NOLA Today

Sake Made From Louisiana Rice? Introducing Wetlands Sake.

Is canned Sake the next New Orleans to-go drink?

Architecture Firm Seeks Input on Jail Expansion Design

While Sheriff Gusman insists that the jail expansion is necessary to incarcerate mentally ill New Orleanians, critics say the addition of a mental health facility is unnecessary.

Transit

RTA CEO Discusses Future of Transit

Alex Wiggins was part of the keynote panel of the Virtual ThinkTransit conference

Openings

Madame Vic's Brings Music & Art to Elysian Fields

New bar features live performances and art shows

Small Business Program Receives $400k Federal Grant

The New Orleans Business Alliance said the federal government has made a $400,000 investment in a program to help small businesses set up shop in the New Orleans neighborhoods that have been most impacted by the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money from the U.S.

Record-Breaking GiveNOLA Day Raises Over $8 Million

$8.1 million raised for local non-profit organizations

Openings

Libraries to Re-Open to Visitors

Libraries re-open their doors just in time for the summer heat.

Congregation Coffee Roasters Featured on Coffee Podcast

Congregation Coffee owner Eliot Guthrie is interviewed on the Cross Country Coffee Roadshow Podcast.

Capital Projects

Hear Councilmember Cyndi Nguyen's Plan to Revitalize the East

New Orleans City Council District "E" Representative Cyndi Nguyen called into the Kaare Johnson Show to discuss a $3.2 plan to re-open Lincoln Beach "the way it needs to."

Blight

City Cleans Up Old Gentilly Road in New Orleans East

The City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation and Department of Public Works last week partnered to clear illegal dumping from the public right-of-way and ditches on the 8000 and 9000 blocks of Old Gentilly Road. Centered around Earth Day, crews worked from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Public Safety

Canal Street Re-Opens After 18 Month Closure Due to Hard Rock Collapse

Two lanes of vehicular traffic on Canal Street are now open from Burgundy through North Rampart Street. The outside lane (closest to the collapse site) has been converted into a protected pedestrian pathway.

Mitch Landrieu Interviewed on The Tight Rope

Landrieu discusses how his upbringing in the south was centered around building community with his Black neighbors, as opposed to building a "sense of superiority."

Openings

15,000-Crystal Chandelier is Centerpiece at Four Seasons Bar

In addition to champagne, the bar will serve food from a menu created by Alon Shaya.

Education

Enrollment Now Open for Junior Civic Leadership Academy

Courses include The Organization and Vision of City Government, Dollars and Sense: Financing NOLA's Needs, and The Mechanics of City Government

Public Safety

Parking Tickets are Back

Parking Enforcement (Ticket Writing and Towing) is returning to a normal rate of patrol.

Audubon Aquarium and Audubon Zoo Nominated for USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards

Audubon Nature Institute has been nominated in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Award contest for the fifth year in row! Their expert panel selected Audubon Aquarium of the Americas as a contender for Best Aquarium and Audubon Zoo for Best Zoo in the competition. The contest, which USA TODAY launched

Capital Projects

City Partners with SOUL to Plant More Trees

DPW has partnered with SOUL and P&P on planting 66 trees on South Galvez Street., 138 trees on Newton Street, five trees on Royal Street and five on Burgundy Street.

Capital Projects

Pontilly Neighborhood Stormwater Network Complete

The nearly $15.5M Hazard Mitigation Grant-funded project is already reducing flood risk and beautifying green spaces in the Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Woods neighborhoods.

Jobs

60 Lifeguards Needed for NORD Summer Programming

Applicants may visit any of NORD’s four indoor pools for training to meet physical swim test requirements. Salaries begin at $12.57 per hour.

Education

Tulane Economist Gary Hoover Selected for Inaugural Nobel Prize Summit

Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and a leading economist on issues of economic policy and its impact on inequality, is among a group of 40 Nobel Prize laureates and global innovators selected for the inaugural Nobel Prize Summit.

Education

Take Advantage of Spring Weather with New Edition of Walking New Orleans

Each 1-to-2-mile tour (there are 33 total) meanders through a section of Greater New Orleans, looping in architecture, shops, restaurants and attractions, and including a few bites of history along the way.

Arts

Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, and A Studio in the Woods host virtual ‘Uncommon Exchanges’

The Newcomb Art Museum in partnership with the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, A Studio in the Woods and the ByWater Institute at Tulane invite all to attend a virtual version of their interdisciplinary program Uncommon Exchanges at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 21, via Zoom.

Arts

City Supports Utility Box Murals

The City of New Orleans announced an initiative of a community organization named Community Visions Unlimited (CVU), which has recently transformed Louisiana Avenue utility boxes into public art. "As Louisiana Avenue was moving through its SELA project, this was our opportunity once the project was completed to also show some

Public Safety

Mayor Launches Office of Gun Violence Prevention

"This new office will coordinate, fund and evaluate public health gun violence reduction interventions and their outcomes,” said Mayor Cantrell.

Capital Projects

City Announces Publication of the Advanced Broadband and Smart City RFP

The City today announced the publication of the Advanced Broadband and Smart City RFP. With this RFP, the City is seeking proposals to deliver broadband connectivity and a host of Smart City solutions that will improve City services, improve quality of life, promote economic development and bridge the digital divide.