Bayou Bridges Restoration Project Planning Session - TODAY @ 1:00 pm

Saturday, January 29th at the historic Pitot House (1440 Moss St.)
1:00pm socializing1:30pm meeting
From Faubourg St. John & the Bayou Bridges Restoration Project

A few months ago the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association (FSJNA) formed a committee to focus on repairing and restoring the Dumaine St. and Magnolia (Cabrini) bridges. The committee has made great progress, including securing support and funding from the Regional Planning Commission for a Feasibility Study regarding the Magnolia Bridge.

We are optimistic that we will be able to secure significant funding for this project, but the fact remains that we will still need to raise quite a bit of money on our own. Towards that end we would like to have established a solid fundraising strategy by the time the Feasibility Study is complete, and to get started on that we are convening a planning session:

Saturday, January 29th at the historic Pitot House (1440 Moss St.

1:00pm socializing; 1:30pm meeting)

This will be a targeted, focused planning session, and we ask that if you or your organization would like to take an active role in fundraising for our bridge restoration project. Please come out next Saturday and help us create a successful development plan!

Tulane Mobile Health Unit Coming to Broadmoor Monday

Taking Community Health On the Road

Broadmoor Clinic
Every Monday

8:30am-4:00pm
2021 S. Dupre
(Gloria Dei Lutheran Church parking lot)
We accept Medicaid and Medicare,
though no insurance required for services.
Walk-In Appointments
1. Medication Counseling
2. Adult immunizations
3. Smoking cessation counseling
4. Nutrition education
5. Health screening including:

Blood pressure
Body composition analysis (BMI & Body fat %)
Glucose

For more information, call 504.994.0054

Drink - N - Surf Fashion, Art, and Web Launch Party

Ms. Placed, a New Orleans based line of jewelry and accessories will host a website launch event including a fashion show and reception on February 12, 2011 at 10pm at the Country Club located at 634 Louisa St. in the Bywater New Orleans. This event is free and open to the public.

In an effort to empower their fellow young women living in post-Katrina New Orleans, Ms. Placed founders Allie Siegel and Elli Diaz have created a raw, edgy, and punk-inspired line of jewelry and hair accessories. Using recycled materials such as dominoes, vintage legos, and poker chips boasting original New-Orleans inspired designs, Ms. Placed is thrilled to present their first line at the February 12 launch event.

During the time following Katrina, the displaced Siegel and Diaz turned to creating Ms. Placed as an outlet for the pain and frustration they faced as victims of the hurricane. After years of honing their talents and careful craftsmanship, what has resulted is an undeniably unique and quirky line that represents the new side of New Orleans style.

Through Ms. Placed, Siegel and Diaz hope to create a new niche for handmade gifts outside of what the ever-popular mall stores have to offer. Ms. Placed reflects the individual styles of Siegel and Diaz- what Siegel describes as "dark and sexy, feminine but raw". With undercurrents of rockabilly style and pinup girl grace, Ms. Placed is on the verge of expanding into a brand synonymous with the unique strength and style of New Orleans
women.

For more information on Ms. Placed, visit www.msplaced.com or contact Allie Siegel at alliesiegel@mac.com. For media inquiries, please contact P. Maxwell Ochester at elysianart@gmail.com or (206) 709 9212.


The Country Club in New Orleans is the premier location for multi-media events. It’s versatility as a dinning establishment, local hang-out, swim club, and art venue has been enjoyed by New Orleanians and visitors for over 35 years. www.thecountryclubneworleans.com

For this event, The Country Club will also be featuring photography by Todd Taylor (www.hollarrr.com )and Robert Gouner
( www.goon73.com ), as well as the hip hop stylings of DJ Nate White. We'll have films playing in our champagne room, laptops for logging on and checking out the new Ms. Placed website, and $2.50 well cocktails, domestic beers and champagne.

For the official invite on Facebook please see http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=159347797446605

Councilmember Head District B Update

Most of my constituents are primarily interested in having city government's performance improve. They want to focus on the basics: infrastructure, crime control, nuisance enforcement, and blight reduction. I believe these efforts, which focus on the basics, will have secondary benefits - in addition to improving residents' quality of life - such as business development and growth, and increased property values.

To this end, I am continuing to help the administration move blighted properties to sheriff sales, improve the performance of the Sewerage and Water Board, fund Public Works, and report nuisance bars to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for prosecution.

I recently chaired a Public Works Committee meeting and obtained testimony from the Director of Public Works that the administration will enforce basic parking laws, including towing abandoned vehicles and dangerously parked vehicles (e.g. vehicles blocking others' driveways). You can directly request towing of these vehicles by calling (504) 658-8100.

I also received testimony about the status of streetscape projects in District "B". They are as follows:

- South Claiborne Streetscape: Construction to begin April

2011 (Napoleon Ave. to Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.)

- Broadmoor Streetscape: Construction to begin March

2011 (General Pershing St. to Broad St. to S. Miro St.)

- Oretha Castle Haley Streetscape: Bid and Award phase

in April 2011 (Felicity St. to Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.)

- Freret Streetscape: Construction to begin April 2011

(Napoleon Ave. to Jefferson Ave.)

- Tulane and Jefferson Davis Streetscape: Construction to begin

in May 2011 (Baudin St., Clark St., D'Hemecourt St.)

NBA News

The Hornets are on a nine game winning streak! Please come out

and support the New Orleans Hornets. Attendance at home

games is critical to keeping the Hornets in New Orleans as the

NBA uses attendance records in their decision to relocate or

keep the Hornets in New Orleans.

NORD News

- Taylor playground is undergoing a renovation, and community

participation is planned for Thursday, January 27 beginning at 11

a.m. to help clean up and paint the exterior of the building (click

here for map). For further information, please contact Brooke

Smith at besmith@nola.gov or (504) 658-4943.

