The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Engagement will host 7 community meetings to present the Neighborhood Participation Plan (NPP) for the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC). These meetings are a chance to gather input from residents on the NPP framework.

The NORDC NPP community meetings for District C will take place on Tuesday, September 25, 2012  at Cut-Off Recreation Center, 6600 Belgrade, 5:30PM until 7:00PM.

After months of community input, research review and discussion, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office and NORDC recommend a community advisory structure known as the NORDC NPP. A structural framework was approved by the NORDC Commissioners in July, and now the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office will secure additional input as they finalize the full plan.

The focus of the NPP is to create and maintain a clear advisory role for the community and to provide a structured, accessible platform that encourages stakeholder participation from groups and individuals in NORDC decision-making. During these community meetings, NORDC and the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office will solicit input, suggestions and concerns from community members.

For further questions please contact NORDC at: (504)-658-7806.

The Alliance for Good Government will conduct a forum for candidates for the November 6, 2012 election in Algiers on Thursday, September 20, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123 Woodland Drive, New Orleans, LA 70131.

The schedule is as follows:

7:00 pm 2nd City Court Constable

7:20 pm 2nd City Court Clerk

7:40 pm 2nd City Court Judge

8:00 pm School Board District 4

Residents are reporting that the lights came back on between 1:00 am and 1:30 am on 9/5/2012.

If your lights are NOT on, click on CONTACT US and submit your information.

Thank you.

Dear Neighbors,

As you know, the lights went out for about half of Walnut Bend at 7:00pm, about 90 minutes after they came on this evening. I immediately contacted Councilmember Palmer who said she would forward the information along. I also called and texted Entergy, as many of you did.

In addition, I sent a detailed email to CM Palmer and staff and Entergy officials asking of the lights would be back on tonight. I have not gotten a response yet. The email was also forwarded to Council Members Clarkson, Head and Hedge-Morrell (chair of the Utilities Committee). I’m also trying to check into individual concerns that some have asked about.

Please let me know if/when your power comes on again. Walnut Bend was mentioned more than any other neighborhood at today’s City Council meeting and we were assured by Entergy that our lights would be back on today. Having them go out again so quickly just compounds our frustrations.

If anyone has other contacts who may be able to help, let me know. We’ll keep trying to find out what’s going on.

Thanks, Yvonne

Yvonne Mitchell-Grubb, President

Walnut Bend Civic Association

Into day 4 of our restoration efforts, we have restored power to over 120,000 customers.  This represents roughly 75% of our customers who lost power.  The table below was developed to show the progress of restoration by various neighborhoods.  These number may not match exactly the total customer data in view outages, but its close.  It is a very good indication of our progress.

Our upcoming work on the lateral lines and individual customer issues will take more time but we are committed to get service to all of our customers.

Sincerely,

Gary Huntley

Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Vice President Regulatory and Governmental Affairs

Office: 504-670-3680

Cell: 504-322-6781