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BEACON NEWS: April 2009
Highlights:
- Beacon of Hope maps LLT properties and offers public viewing to Lakeview and Gentilly residents.
- St Paul's Home Coming Center-affiliate Beacon of Hope-Gentilly in full swing!
- Beacon of Hope Welcomes Irma Dixon as new Executive Director
- Lakeview Post Office opens.
- Free web listings for Lake Area and Gentilly businesses.
- Harrison Avenue Market Place, April 8th, 2009.
- Carnival Cruisers Volunteer with Beacon in Lakeview .
- Tour De Lis, April 18th 2009, anticipates 1000 cyclist on Lakeshore Drive.
- Gentilly Terrace And Gardens Neighborhood Celebrates 100 Years.
- Schedule of Master Plan Community Meetings
Beacon maps LLT properties and offers public viewing
In the Fall of 2008, the Beacon of Hope Resource Center and the University of New Orleans-Department of Planning & Urban Studies launched the Beacon of Hope/University of New Orleans Community Recovery Project (BUCRP). The primary goal of the BUCRP is to provide training to support the collection, management and reporting of community-led surveys in order to document the recovery of New Orleans, Louisiana with the use of the ArcGIS mapping. GIS has allowed the BUCRP team to expedite the production of Neighborhood Block Captain maps and collection of property images by volunteers. The integration of the survey data and images along with parcel information provides the community, neighborhood planners and investors with the current state of property recovery and return rates. BUCRP has obtained the site-specific data for the Louisiana Land Trust (Road Home) properties and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority - Lot Next Door. With the assistance of the Regional Planning Commission, the BUCRP was able to present this integrated neighborhood data at the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association and Gentilly Civic Improvement Association meetings in March 2009. Citizen Planners are now able to identify by specific street location the location and ownership of dwellings in their community. The map above, and a similar city-wide map, will be available for public use on the Beacon of Hope website and the BUCRP web page.
See sample of maps :
For more information on the BUCRP, please contact project coordinators:
Tina Marquardt, Beacon of Hope (tina@lakewoodbeacon.org; 504-628-2751) Dr. Michelle M. Thompson, UNO-PLUS (mmthomp1@uno.edu; 504.280.6593) Brian Baldwin - New Orleans GIS Consultant (bbaldwin@uno.edu; 504-444-3239)
BUCRP website: http://planning.uno.edu/BUCRP/index.html
St. Paul's Homecoming Center-Gentilly
affiliate of Beacon of Hope Resource Center in full swing
1509 Filmore, Gentilly 504-644-4125
Since its opening on Sunday, January 18th, 2009; the St Paul's Homecoming Center located at 1509 Filmore hosted over 125 residents at the center and collected more than 150 homeowner request for help. Over weeks of spring break, St Pauls and Beacon of Hope will host on average 150 volunteers a day to service those request. The jobs for our volunteers consist of landscaping, laying sod, painting, moving, light home repairs, and general cleaning of yards.
St. Paul's Homecoming Center / Beacon of Hope was originally established in Lakeview as a Katrina Dissaster Response Center and is now re-located to Gentilly.The Center will serve as a hub for the residents of Gentilly providing numerous services such as computers with internet access, fax, free notary public, volunteer services, and case management just to name a few. The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and the Beacon of Hope are looking forward to contributing to the recovery of Gentilly.
For more information on services call 504-644-4125.
Beacon of Hope Resource Center Welcomes
New Executive Director
 Irma Muse Dixon
The Beacon of Hope Resource Center recently celebrated its 3rd anniversary, ushering in a renewed commitment to the reconstruction of New Orleans neighborhoods. The organizaiton is pleased to announce the appointment of Irma Muse Dixon as its Executive Director.
Dixon comes to the Beacon with more than 30 years of government and non-profit experinece. She served as the Louisian Public Service Commissionerr from 1993-2004 and was the first African Amercain Charperson. Dixon was a menber of the Louisiana Legislature from 1987 to 1993. She also worked for the Louisian Department of Insurance in 2004.
A native of New Orleans, Dixon geraduated from Walter L. Cohen Senior High School. She recieved a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Southern University at New Orleans and was awarded a Master of Social Work degreee from Tulane University.
