The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority announced the agency will host a second round of public informational meetings for its Bus Rapid Transit Study project. Three virtual, one–hour meetings will be held via Zoom at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21; at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, and at noon Wednesday,...
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Community Gathers as Ribbon is Cut on The Tate Etienne Prevost Center
On Nov. 14, 1960, Tessie Prevost's mother Dorothy Prevost stayed at home and watched local broadcast news accounts of her daughter and three other six-year old Black girls desegregating two local public schools that day, she says. Her husband accompanied their daughter, along with U.S. Marshalls, to school, instead. From...
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Black Restaurant Accelerator Program Hits 100-Participants Milestone with Grants to Local Businesses
Vance Vaucresson is excited about the future of his family-owned business. On Monday (May 2), he talked with The New Orleans Tribune about new products he hopes to launch and about involving his own children in the business that has been a part of his family for three generations now....
U.S. Rep. Carter Presents $2.5 Million to Xavier University for New STEM Center
U.S. Rep. Troy A. Carter Sr. today (Monday, May 2) visited his alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana to present the school with $2.5 million funds that will be used for a new new STEM and Pre-Health Advising center at the HBCU. Carter says the project will directly benefit the...
Celebrating National Tourism Week New Orleans Style
National Tourism and Travel Week, slated for the May 1 -7, is a time when travel and tourism professionals across the country celebrate the value travel holds for the economy, businesses, communities and personal well-being. This year’s theme is “The Future of Travel,” and New Orleans and Company will celebrate the...
Cafe Reconcile Receives Zurich’s 2022 Community Impact Award
Cafe Reconcile was recently awarded the Zurich Classic's 2022 Community Impact Award. Leaders from business, government and philanthropy gathered at the Roosevelt Hotel for Executive Women’s Luncheon where Reconcile Alumna and Board Member, Garryelle Smooth Singleton, and Chief Financial Officer, Kheri Phillip, accepted the award. Garryelle and Kheri also inspired the audience with their...
City Launches Towing Reimbursement Portal for Car Theft Victims
The City of New Orleans recently launched an online portal for individuals to submit claims for towing reimbursement. Anyone that paid out-of-pocket fees to recover a stolen vehicle from a tow company in Orleans Parish since August 1, 2017, could be eligible for reimbursement from the City of New Orleans....
Greater St. Stephens to Host Good Friday Gas Card Giveaway
Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Booster Shots Will Also Administered by the State Health Department Offering some relief from the high gas prices, Greater St. Stephen Ministries (GSS) will be giving away free gas cards from 10 a.m. until supplies last on Good Friday, April 15. The giveaway is organized by...
JOB1 to Host Youth and Young Adult Career Expo
“YOUth Matter” 2022 Youth & Young Adult Expo to take place at Xavier University Convocation Center On Tuesday, April 12, the City of New Orleans, JOB1, Louisiana Workforce Commission and Total Community Action, will host the second Youth and Young Adult Career Expo at the Xavier University of Louisiana Convocation Center....
Councilwoman Harris Proposes Name Change of Lee Circle to Harmony Circle
District B Councilwoman Lesli Harris wants to change the name of Lee Circle to Harmony Circle, formally submitting an ordinance at the Council's April 7 meeting. This proposal comes on the heels of the renaming of Robert E Lee Blvd. to Allen Toussaint Blvd., among other actions by the Council...
