Friends of Lafitte Corridor

The Sierra Club of New Orleans, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and FOLC are teaming up to conduct a greenway cleanup and beautification.  Please come out and lend a hand!

When: Saturday, December 5th from 9AM to 1PM.
Where: 2200 Lafitte Street from Galvez to Rocheblave behind the Sojourner Truth Community Center

All materials will be provided.

Contact Ethan Ellestad for more information
ellestad_ethan@yahoo.com
608-417-9052

In addition to the corridor cleanup, FOLC is proud to promote the first-ever NOLA Bike Bash this weekend (Nov. 20-22) so be sure to check out the full schedule from the Metro Bike Coalition.

This month’s FOLC Board meeting will be held on the 3rd Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  The time and location remain the same.

Grace Episcopal Church
3700 Canal Street
6:30 PM til 8 PM

Many thanks to all of you who came and supported FOLC at the fundraiser last Sunday. We raised approximately $2000! Special thank you’s go out to the many friends to donated time, space, music, food and other gifts. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Charlie Doerr and Bayou Bicycles
Hilairie Schackai and Longue Vue House and Gardens
Grant Ligon and the High Ground Drifters
Jay and Eileen Nix and Parkway Bakery & Tavern
Jimmy Robinson and Twangorama
Laurie Miester
Mark Quirk
Massey’s Professional Outfitters
Michael Domingue
Pete Winkler
Shannon Wright and Bud’s Broiler
Skip Henderson

Sunday November 1^st
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan Avenue

Tickets are now available at the venue for $30.  Cash or check only please!

Come out and support the Lafitte Corridor greenway and
revitalization project at FOLC’s first annual fundraiser.

Enjoy delicious refreshments courtesy of Parkway Bakery & Tavern.

Listen to live local music by Twangorama and the High Ground Drifters.

Friends of Lafitte Corridor recently wrote letters of support for two local endeavors which would bring existing structures in the Lafitte Corridor back into productive use. St. Margaret’s is working to convert the defunct Lindy Boggs Medical Center (formerly Mercy) into senior living and medical facilities. Broad Community Connections hopes to convert the dormant grocery at Broad and Bienville into a grocery, urban farm, and commercial food service kitchen. FOLC enthusiastically supports both these projects. For more information, download PDF files of the letters (St. Margarets, BCC).

Friends of Lafitte Corridor has submitted comments on New Orleans’ Draft Master Plan to the City Planning Commission. Download the PDF or read on.

Continue reading Master Plan Comments

From Tracks to Paths: Alternative Transportation & Community Development

On Tuesday, October 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Preservation Resource Center at 923 Tchoupitoulas, James Amdal, Director of the Merritt C. Becker Maritime and Intermodal Transportation Center at UNO will discuss the history and future of streetcars in New Orleans. Bart Everson, President of Friends of Lafitte Corridor, will share his experience of initiating Lafitte Corridor’s greenway project and creating a bike path from the Lakefront to Downtown. The event is free and open to the public. More info.

What: Friends of Lafitte Corridor First Annual Fundraiser
When: Sunday November 1st, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Parkway Bakery & Tavern, 538 Hagan Avenue

Come out and support the Lafitte Corridor greenway and revitalization project at FOLC’s first annual fundraiser.  Attendees will enjoy a night of delicious refreshments courtesy of Parkway Tavern, a raffle with fabulous prizes, and live local music by Twangorama and the High Ground Drifters.

We’ll be meeting at 6:30 PM on Thursday, September 24th, in one of the meeting rooms at Grace Episcopal Church (3700 Canal Street). This meeting is open to the general public. You don’t have to be a FOLC member, but you can register at the meeting if you like. A tentative agenda is listed below. There are a lot of exciting new developments to discuss!

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, September 24, 2009

I. Call to order

II. Discussion re: Planning and Design Team: Design Workshop

a. Scope of work

b. Public input opportunities

III. Summary of recent grants received by FOLC

a. Greater New Orleans Foundation

b. Recreational Trails

c. Urban Forestry

IV. Rails to Trails Urban Pathways Initiative

a. Introduce Ethan Ellestad

V. Announcements

a. Save the date for November 1st Fundraiser at Parkway Tavern