Carrollton-Riverbend Neighborhood Association (CRNA)

The Hollygrove Market & Farm conducts a fresh produce buyers’ club to increase New Orleans residents’ access to fruits and vegetables.

Members receive a weekly assortment of the best local and organic produce available. Boxes include a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs—old favorites and new varieties. Each box contains produce for approximately two people.

Want to know more?  Click here.

Note that the Market Store should open by about the end of the year and will be located on the site where   Guillot’s Nursery was until Katrina took it out.  That is, 8301 Olive Street, behind the post office and across the street from the Carrollton Boosters Club field.

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Finally–we have a supermarket in the neighborhood again.  Robert opened yesterday, at Carrollton and Claiborne, behind Walgreen’s.

The Robert press release:

Robért Fresh Market

OPENS!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008

click here for more info and pictures

The doors to our Claiborne /Carrollton location, located at 

8115 South Claiborne Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118

quietly opened on Tuesday, August 12, 2008.

Grand Opening Celebration

Planned for later in the month

The Robért Family is proud to bring to the Carrollton community a completely new, full-service grocery store.  Come experience a store designed to meet the needs and desires of your neighborhood.  Robért Fresh Market is the place where you can refresh yourself with a delicious concoction at our fun, new coffee bar, keep connected with our wifi hotspots, grab a quick and convenient prepared meal, indulge in Robért’s signature dips, salads, and breads, and find fresh locally grown and organic produce, along with gourmet cheeses, wines and spirits, and a vast assortment of signature Robért catering items.  We carry on the traditions of a neighborhood market while meeting the modern expectations of variety, convenience and superior quality.  We are delighted to welcome our customers to their local market and are looking forward to meeting the new faces who are also helping to rebuild the community.

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It is scheduled for Thursday evening, August 14, 7 PM.  

Location:  Keller Williams Realty office, Leonidas and Leake

President Jerry Speir writes:

Agenda for Board Meeting:  I am open to your suggestions for items for our Board agenda.  For the record, I have invited two outside presenters.  I will endeavor to keep both brief.  First, the neighborhood association representing the area for the proposed new LSU/VA hospitals has asked us (through Alice-Ann) for an opportunity to address us. Second, is a project in which I and Paul Baricos (of the Hollygrove CDC, whom many of you know) are involved as advisors; it is a project called How Safe, How Soon? and is sponsored by the Tulane Law School and Environmental Defense.  The basic idea is that levees and coastal restoration sufficient to really make New Orleans “safe” are decades away, at a minimum.  What, therefore, can individuals and neighborhoods do to make ourselves more resilient in the meantime?  The project has two young staff members, and the intent here is primarily to introduce them and the program.  We will also be discussing plans for our fall general membership meeting, the HUD “discrimination complaint” filed against us and the city as previously noted, the latest on Priestley School (some major new reports/decisions are expected in advance of our meeting)—and crime.  What else?

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Mayor Nagin at the Art Market

Originally uploaded by nola-shiva.

Yes, he emerged and I took the photo op. Our own Jerry Rice is in the foreground and Nagendra is speaking with the Mayor.

Place: Palmer Park, at last Saturday’s Arts Market. It was also the Return of the Streetcar Celebration, which is why hizonor was there.

More pics here, courtesy of Gary Smith.

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That’s right – this Friday and Saturday.  Click here for more information.

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Parkway Partners has free trees for planting in the public space between sidewalks and streets.  Some blocks in the Palmer Park area are trying to coordinate plantings of similar trees along the entire block.  Sounds like a great idea!

Parkway Partners is also holding its “Tree Trooper” training course in July.  Jerry Speir attended last year and report’s that it was excellent—and free.  It requires a commitment of 3 hours per day, from 4-7 pm, on four days—July 15, 17, 22, and 24.  For more info: contact  JoAnn at 620-2224 or Jalbrecht@ParkwayPartnersNOLA.org    More info and an application to participate is available here.

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Jerry Speir reminds us:

First, we have a place to meet tomorrow evening, Thursday, April 3, to continue our discussion about security/improvement districts. The folks at the Keller-Williams real estate office at Leake and Leonidas have kindly offered their conference room. The actual address is 8601 Leake, I believe, and there is a parking lot in front of the building for a dozen or so cars. We’ll start the meeting at 7:30 (there’s an Oak Street Association board meeting at 6:00, at which I and a few others who want to attend both meetings need to appear).

Don’t forget, we also have a CRNA board meeting scheduled for next Thursday, April 10, at 7:00. Details to follow.

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Monday night, 4/1/08, there was a meeting of the Carrollton Area Network group, at which Jeff Thomas from Dr. Blakeley’s recovery office (ORDA) and John Marshall from NORA appeared. Highlights:

–New “code enforcement” procedures have been passed
–Willow Street will be one of the targets for a “code enforcement sweep.”
–Safety and Permits will be re-organized, with new leadership, based on a study of other cities
–the “311” system for reporting problems to the city is being significantly upgraded
–a new, public GIS mapping system for blighted and abandoned properties is in the works

To read Jerry’s notes from the meeting click on the page to the right titled ORDA and NORA.

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A composite computer-generated sketch of the man wanted for the Walgreens robbery has been released:

Also, in the second incident reported yesterday:

Detectives were able to identify a possible suspect in this case. The suspect was positively identified by the victim via a photographic lineup. Detectives subsequently arrested a KNOWN 15 YEAR OLD JUVENILE.
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On March 25th at or about 2:30 pm, the victim was riding his bicycle on S. Carrollton under the Expressway. As he walked his bicycle around some construction equipment, he was approached by two black male subjects. The suspects were armed with a handgun and robbed the victim of approximately $15 in cash and his cell phone. Suspect #1 is described as a 17-19 year old black male, 5’7”, 150 lbs., wearing jeans and a black t-shirt. Suspect #2 is a 17-19 year old black male, 5’5”, 120 lbs., wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.

If you have any further information on this case, please contact Sgt. Shaun Ferguson or Det. Douglas Butler at 658-6024 or 658-6020. You may also call Crimestoppers anonymously at 822-1111.

Remember to report any suspicious persons or activities you see in your neighborhood by calling 821-2222. In an emergency, call 911 immediately.
Major Kirk Bouyelas
Second District Commander
New Orleans Police Department

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At the recent General Meeting the following new board members for the 2008-10 term were elected:

*Pax Bobrow
*Tilman Hardy
*Alice-Anne Krishnan
*Gary Smith
*Betsy Weymann

Annette Bak, Earl Hamilton, Cindy Morse, and John Schackai will be leaving the board. We thank them for their service.

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