Urgent: Public Meeting to Present Competing Hospital Proposals
Public Meeting Thursday, May 28th at 4 pm City Council Chambers, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans Just weeks ago, The Urban Conservancy joined a powerful coalition of 60 other community groups to make...
View ArticleSB 75 Defeated, Master Plan Derailment Averted
In a fierce struggle supported by The Urban Conservancy that lasted up through the final hours of the 2009 regular legislative session, the Business Council led a strong and diverse coalition in...
View ArticleMid-City Gains a Walgreens, Misses an Opportunity
A new Walgreens store is under construction on the long-derelict Robèrt Grocery site at the intersection of N. Carrollton Avenue and Canal Street. With this project, Mid-City gains a low-density,...
View ArticleWho Pays for "Tax-Free" Online Retail?
When Maple Street Children’s Bookshop announced its closing after nearly thirty years in business, owner Cindy Dike pointed to three forces that conspired against her continued success: the flagging...
View ArticleKnow Our Strengths, Then Play to Them
To attract new capital to New Orleans, we tend to market the city’s assets - its distinctive character, its beautiful architecture, its music. Meanwhile, the underlying deficiencies that keep investors...
View ArticleLSU/VA Hospital Proposal: Too Big to Fail?
On Feb. 23, the New Orleans City Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve street closures within the footprint (South Rocheblave Street, Canal Street, South Galvez Street and Tulane Avenue) of the...
View ArticleBlack Tide Rolls In
Guest Editorial by Monique Verdin Monique Verdin is a resident of St Bernard Parish and a native daughter of southeast Louisiana. Her collection of photo and video documentation, exposing her homeland...
View ArticleTaking Stock: New Orleans Five Years After Katrina
This month, as the “Katrina babies” head off to kindergarten, we New Orleanians are collectively taking stock of where we’ve been, where we are, and where we want to go. Two recent reports offer...
View ArticleBuilding a Healthy Relationship with Water
By Taylor Galyean Feldmeier Galyean Over the past few weeks, in the wake of the fifth anniversary of Katrina, there has been particular focus on New Orleans’ relationship with water. We have been...
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Thanks, Kiosk Krewe!
On April 15 and 16 volunteers from Massey’s Professional Outfitters, the Mid-City Volleyball Group, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, and the Louisiana Himalayan Association (in the top picture, below)...
View ArticleNew Study Ranks Metro Areas on the Vitality of Their Independent Retail
A groundbreaking new study, the Indie City Index, ranks all 363 metropolitan areas in the U. S. according to the vitality of their independent retail sectors. The Indie City Index also ranks cities...
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Jane's Walk 2011
This year, 15 walkers from as far away as Toronto and France and as close as around the corner joined The Urban Conservancy’s Dana Eness for the third annual “Only on Oak Street” walk on Saturday, May...
View ArticleCity Planning Commission Opens NO Master Plan Application Period
MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS: A GUIDE FOR SUBMITTING AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER PLAN The City Planning Commission (CPC) announces the opening of a Master Plan amendment application period. According to...
View ArticleCanal Street Revisited: Stimulating Sustainable Economic Development
A stroll down New Orleans’ iconic Canal Street from the Mississippi River to Rampart Street takes one past a mix of businesses catering mostly to the tourist population: chain hotels, souvenir and...
View ArticleBike and Pedestrian Champion Named 2011 Urban Hero
New Orleans, LA - Jennifer Ruley will be recognized as The Urban Conservancy’s 2011 Urban Hero at the organization’s annual You Are Here fundraiser on Saturday, October 22, for her work to make New...
View ArticleThe Claiborne Corridor: The Journey from Highway to Boulevard
Listen and watch as Jonn Hankins, Executive Director of New Orleans African American Museum, discusses the historical Treme neighborhood and the highway that bisects it, I-10. How has the I-10 affected...
View ArticlePlaquemines Parish Businesses Hobbled By Spill Impact Two Years Later, Study...
NEW ORLEANS, LA, April 19, 2012 Contact: Dana Eness, The Urban Conservancy: (504) 232-7821 Nicky McHugh, Seedco Financial: (646) 502-3532 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Plaquemines Parish Businesses Hobbled By...
View ArticleDemise of New Orleans Daily Limits Access in the Information Age
by Lolis Eric Elie On September 25, 2005, mere weeks after the failure of the federal flood control system, Michael Ignatieff published an op-ed in the New York Times. Ignatieff’s thesis was that the...
View Article2012 Urban Heroes Inspire with Grit and Devotion to New Orleans
Passion. Perseverance. Presence. When the Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) was incorporated in 1970, Broadmoor was already a well-established, multi-racial community living in harmony. The...
View ArticleUnderstanding Crowdfunding
Xavier University’s Entrepreneur Institute recently hosted a discussion called “Crowdfunding: The New Trend in Small Business Finance.” The panel featured a well chosen set of local practitioners in...
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