Saturday morning was the fall meeting of the Friends of Brechtel Park, and it was quite the success. We managed to have not just one but TWO representatives from the New Orleans City Council in attendance, something that just doesn’t happen very often for a community meeting. The meeting started out with a short introduction…
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Algiers Community Meeting – Friends of Brechtel Park
City Council President Jackie Clarkson will deliver a presentation regarding the status of funding for Brechtel Park at this week’s meeting of the Friends of Brechtel Park. Open to the public, I invite you to join us on Saturday morning to let Ms. Clarkson know that we, as a community, support improvements and renovations to…
Help Restore Brechtel Park
I’ve written before about Brechtel Park in Algiers, reminding everyone that we have a diamond in the rough – 112 acres on the America’s Wetland Birding Trail that is right in our own backyards and has the potential to rival any other park on the West Bank. I try to keep up with what’s going…
A Rock n Roll Twist on the Step Out to Fight Diabetes
Most of you have heard me mention my husband, Robert, from time to time. Considering we’ve been married for over 28 years, I’m pretty sure that I’ll keep him for a little while longer. He’s a wonderful man. He’s funny, irreverent, a hard worker and a kicking bass player in his band. He’s adventurous, he…
Woodlands Trail and Park Needs Volunteers
The destination for hundreds of species of migrating birds each year, Woodlands Trail encompasses 609 acres of land in Algiers and is part of the America’s Wetland Birding Trail. Some fantastic volunteers spent this past weekend helping clear trails, installing signs and putting up wood duck nesting boxes. But the work is not complete. The…
Algiers Youth on a Mission
The Aurora Methodist Church in Algiers has been hosting volunteer mission groups since right after Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds of adults and youth have made the church their home for a few nights or even a few weeks while they have helped in the clean up and recovery efforts of the city. Today, the youth and…
