City holding 'Quality of Life' public meetings to correct public nuisances
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Written by WWL-TV
Sunday, January 29, 2012 07:15 PM |
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For those who want to find a dry place to spend the morning, you're invited to a meeting that almost surely will have dry statistics, dry facts, and dry discussion, but about a very important topic.
Thursday morning marks the first public meeting of what is being called "Quality of Life Stat" at City Hall.
"Quality of Life Stat" is designed to assess the city's performance on correcting issues that are considered public nuisances, like illegal dumping sites, abandoned cars, potholes and burned out streetlights.
The idea is to look at how the city is handling these problems, as well as whether the agencies involved are being accountable, and transparent. In other words, are they taking responsibility publicly?
"Quality of Life Stat" meetings will be held on the fourth Thursday of every month.
If this is the type of meeting you enjoy, the city is setting up a bunch of stat meetings on different subjects.
The Office of Performance and Accountability is overseeing the well known "Blight Stat" to meet the mayor's goal of removing 10,000 blighted properties by 2014.
Then, there is "Req to Check Stat,"' which was set up to track performance on city contracts.
The "Bottom Line Stat" assesses the city's revenue collection and cost containment measures.
The "Quality of Life Stat" meeting begins at 8 a.m. Thursday in the Homeland Security Conference room on the eighth floor of City Hall.
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A Year InthekNOwla - A Look Back at 2011
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 07:05 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | On March 1, 2010, native New Orleanian Jeff Gonzales launched InthekNOwla.com. What started out as just a simple idea has blossomed into what we know as InthekNOwla.com, a hub for all things LOCAL…businesses, events, artists, entrepreneurs, causes, and so on.
As 2011 comes to a close, let’s take a walk down memory lane with the 2011 InthekNOwla Alumni:
With our Local Entrepreneurs, Jennifer Thomas of Pure Barre New Orleans got us in shape while Niala and Tia Howard of Magnolia Makeup made sure we looked good after our workout. Erica Stacy of NOLA Food Delivery showed us how easy it is to have good New Orleans food delivered right to our houses and NOLA Brewing gave us some awesome beer to eat with that food. Thankfully, Chonchol Gupta and Xavier Cabo of Rebirth Financial helped NOLA Brewing get the money to can that awesome beer and also provide funding for other New Orleans entrepreneurs.
Not to be outdone, our Local Artists were just as busy. Musician David “Profess” Burl, Jr., serenaded us almost every Monday at Melodic Mondays at Clever Wine Bar. Director David S. White of Evil Penguin Films immortalized bounce rapper Katey Red in her first ever video. DJ Soul Sister had us jamming to those classic old school grooves every weekend. Photographer Jerry Moran took everybody who’s anybody’s picture and Wild Wayne kept us up-to-date on everything New Orleans on the radio.
We’re not done with 2011 just yet…
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art took us on an awesome scavenger hunt through the French Quarter with the O-Mazing Race. Christopher Boudy of NewOrleans Tech.Net put the power of technology into the hands of our young people at Teen Tech Day. The Whole Gritty City – A New Orleans Marching Band Film and Brass Roots: The Untold Story of New Orleans Brass Bands told the stories of our young musical geniuses and the trials and tribulations they face. The Green Project’s Salvations 2011 taught us how to reuse and repurpose old materials and 2-Cent TV’s Listen! Literacy and Arts Festival showed young New Orleanians how cool reading is.
Zoo-To-Do at Audubon Zoo and 101 Donations at NOLA City Bark allowed us to support the animals of New Orleans.We made groceries at the newly opened New Orleans Food Cooperative, watched as Juba Kali tore down the competition as a contestant on the Food Network’s series, Food Network Star, and painted like Edgar Degas at Bottles & Brushes at the Degas House.
NOLA Bulls had us up early on a Saturday morning dodging the Big Easy Roller Girls through the French Quarter, Tales of the Cocktail made sure we tried every cocktail known to man, Rising Tide – A Conference on the Future of New Orleans focused our attention on rebuilding our great city, and Madame NOLA made sure we understood the in's and out's of New Orleanian-ness in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Being a New Orleanian.
Almost there…
Sheaux Fresh Sustainable Foods and the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans showed how important eating fresh produce is. Total Community Action’s Total Family Health Fair, the O.C.H. Market, and Vecinos: A Celebration between Neighbors allowed everyone in the community to improve both their minds and bodies.
Geaux Sports Jewelry, New Orleans International Fashion Week, Fashion Week New Orleans, and Illmatix Apparel gave New Orleans the much-needed fashion angle, Festigals: Women’s Weekend Getaway did a great job of showing New Orleans outside of the Bourbon and boobs viewpoint, and Fierce.Fly.Fabulous - The ULTIMATE Naturalista Experience put all the natural-haired beauties into one room during the Essence Festival.