- Norwood Thompson Park will be receiving a number of

renovations to its bathroom, basketball courts, seating and

murals. Entergy and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation

are sponsoring the effort to improve the park.

Crime Walk

There will be a crime walk sponsored by the Milan Focus

Group & Freret Neighborhood Center on Wednesday, January

26 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Atkinson-Stern Tennis Center

located at 4025 S. Saratoga St. (click here for map). Second

District Police Commander Captain Albert and Councilmember

Head will be in attendance. For further information, please

contact Mary Ellen Alexander by home phone at (504) 897-9747 or

office phone at (504) 896-9857.

Community Events

The Central City Partnership meets the last Friday of every

month at 1 p.m. at 2020 Jackson Ave., in the Allie Mae

Williams Auditorium (click here for map). The public is welcome to

attend and participate. Also, the public is invited to volunteer to

participate in the Youth Think Tank, which seeks the perspectives

of youth affected by violence in the Central City area. For further

information, please contact Evelyn Green at (504) 258-4328

or ebby227@netzero.net.

Energy Smart Program

Entergy New Orleans will partner with qualified customers who

wish to participate in the Smartview Energy Management test

program on how to track your electricity usage, lower costs, etc.

Entergy New Orleans will provide customers with easy-to-use

tools, training and information at no additional cost. Participants

will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis and

registration is limited. Qualified participants must be Entergy New

Orleans residential electric customers with an active account

since January 1, 2010, and meet specific household income

requirements.

For more information, call Entergy New Orleans toll free at 1-

855-33-SMART (1-855-337-6278), visit the Entergy New

Orleans Customer Care Center at 3400 Canal St. (click here for

map), or visit entergy-neworleans.com/smartview. Customers can

also contact or visit these partnering organizations to learn more

about the program:

- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans - 2200 Lafitte

St.; (504) 827-9963

- New Orleans Council On Aging - 2475 Canal St., Ste. 400; (504)

821-4121

- Green Light New Orleans - 8203 Jeannette Street; (504)

324-2429

- Kingsley House - 1600 Constance St.; (504) 523-6221

- Neighborhood Development Foundation - 1429 Rampart St.;

(504) 488-0155

- Total Community Action Inc. - 1420 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy.;

(504) 827-0337

Helpful Numbers to Report Quality of Life Issues

- 2^nd Police District

(504) 658-6020

Sgt. Ernie Joseph (ejoseph@nola.gov)

Officer Edgar Staehle (estaehle@nola.gov)

Officer Wilford Eddington (weddington@nola.gov

- 6^th Police District

(504) 658-6060

Sgt. Yolanda Jenkins (ymjenkins@nola.gov)

Officer John Favaloro (jtfavaloro@nola.gov)

Officer Joseph Joia (jvjoia@nola.gov)

- 8^th Police District

(504) 658-6080

Sgt. Janet Williams (jrwilliams@nola.gov)

Officer Roger Jones (rjjones@nola.gov)

NOLA City Council
The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of New Orleans city government. The Council considers and enacts all local laws that govern the City of New Orleans. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City, as recommended by the mayor, and continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The City Council is also the regulatory body for public utilities. It also reviews and has final say on many land use and zoning matters, as well as considers major economic development projects for the City. As a Board of Review for Orleans Parish, the Council examines appeals of property tax assessments for real estate taxes, and certifies tax rolls to the Louisiana Tax Commission. Other responsibilities of the Council include overseeing the operation of the public access television in Orleans Parish.

The City Council is comprised of five districts and two councilmembers-at-large. Council President and Councilmember-at-Large Arnie Fielkow; Council Vice President and Councilmember-at-Large Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson; District "A" Councilmember Susan G. Guidry; District "B" Councilmember Stacy Head; District "C" Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer; District "D" Councilmember Cynthia Hedge-Morrell; and District "E" Councilmember Jon D. Johnson.

Prospect New Orleans Throwdown.1.5

Prospect New Orleans was founded in 2008 by Curator Dan Cameron, and is still the largest biennial of international contemporary art in the United States. Last fall, a series of exhibitions, public programs, and artist residencies were launched throughout the city of New Orleans' galleries as Prospect.1.5. As Prospect.1.5 now comes to an end, Prospect New Orleans aims to celebrate their successes during an after party appropriately titled, Throwdown.1.5.

The after party is on Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 8pm - 11pm at Secondline Stages, located at 800 Richard Street. The evening will feature food, drinks, music, & a silent auction of works by local artists. To purchase tickets, please click here. Prospect.2, will open October 22, 2011, and will be on view through Sunday, January 29, 2012.

For more information about Prospect New Orleans or the Throwdown.1.5 after-party, please visit prospectneworleans.org or send an email to info@prospectneworleans.org.

A new exhibit opens this weekend at The McKenna Museum of African American Art. Artists Jamar Pierre and Gregoryuan Mghee-Hunter have come together to celebrate their works of Mardi Gras culture in the exhibition, "Tambourine and Fan", which represents the 'real' culture of New Orleans. The opening reception is this Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 6 - 9 pm at The McKenna Museum of African American Art, located at 2003 Carondelet Street.

Artist, Jamar Pierre has worked with The Tambourine and Fan Organization during the past 15 years, creating murals and banners that were displayed throughout the Treme area. Unfortunately, when Hurricane Katrina hit, many of Pierre's works were destroyed. This show will help enable Pierre to recreate these massive, colorful banners under the Claiborne Avenue overpass, as well as the murals at Hunter's Field (St. Bernard and Claiborne Avenue.) The exhibit will remain open until March 12, 2011. For more information about the opening reception or the exhibit, please visit, themckennamuseum.com, or email adeletennyson3033@att.net