Neighbors United

Night Out Against Crime 2007 is in the history books! People lined up early with their kids to get free backpacks and school supplies. Attendence grew to 260 people during the day with 175 people sticking around for the brass band at 8 PM. True, it was hot, but it was also alot of fun.

For those of you who couldn't make it, here are some of the highlights of what you missed.

Kids Area

Celebrate Night Out Against Crime With Us!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Freret Shopping District Parking Lot

(Corner of Freret & Jena)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Fun, Food, Music, Door Prizes, and Raffles

Live, On Location Broadcast from 102.9 FM from 6 – 8 PM, followed by Da Truth Brass Band ‘till 9 PM.

Friday, July 27, 2007 the Freret Neighborhood Center officially opened its doors to the public for the first time with an after-Summer Camp Gala, which was very well attended. The Freret Neighborhood Center will now be keeping regular hours Tuesday through Saturday.

Zoning Overlay, Freret Street, and You!

The Freret Business and Property Owner’s Association is beginning the process of getting an “Arts and Culture Overlay” added to the zoning for the properties fronting Freret Street between Jefferson and Napoleon. Their primary purpose in getting the overlay is to allow entertainment establishments (such as La Nuit comedy club and possibly Movie Pictures theater) and artist studios to locate on to Freret Street, uses which are currently excluded from the existing B-1A zoning.

**This is from an email from Stacy Head's office**

Many people in District B are becoming alarmed that their property tax assessments increased.  The fear seems to be that taxes will be uniformly higher with this reassessment.  I hope to allay those fears. 

The .pdf file for the Second District Hot Sheets is now available on the Neighbors United website! File one out and give it to your nearest Neighbors United Officer to submit it to the police department or submit it at the NONPACC meeting (every Third Tuesday at Touro @ 7:00PM).

Second District Hot Sheet Download

Entergy has begun work on upgrading the old, low pressure, natural gas lines to newer, high pressure natural gas lines in the Freret neighborhood starting along Jefferson. More information on the timing of this project and impact on services as information becomes available.

The Louisiana Technology Council has begun a survey of technical skills of the people of the Greater New Orleans Area. The purpose of this survey is to demonstrate to the outside world that Southeastern Louisiana does actually have folks that know what the "Shift" key is for. It takes about 10 minutes and I would urge everyone to take it. www.laitcensus.com

The next New Orleans City Planning Commission meeting is to take place July 24, 2007 at City Hall in the City Council Chamber. No items in the Freret / Milan area are on the docket. The agenda is as follows:

Computer geeks from the Freret Neighbors United Neighborhood Association met at NHS office to learn how to use this website. Many cars go zoom, business is booming, kids are tuning into our site for more information