Just a little more…
Bivian “Sonny” Lee, III started Son of a Saint Sports Foundation, Maya Galeas of Fleurish NOLA and Krystal Burrell Armstrong of KCJ Makeup Artistry threw an awesome networking event for young entrepreneurs, Respond Against Fear and Violence (RAFA V) hosted RAFApalooza in support of native New Orleanian Rafael Delgadillo, Pass it On Open Mic brought together the best in spoken word, and DaVida Chanel showed us her play writing skills with Hip Hop is Alive.
And the places we ate…lawd have mercy…Dish on Hayne, The Munch Factory, Lemonade Parade, NOLA Eats’ King Cake Tasting Party, and Cupcakes & Co.
Of course, we had a few surprises up our sleeves too! InthekNOwla hosted InthekNOwla LIVE: A Local's Meet and Greet with artist Varion Laurent, singer Arianne "The Creole Cutie" Deruise, and Renee Brown of Bayou Brew Wellness Tea. We also unveiled our new kNOwla Trinity t-shirt™ and the kNOwla Network for all us locals to keep in touch.
And finally, congratulations to Drew Brees of our New Orleans Saints for breaking a seemingly unbreakable record! You stand as an inspiration to us all!!!
And with that we think we covered everybody…or so we hope…
As you can see, InthekNOwla is not slowing down and 2012 promises to be even bigger and better. And since the Mayans have said that the world will be ending on December 21, we gotta get it all in! There’s so many fantastic, interesting, wonderful locals that we can’t wait to talk to!
And with that InthekNOwlians, we say THANK YOU…thank you for a wonderful year...thank you for all of your support and encouragement. We could not do what we do without YOU.
We look forward to serving our wonderful city and her people for many years to come. Happy New Year!
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Ten local gift ideas by great InthekNOwlians
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 07:02 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | With Christmas rapidly approaching, we know you’re busy trying to get the perfect gifts for your friends and family members. Well, what better place to get your gifts than from the many great entrepreneurs and artists InthekNOwla.
So, we’ve put together a list of our top ten Christmas gifts from those InthekNOwlians we’ve highlighted throughout the year:
1.) With the New Year coming, many of us are gonna be looking at our waistlines with disdain. So, why not take a class (or a few) with Jennifer Thomas at Pure Barre New Orleans. At Pure Barre, be prepared to use every muscle in your body as you “lift, tone, and burn” using elements of ballet, pilates, and weight.
2.) The saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” If that’s the case, then the photographs of Jerry Moran and Native Orleanian Fine Photography are worth double, no triple, better yet quadruple that. In all truth, his photographs actually speak to you. From Trombone Shorty and Juvenile to Uncle Lionel and Dancing Man 504 to Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, Tipitina’s, and d.b.a, Jerry’s photos will surely be welcome in any home!
3.) Artists Varion Laurent and Terrance Osborne capture the true essence of New Orleans through just the stroke of a paintbrush. Choose from Varion’s wildly popular “Three Little Indians” or Terrance’s equally beautiful “Dat Glory” for true New Orleans art by true New Orleans artists.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Being a New Orleanian: Lesson #2
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Written by Madame NOLA
Monday, November 28, 2011 08:49 PM |
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Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of Madame NOLA and do not necessarily reflect the views of InthekNOwla.com's editorial staff.
(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | Hello, I’m Madame NOLA, a native New Orleanian…born, raised, and still here. Some of us in this city seem to be a little confused on how to be a New Orleanian. But don't worry, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Being a New Orleanian, a series of tongue-in-cheek lessons, will help you become the true New Orleanian you always wanted to to be. Enjoy the do’s and don’ts of being a New Orleanian and please pass on these lessons to anyone who might be violating the rules of New Orleanian-ness.
Lesson #2: If you want to be a New Orleanian, you must have a 504 number.
But before we jump into Lesson #2, let’s do a little recap of what we learned in Lesson #1.
In Lesson #1, we discussed the importance of having graduated from a school in Orleans Parish. We looked at all the important information one learns when knowing which high school you went to, including looking at different examples of schools in Orleans Parish. Where you graduated from is oftentimes one of the first questions you are asked when meeting someone from New Orleans and having your high school under your belt gives you a great foundation to build on in order to continue being a New Orleanian. (For further explanation, please review Lesson #1.)
Now that Lesson #1 has been fully explained and modeled, it’s time to move on to Lesson #2. For today’s lesson, we need to discuss the importance of being the bearer of a 504 number, not 225, 985, Atlanta, or Houston, but 504.
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