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Jimmy’s, neighbors hope to reach common ground before City Council meeting next week
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Maybe it was just a pot of jambalaya, or maybe the calm before a storm, but by all accounts Wednesday night was a positive step on the road back for Jimmy’s Music Club — about 30 supporters, neighbors and city officials all sharing a bite to eat and some casual conversation before heading into a week that could bring a formal operating agreement and approval from the city to reopen. Jimmy Anselmo and the club’s new operators threw the club’s doors open Wednesday evening for an open house that was well attended by many of those involved in the complicated set of decisions that will determine with the venue can reopen. Deacon John Moore, president of the New Orleans Musicians’ Union and a stalwart Jimmy’s supporter was there. So, too, were members of the Carrollton-Riverbend Neighborhood Association and the nearby Maple Area Residents Inc. And two staff members with Councilwoman Susan Guidry’s office used the evening as an opportunity for an on-site visit with Anselmo. The club owners and the neighbors are meeting Sunday in hopes of working out a good-neighbor agreement, and the formal request for permission to sell alcohol at the club is scheduled to go before the City Council the following Thursday, July 25.