Lakeview Post Office Opens
The Lakeview Post Office at 6319 Marshall Foch had a soft opening this week and the grand opening will be announced soon.
FREE business listings and website posting
IF you are a locally owned business in New Orleans and would like to have your business listed on the web and included in a brochure specific to your neighborhood, please click here for FREE publishing! If you don't see your favorite business listed, please send them this link. Business Listings
or go to www.staylocal.org . If you are a resident and would like to know what locally owned business are in your area, visit stay local site!
Harrison Avenue Market Place "Swing Into Spring" Harrison Avenue Marketplace Offers a Nostalgic Tribute to our Military Veterans and Homefront Workers
Date: Wednesday,
April 8th, 2009
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: 801 Harrison Ave.
In Lakeview, New Orleans, LA
Carnival Cruisers Volunteer with Beacon
Beacon of Hope hosted 100 volunteers from Carnival Cruise lines on February 6, 2009. These cruisers took a break from thier vacation to help renovate, paint and clean up West End Park.
Since the beginning of 2009, The Beacon of Hope has hosted over 1,464 volunteers: 42 different volunteer groups and has worked on helping rebuild 60 homeowner's houses as well as 2 parks. The total amount of hours have been 11,741. Since inception, Beacon has hosted over 14,000 volunteers to help with recovery work.
Register today for Tour de Lis 2009
The only organized bike ride on the New Orleans Lakefront open to all cyclists, elite to recreational. 2009 Tour de Lis goals are 1000 cyclists on Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, April 18, 2009 and $250,000 in donations. Tour de Lis is a ride with a purpose - to raise funds for and awareness about cancer survival and research - to celebrate survivors and support those still in battle and to OBLITERATE CANCER. Proceeds from Tour de Lis benefit CAGNO, fighting cancer through education, outreach and assistance for cancer patients and their families; the Lance Armstrong Foundation, committed to making cancer a local and national priority; and Planet Cancer, providing unique support and advocacy for young adults with cancer. more about Tour de Lis and sign up www.tourdelis.com
Gentilly Terrace And Gardens Neighborhood Celebrates 100 Years
Gentilly Terrace and Gardens will celebrate 100 years as a neighborhood on Saturday, April 4,
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,
at Gentilly Terrace Elementary School,
4720 Painters St., New Orleans.
The event will feature food, music, an arts and crafts market, and special activities for kids.Admission is free.
From 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., a self-guided home tour of seven of the neighborhood's most beautiful and historic homes will be offered. Tour tickets are $10 and will on sale at the Centennial. The event will feature food, music, an arts and crafts market, and special activities for kids.
Entertainment lineup for the event is
11:00 a.m. Chuck Perkins and Voices of the Big Easy
Noon Gentilly Terrace Elementary School students
1:00 p.m. Project Rising Sun Drum Circle
2:00 p.m. Lips and the Trips
3:00 p.m. Sunpie Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots
4:00 p.m. Troi Bechet
For more information, call 504-812-1825 or visit the Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Improvement Association website at www.gentillyterrace.org.
Master Plan District Planning Meetings times, dates, and locations!
Planning District 1: Tuesday, April 16th, 2009 at the Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp Street)
Planning District 2: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at the Dryades YMCA (2220 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard)
Planning District 3: Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at the Jewish Community Center (5342 St. Charles Avenue)
Planning District 4: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at Jesuit High School (4133 Banks Street)
Planning District 5: Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at St. Paul Episcopal School (6249 Canal Boulevard)
Planning District 6: Monday, April 20th, 2009 at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) (6400 Press Drive)
Planning District 7: Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at Mount Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church (3756 Louisa Street)
Planning District 8: Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at Martin Luther King Charter School (1617 Caffin Avenue)
Planning Districts 9, 10, and 11: Monday, April 20th, 2009 at St. Mary's Academy (6905 Chef Menteur Highway)
Planning Districts 12 and 13: Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at Behrman Gym (2529 General Meyer)
We look forward to seeing you there! Please take a look at the draft (which is posted to nolamasterplan.org) and spread the word!
"Although we are proud of how far we all have come in this recovery, we still have a long way to go and we can only manage this journey together. " -Beacon of Hope
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