ICYMI… – Downtown New Orleans

Downtown Investment Sees 35% Increase in 2018

In 2018, permits for $566,877,871 worth of construction were issued by the City of New Orleans for Downtown construction projects, representing 316 individual projects, with Canal Street projects representing $300,284,483 of the total. This is a 35% increase over 2017's 308 permits that were valued ... [Read More]

New Mental Health Program Launches

DDD funding pilot program, Assisted Outpatient Treatment court. ... [Read More]

SafeWalk

SafeWalk SafeWalk is a service provided to Downtown residents, workers and visitors, so people can feel safe and confident walking to and from anywhere Downtown. Downtown SafeWalks are offered free of charge within the Downtown DDD boundaries. To schedule a SafeWalk, ... [Read More]

DDD Homeless Outreach Honored

DDD fulltime homeless outreach worker Katie Wharton has been honored by Unity of Greater New Orleans with the Excellent Service to the Chronically Homeless Award. Last year, Wharton and the DDD Public Safety Rangers served a total of 944 people, housing 119 of them, connecting 16 people to jobs, ... [Read More]

What Comes Next for Charity Hospital

Rising 20 stories above Tulane Avenue on the edge of Downtown NOLA, the historic Charity Hospital building has stood dormant for a dozen years since it was flooded by Hurricane Katrina... Now, a volunteer group of real estate buy valtrex generic experts is hoping to help jump-start the ... [Read More]

Mayor Landrieu, Partners Launch the Start of Conctruction on the City’s First Low Barrier Shelter

"Mayor Mitch Landrieu, joined by City officials and partners, launched the start of construction on the City's first low barrier shelter for the homeless. This project, located at 1530 Gravier St., delivers a request homeless service providers have long advocated for and will be available for those ... [Read More]

Canal Street Lighting Ceremony

Highlights from last year's Lighting Ceremony! ... [Read More]

Krewe of Jingle Parade 2017

Check out the highlight's from the 2017 Krewe of Jingle Parade! ... [Read More]

ICYMI: New Orleans’ low-barrier shelter gets an operator

Negotiations are underway to operate a low-barrier homeless shelter in the former Veterans Affairs hospital. (David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) By Richard Rainey, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune City officials last month selected the Start Corp., a Houma nonprofit organization, to run the ... [Read More]

ICYMI: The old Pickwick Social Club on Canal St. will reopen as a hostel in 2018

Image Courtesy: HI USA By Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Canal Street building that once housed the Pickwick Social Club will reopen in 2018 as a hostel, with a mix of low-cost shared rooms and private rooms, a café and community meeting space. HI USA operates can i buy ... [Read More]