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Pontchartrain Park • Commentary from Cynthia Hedge Morrell • Louisiana’S Only Cooperative Grocery • Trumpet Award Nominations • Food Security and Sustainability Take Me! FREE The rumpet September/OctoberT 2012 • Community Voices Orchestrating Change • Issue 6 Volume 5 INSIDE • A Revitalized Pontchartrain Park • Commentary from Cynthia Hedge Morrell • Louisiana’s Only Cooperative Grocery • Trumpet Award Nominations • Food Security and Sustainability NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT pontchartrain Park Neighborhoods Partnership Network’s (NPN) mission is to improve our quality of life by engaging New Orleanians in neighborhood revitalization and civic process. THE TRUMPET | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER | 2012 1 Letter From NEIGHBORHOODS PARTNERSHIP NETWORK The Executive Director The Trumpet Contents Photo: Kevin Griffin/2Kphoto The Twins — Sustainability 5 New Orleans News Survey and Democracy 7 NPN provides an inclusive and collaborative 7 NOLA Wise Makes New Orleans We’re It was the best of times, it was the worst of city-wide framework to empower Homes Energy Efficient NOLA Wise, times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of neighborhood groups in New Orleans. are you? foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the 9 Longue Vue’s Model of Sustainability epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it Find Out More at NPNnola.com was the season of darkness, it was the spring of 13 Pontchartrain Park Re-Born hope, it was the winter of despair... 19 A Commentary from Cynthia Hedge Morrell ---- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities English novelist (1812 - 1870) NPN Board Members 21 Nola Food Co-op: 100% Owned by the 99% The end of summer in New Orleans is always the best and the worst of times for me. Victor Gordon, Board Chair, Pontilly Neighborhood Association 23 The New Orleans Fatherhood Consortium The end of sweltering summer heat and the beginnings of fall cool breezes, the end of Angela Daliet, Treasurer, Parkview Neighborhood Association 25 Food Sustainability in NOLA and Beyond snowballs, backyard barbecues and seafood boils and the beginning of Saints football Benjamin Diggins, Melia Subdivision NOLA Wise Makes New Orleans tailgating and the beginning of frequent, fierce, and consistent… you guessed it … 29 A Healthy Heart Column Homes Energy Efficient HURRICANES. Katherine Prevost, Upper Ninth Ward Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association Growing up in the Crescent City students would often be released from school and told to go directly home to prepare for “the storm.” You would often hear laughing and joking Leslie Ellison, Tunisburg Square Civic Homeowners around with the names of such great and powerful forces of nature. I would always wish Improvement Association 20 that my name would be thrown in the bunch with the other popular storms. My mother on Sylvia McKenzie, Rosedale Subdivision the other hand did not see the humor and fun in such games. She had experienced Betsy Tilman Hardy, Secretary, Leonidas/Pensiontown in the 60’s and was somehow always overly prepared. Flashlights, batteries, candles, fill Neighborhood Association up the gas tank, remove the pictures off the walls, pick everything up off the floor, board up Wendy Laker, Mid-City Neighborhood Organization the windows, and have a bag with three days of clothing packed and ready to leave if a Darryl Durham, St.Anna’s Church mandatory evacuation is ordered. My siblings and I would always make jokes about moms’ hurricane survival skills never realizing that one day we too would experience the BIG ONE. Rashida Ferdinand, Sankofa CDC Seven years ago hurricane Katrina and the break of our federal levee systems Sylvia Scineaux-Richard, ENONAC caused our nation’s worst man-made and natural disasters of all time. Katrina’s attack on New Orleans disrupted our city’s economic engine and dismantled the city’s largest job NEIGHBORHOOD employers --- medical and education industries therefore further enlarging the economical SPOTLIGHT Third Party Submission Issues gap between the have and have-nots. However, the disaster led to billions of dollars being pontchartrain Physical submissions on paper, CD, etc. cannot be returned unless an spent to rebuild communities. Post-Katrina tax incentives had a dramatic impact on the Park region. Federal money has transformed the schools and provided monies to invest in major arrangement is made. Submissions may be edited and may be published infrastructure -- sewer, water, public service buildings, police and fire departments. Yet I or otherwise reused in any medium. By submitting any notes, information The New Orleans Nola Food Co-op: 100% have also witnessed a surge of dramatic changes, from the loss of much needed affordable or material, or otherwise providing any material for publication in the 23 Fatherhood Consortium 16 Owned by the 99% housing in the area, to increased blight and vacancy, and ongoing speculative development newspaper, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, Community Spotlight in response to the medical complexes under construction. Public safety also remains a or are making your submission with the consent of the owner of the difficult issue. Crime is a major problem and the police