sign up your company, organization, or group of friends to volunteer in this year’s October Build, an annual blitz of home repair on the houses of low income homeowners throughout the city! The October Build has been around since 1988, and is more important now than ever before. Join in on this important and fun volunteer opportunity.
What: Rebuilding Together New Orleans’ Annual October Build Project is a volunteer opportunity exclusively for local organizations, corporations, families and friends to, join hands, pick up a hammer or a paint brush, and make a difference in the lives low income elderly or disabled homeowners.
When: Friday and Saturday, October 2nd, 3rd and 9th, and 10th (with rain dates on the 16th and 17th)
To sign up, contact Rebecca Crenshaw at:
504-636-3383
Fax: 504-636-3072
While there is no volunteer fee for this event, RTNO welcomes pledges or in-kind donations to utilize in all stages of the rebuilding process. Pledges of any amount are welcome and are used to cover materials, safety equipment, and overhead costs. Valuable in-kind donations include paint supplies, lumber, tile, flooring, hardware, hand tools and power tools, and safety gear. These items represent our most frequently used supplies, which we constantly replenish throughout the year to complete rebuilding projects.
Now is the time to roll up your sleeves and help your neighbors!
*To be included as a project sponsor in media outlets and t-shirts, please return this form by July 31st, 2009
Location
New Orleans
Time(s)
8:00am-4:00pm
Cost
Free
October Build - Weekend 2
Event Description
Sign up your company, organization, or group of friends to volunteer in this year’s October Build, an annual blitz of home repair on the houses of low income homeowners throughout the city! The October Build has been around since 1988, and is more important now than ever before. Join in on this important and fun volunteer opportunity.
What: Rebuilding Together New Orleans’ Annual October Build Project is a volunteer opportunity exclusively for local organizations, corporations, families and friends to, join hands, pick up a hammer or a paint brush, and make a difference in the lives low income elderly or disabled homeowners.
When: Friday and Saturday, October 2nd, 3rd and 9th, and 10th (with rain dates on the 16th and 17th)
To sign up, contact Rebecca Crenshaw at:
504-636-3383
Fax: 504-636-3072
While there is no volunteer fee for this event, RTNO welcomes pledges or in-kind donations to utilize in all stages of the rebuilding process. Pledges of any amount are welcome and are used to cover materials, safety equipment, and overhead costs. Valuable in-kind donations include paint supplies, lumber, tile, flooring, hardware, hand tools and power tools, and safety gear. These items represent our most frequently used supplies, which we constantly replenish throughout the year to complete rebuilding projects.
Now is the time to roll up your sleeves and help your neighbors!
*To be included as a project sponsor in media outlets and t-shirts, please return this form by July 31st, 2009
Location
New Orleans
Time(s)
8:00am-4:00pm
Cost
Free
Gentilly Fest 2009 "Back from the Breach" (www.gentillyfest.org)
Event Description
Two days to celebrate our 22 unique Gentilly neighborhoods (arts, food, culture). Live musicians, arts and crafts of local artists, food from local restaurants and chefs, recovery/rebuilding info, children’s activities. 80% of funds raised will benefit our first-responders for facility improvement at police and fire stations.
So take a break from “hurricane recovery/rebuilding” and join us. It wil be good for your soul and for our first-responders!!! See you there!!!
Location
TBA
Time(s)
11:00AM-7:00PM
Cost
Free
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Wildlife Winter Haven
Charlotte Seidenberg will talk about native plants and trees that foster wildlife during winter months. National Wildlife Backyard Habitat information will be available Native plants, berried plants, and trees will be for sale.
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon – speaker at 10 am
Cost
FREE
Parkway Partners Feast with the Stars
Event Description
Our annual fund raising jazz brunch, Feast with the Stars, features fabulous food from local restaurants and hotels, a huge silent auction, champage and New Orleans jazz! Gather a group of your friends and come have a good time! Your financial support will help us to ReLeaf New Orleans. Tickets are on sale now at 504-620-2224 or on our web site at wwwParkwayPartnersNOLA.org
Location
Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave.
Time(s)
11:30 am until 2 pm
Cost
tickets $75.00 and up
Harrison Avenue Marketplace
Event Description
Denise Thornton recognized that it would take more than rebuilt homes to bring her neighbors back to Lakeview. Parallel growth was essential for recovery. Neighborhood services and businesses needed to return as well. Working with Beacon of Hope Resource Center, the non-profit organization she founded after Hurricane Katrina, the way to bring residents and businesses together became clear – host a Marketplace.
August 17, 2007 was the date set for the first Harrison Avenue Marketplace, less than a year after the storm. The site selected was the parking lot of a closed grocery store on the Harrison Avenue business corridor, the heart of Lakeview. Two event planning pros volunteered to help plan the event. Restaurants, businesses, associations, artists, musicians, and friends were recruited to participate.
The only expectation for the Marketplace was the heat, since summer was still lingering and much of Lakeview was still vacant. However, 2,500 attendees arrived to enjoy the food, music, crafts, and most importantly, see and talk to other people. As attendees connected with friends and neighbors, it was the words that echoed throughout the night, “You’re back now!”
As the Marketplace doubled in size, so did our ideas. In October 2007, the Marketplace started themes, such as “Cajun Thanksgiving” in November, “Hearts on Harrison” in February, “Irish Easter” in April, and “Pontchartrain Beach Party” in May.
Today, the Harrison Avenue Marketplace is a cornerstone of the Lakeview community. On the second Wednesday of the month, the Marketplace never fails to draw over 3,000 attendees to the 72 vendors sharing food, art, crafts, resources, and community spirit.
Economic studies of the Harrison Avenue Marketplace by Marketumbrella.org and University of New Orleans show an approximate $3.6 million direct economic impact over two years, helping Lakeview area businesses attain pre-Katrina revenue.
The Marketplace’s success has not gone unnoticed by other communities. This summer, two more Marketplaces will be established in Gentilly and New Orleans East. Our two event planning pros now serve as consultants for all three Marketplaces.
Location
801 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70124
Time(s)
5-8pm
Cost
Free!
Mirliton Festival
Event Description
Celebrating our cherished mirliton and our neighborhood, we will provide a full day of music, food, beverages, arts and crafts, children’s entertainment, and social networking. Lots of fun – meet your neighbors and get to know our neighborhood.
Location
Mickey Markey Park, Royal and Piety Streets
Time(s)
noon – 7pm
Cost
$5; $1 for BNA members
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Citrus & Holiday Decorating
Time to plant pansies. Learn how to botanically decorate your house for the holidays. Pansies, Petunias, Citrus and other trees will be for sale.
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon – speaker at 10 am
Cost
FREE
Parkway Partners Second Saturday Program
Event Description
Poinsettias and Holiday Color
Get holiday gifts and decorative plants. Poinsettias, citrus and other trees will be for sale.
Location
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St. corner of Clio
Time(s)
9 am until noon – speaker at 10 am
Cost
FREE
NPN is funded with help from CPSC
