What's Up Downtown July 25, 2008
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|  | Tech-N.O.-Bowl Conference This Weekend Registration is on NOW for Tech-N.O. Bowl 2008. This weekend, July 25-26, 2008, the Downtown Development District, Arena Football League and Louisiana Technology Council will present the digital media and technology conference as part of the ArenaBowl weekend in Downtown New Orleans. Find out how the professional sports industry has adapted to changes in technology so it could employ new media platforms, mobile advertising, and social networks to its advantage, and how you can translate that into success for yourself.
The $50 registration fee covers the Friday night networking social at Downtown's Le Mieux Gallery, a behind-the-scenes tour of the New Orleans Arena, catered lunch, and presentations from panelists representing companies such as ESPN, Fox, Sling Media, and NewTek, to name a few. On site registration is available. To view the invitation, click here. To download the registration form, click here. For more information, email RSVP.4biztechNOLA@gmail.com |
|  | Humanitarian Re-Housing Initiatives Clear Claiborne/Canal Encampment The Claiborne/Canal homeless encampment no longer exists, thanks to the efforts of Unity of Greater New Orleans, the Downtown Development District and many other agencies. The few people remaining at the site were placed in hotels and transitional housing on July 17 as part of Unity’s humanitarian re-housing initiative. The area is maintained by the Block-by-Block crews contracted by the DDD, which is exploring options for re-use of the public space under the Claiborne Avenue overpass. UNITY's announcement of the re-housing initiative follows news from earlier this month that New Orleans had secured over $73 million for permanent supportive housing vouchers... read more.
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| DDD Seeks Partners for Rabouin Mentoring and Internship Initiative The Downtown Development District is seeking local individuals and/or companies interested in working together to provide mentoring and internship opportunities to students at Downtown New Orleans' only public school, L.E. Rabouin High School. Leaders of Each One/Save One, a locally based mentoring group, have agreed to assist the DDD and volunteer mentors and to design an effective, goal-oriented program... read more.
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| Block-by-Block Cleaning Ambassador Returns Valuables to Visitor
In the early morning hours of July 18, his first day on the job, Block-by-Block cleaning ambassador Gerard Lloyd was sweeping and pressure washing Canal Street sidewalks when he came across a wallet with a driver's license and two credit cards belonging to Dr. Malcolm Lloyd of Princeton, New Jersey... read more.
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| Call To Artists: TransART Project to Transform
Downtown Transit Shelters Let your original art show everyone that you have “arrived” via the the Downtown Development District’s TransArt project, which will transform 14 Canal Street transit shelters into an outdoor contemporary art gallery. For details please see Call to Artists, or visit Callforentry.org. To access optional artist templates, please visit http://www.neworleansdowntown.com/transART-templates. For more information, contact Rochelle Juelich at rjuelich@neworleansdowntown.com. |
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| Local Favorite Whitney White Linen Night is Downtown August 2
The New Orleans Arts District’s annual summer art-walk and outdoor celebration along Julia St. (300-600 blocks), throughout the New Orleans Arts District and at the Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St.) The night features art openings at nearly 20 galleries and museums with contemporary works by local, national and international artists, plus live music, curbside cash bars and restaurants and much more. Everyone is encouraged to wear their coolest white linen! Free admission.
Official Afterparty at the CAC – 9 p.m. until midnight - will feature a special Music of New Orleans Series concert with John Mooney & Friends. $10 general admission, free for CAC members. For more information, call (504) 528-3805 or visit www.cacno.org. |
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| Participate in Mobility and Parking Study Online
Click here to participate in the study. Residents, business owners, locals, visitors, and workers are all asked to participate in an online survey to gather information on the mobility and parking needs in and around Downtown New Orleans. The Downtown Development District survey seeks input on parking, modes of transportation, walking and bicycling conditions, and related mobility issues. It is an important component of the DDD's Mobility and Parking Study that will supplement information gained through a series of focus groups held in June. The study area includes all of Downtown, including the Warehouse Arts District, Lafayette Square, the Central Business District, and the Medical District. The study area also includes the French Quarter and the Marigny Triangle... read more.
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| DDD Condo of the Month: Mills Row The DDD Condo of the Month for August is Mills Row, located at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and John Churchill Chase Street in Downtown's Warehouse Arts District. Unlike most condo complexes in the Warehouse District, Mills Row is all new construction, and survived both hurricanes Katrina and Rita with absolutely no damage... read more.
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|  | Downtown Calendar
July-August 2008 JULY 8-AUG 31: SCHINDLER EXHIBIT at National WWII Museum JULY 31: OGDEN AFTER HOURS featuring Michael Skinkus and Moyuba AUGUST 2: WHITNEY WHITE LINEN NIGHT in Downtown's Warehouse Arts District JULY 26: LAFAYETTE SQUARE cleanup day CRESCENT CITY FARMER'S MARKET every Saturday at corner of Girod and Magazine streets. 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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| For more information on any of the articles featured in What's Up Downtown, or to submit an item for consideration,
contact Lauren Hotard at lhotard@neworleansdowntown.com. |
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