THURSDAY: AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOUR
STOP IN DISTRICT C (EAST BANK)
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Thursday will meet with residents of District C as part of the Affordable Housing Tour. The meeting, the second of two for District C, will focus on residents of the East Bank and will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Stallings St. Claude Recreation Center (4300 St. Claude Ave.) in Bywater.
There will be a resource fair from 5 p.m. to 5:50 p.m; the program will start at 6 p.m. Parking is available on the street and in the parking lot behind the center, but residents are advised that parking is limited and to be prepared to park in the neighborhood.
Mayor Cantrell will open by identifying some of the pressing issues facing District C and will guide residents through an overview of the City's work on affordable housing issues in particular. District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer is also scheduled to provide remarks.
Residents also will get to learn more details of the City's work on housing issues from Ellen Lee, Director of Community and Economic Development; Marjorianna Willman, Director of Housing Policy and Community Development; and Nicole Heyman, Deputy Director of Community Assets/Investment. Other scheduled guests include Brenda Breaux, Executive Director, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, and Damon Burns, Executive Director, Finance Authority of New Orleans.
A question-and-answer session will follow.
RESOURCE FAIR PARTICIPANTS
- NOLA Ready
- RoadWork NOLA
- New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
- New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
- 311/911
- Neville Development
- St. Bernard Project
- Preservation Resource Center
- Crescent City Community Land Trust
- Finance Authority of New Orleans
- Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
- Housing Authority of New Orleans
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