department is under enormous strain. material, all information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete. The voice of residents are become more harmonized in developing unified voices to city wide problems. The lessons from the disaster that followed Katrina have not been lost Non-Liability Disclaimers Seemingly stubborn problems are still affecting the poorest residents still beset the The Trumpet may contain facts, views, opinions, statements and The Trumpet Editorial Board The Trumpet Editorial Staff region. Recently the region was greeted by Hurricane Isaac who showed up two days recommendations of third party individuals and organizations. Jim Belfon, Gulf South Photography Project Melissa Garber, Editor before Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary and decided to linger around causing damage to The Trumpet does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability Scott Bicking, Art Director not only New Orleans neighborhoods but those neighborhoods in low line parishes where Nora McGunnigle, Local History Editor of any advice, opinion, statement or other information in the publication former New Orleanians believed they could escape the broken infrastructure that exist in Christy Chapman and use of or reliance on such advice, opinion, statement or other Patricia A. Davis & Greg Lawson, Associate Neighborhoods Editors the urban city. Isaac, like Katrina reminded us that our region remains vulnerable to natural Rashida Ferdinand, Sankofa CDC information is at your own risk. and man-made forces of nature. It also revealed the need for residents to build sustainable Heidi Hickman communities, create democratic cooperatives; and strengthen community through shared Elton Jones, New Orleans Rising resources and education. I believe the residents of New Orleans neighborhoods have done Copyright that and are continuing to identify new approaches to build a better, safer and stronger city. Copyright 2012 Neighborhoods Partnership Network. All Rights Reserved. Naomi King This issue of the Trumpet speaks to how we the New Orleans community sees Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of any of the contents of this Linedda McIver, AARP sustainability for the city of New Orleans. NPN continues to serve as a strong and diverse service without the express written consent of Neighborhoods Partnership Ray Nichols, Maple Area Residents Inc. network who envisions improvement and advancement of economic, social, cultural and Network is expressly prohibited. Brian Opert, Talk Show Host, WGSO 990AM political conditions. We invite you to join and enlarge this network to reflect the values that 4902 Canal Street • #301 Valerie Robinson, Old Algiers Main Street Corporation all of LOUISIANA can be great places to live. New Orleans, LA 70119 Melinda Shelton 504.940.2207 • FX 504.940.2208 Timolynn Sams [email protected] www.npnnola.com 2 THE TRUMPET | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER | 2012 THE TRUMPET | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER | 2012 3 What are District Councils? New Orleans News Survey What do they do? What do they not do? How do they impact citizen participation? Where Do We Go From Here? Do we need them in New Orleans? In response to unprecedented changes sweeping the New Orleans journalism landscape, The New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance (NOCOG) is conducting a survey to gather residents’ opinions on local media. Information This fall, the New Orleans City Council will be voting on Text Amendment 19 to the Master Plan. gathered from the survey will lead to a report, providing the region’s news-gathering institutions with feedback If passed in its current form, Amendment 19 would remove District Councils, to help guide their coverage in ways that meet audience’s needs. The survey is also available online in English, currently a part of the proposed Community Participation Process, from the Master Plan. Spanish and Vietnamese. For more information, please visit www.NOCOG.org. There is a lot of confusion regarding District Councils, and what their role is within a formalized participation process. In the interest of making sure the community is informed about what a District Council is before any decisions are made, the Committee for a Better New Orleans is hosting a series of debates featuring proponents and opponents of District Councils. SURVEY DEADLINE – September 21, 2012 The two sides will debate the role of District Councils, and what they could mean for our city. 1. What is your preferred way to receive news? Please rate the choices WBOK 1230AM, WWNO 89.9FM, WYLD 98.5 FM, WQUE 93.3FM; Moderated by WDSU’s Norman Robinson, the debates will take place around the city in order to maximize accessibility. with (1) being most preferred and (5) being least preferred. WWL 105.3FM, WIST 690AM, Vuong Ky Son radio, La Mega 105.7 FM, KGLA107.5 FM, La Raza 830 AM, Other sources? (please list) The next dates and locations are: ( ) Radio ( ) Online ( ) Print ( ) TV ( ) Other Tuesday, September 18th • 7:00pm – 8:30pm 2. What are the most important types of news you want to get on a daily basis (circle all that apply) Saint Stephens Missionary Baptist Church • 2701 Lawrence Street • New Orleans, LA 70114 Debate will be located in the cafeteria at St.
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