Jun 212011
 

Every business wants to be seen, heard and most importantly remembered. Branding is the way to achieve this recognition. A brand is intangible; it is the basic message and vision of your business… a consistent promise of quality and service. In getting out your message it is the materials that support and accentuate your vision that is the tangible part: a name, a logo, a tag line, a look to differentiate your products and services from your competitors.

Creative Zumo specializes in branding and visual identities.

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Jun 202011
 

The "Birth of a Muse" statue by sculptor Kim Bernadas is expected to be installed at a Terpsichore Street park later this summer. (via coliseumsquare.org)

In hopes of using sunshine as a disinfectant, the residents of Coliseum Square are compiling a list of the 12 most-offensive blighted properties in their neighborhood.

Meanwhile, they are also continuing their efforts to improve the parks in the neighborhood, cleaning out the Coliseum Square fountain and preparing a finger park on Terpsichore for an iconic new statue, they said Monday evening during the association’s June meeting. Continue reading »

Jun 202011
 

Three main discussion issues — Second Line Stages’ interest in buying a closed street, designs for a project at 1233 Coliseum Street and maintenance of the Coliseum Square fountain — are scheduled for the meeting of the Coliseum Square Association to be held tonight (June 20), according to the group’s website. The association meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridge Lounge, 1201 Magazine Street.

Jun 202011
 

Current City Council district lines in Uptown New Orleans.

Most of Uptown New Orleans appears likely to avoid a political tug-of-war over redrawing City Council boundaries, though one proposal would change the representation for a handful of neighborhoods along Jefferson Avenue.

Of the five proposed redistricting plans unveiled this weekend, four show no changes to representation Uptown whatsoever, and one slides six voting precincts along Jefferson Avenue from Councilwoman Susan Guidry’s District A into Councilwoman Stacy Head’s District B. Continue reading »

Jun 202011
 

Common Ground’s First Annual Summer Wellness Festival is here! Join us Saturday, June 25, at Fox Park in Algiers for a full FREE day of music, food, learning, and fun, as we kick off our capital campaign to make our new home on Newton Street a reality. We’re raising the roof so we can literally raise the roof — so bring whatever change you have in your pockets and come on out for an amazing day.

See below for more details about the food, music, and events at the Wellness Fest.

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Jun 182011
 

A rendering of the proposed expansion of Audubon Charter School's Broadway campus.

If Audubon Charter School cannot find an 11th-hour location for a temporary campus this summer, it may lose the opportunity to renovate its cramped building on Broadway altogether, officials said Saturday to a group of parents who say they still feel disenfranchised by the entire process.

“Do you have a location that could house the swing space?” Orleans Parish School Board president Lourdes Moran asked a group of about 20 parents at the monthly meeting of Audubon Charter School’s governing board. “Because if not, this project will be put on hold indefinitely until this space is found.” Continue reading »

Jun 172011
 

Audubon Charter School's Broadway campus.

With a Lower Garden District site deemed unacceptably contaminated by lead, Audubon Charter School will continue searching over the summer for a temporary location that will allow renovations at its Broadway campus can proceed as planned last year, officials said. Continue reading »

Jun 172011
 

Nirvana's Banquet Hall is a 2500 square foot facility that can accommodate up to 150 people, but is also intimate enough for a gathering of 25. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

Nirvana would like to introduce you to their banquet hall located above Nirvana on Magazine St. and Napoleon Ave. Nirvana Banquet Hall is a unique and beautiful space that offers complete flexibility. The 2500 square foot facility can accommodate up to 150 people, but is also intimate enough for a gathering of 25.

Click here for additional photos and information.

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Jun 162011
 

Thinking of dining out tonight? Two dozen New Orleans-area restaurants — including Uptown favorites Bistro Daisy, The Bulldog, Gautreau’s, La Petite Grocery, Martinique Bistro, Pinkberry and Santa Fe Tapas — have pledged a sizable portion of their proceeds this evening (Thursday, June 16) to the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for their annual “Pause for Dinner” fundraiser. Continue reading »

Jun 152011
 

The former NOCCA building, photographed in September 2010. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

With tentative neighborhood support after a meeting with the new owner of the former NOCCA school building, high-end condos are emerging as a likely next life of the century-old Uptown New Orleans landmark.

Developer Jim MacPhaille met June 8 with the zoning committee of the Upper Hurstville Neighborhood Association to discuss options for the old LaSalle School on Perrier, and left with their preliminary agreement with a plan to convert it into a development of about 15 to 18 high-end condos with a few standalone homes on the side of the property. The condos would likely sell for $400 per square foot, he said, and the site would likely have about 48 parking spaces on it. Continue reading »

Jun 152011
 

High lead levels in the soil shown in this image lead state officials to deem the Audubon Charter School's plan for a temporary campus unacceptable. (Click to see the full report.)

Audubon Charter School has indefinitely postponed the renovations of its Broadway Street campus after its plan to use a lead-saturated site in the Lower Garden District for a temporary campus was deemed “unacceptable” by state officials, the school announced late Wednesday. Continue reading »

Jun 152011
 

I love coffee.  No really, I love coffee.  Proof: I happily worked in cafes for over a decade before finally retiring my green apron.  Okay, they asked me to leave.  No really, they did.  But, another story for another time.  Back to coffee.  Good coffee.  Where to get it.  How to brew it.  But when you’re away from your environs as summer months tend to bend our routines, what do you do?  Pray to Kaldi wherever you are traveling there’s a halfway decent cafe?  Or maybe you’re a full on coffee geek (like me) and you travel with your coffeemaker?  See, as much as I love Kaldi, I’ve traveled enough to know that praying and gambling on a decent cup of coffee is a hope and a bet you’ll almost certainly lose every time.  So beat the odds, and travel prepared.  This is your morning cup of coffee we’re talking about here.  Some things are sacred, and to me, this is one of them. Continue reading »