BROADMOOR IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Neighborhood Improvement District Puts Power in Residents’ Hands

State Senator Karen Carter Peterson has introduced legislation that will form the Broadmoor Neighborhood Improvement District. The improvement district formally establishes Broadmoor’s boundaries, creates an elected governing board and allows for a voter-approved $100 parcel fee that will be used, according to Peterson’s bill (SB-703), “solely and exclusively for the purpose and benefit of the district.” *
Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) president LaToya Cantrell says the designation is vital for the neighborhood’s continued success.

Notice is hereby given that responses to a Request for Proposals for a General Contractor for residential construction will be received by the Broadmoor Development Corporation (BDC) at 4520 South Derbigny Street New Orleans, LA 70125 no later than August 9, at 4:00 PM. The selected General Contractor will build or renovate up to 40 single-family homes predominantly in census tract 103 of New Orleans, but including other parts of the Broadmoor neighborhood. All general contractors who meet the requisite qualifications are encouraged to apply.

Copies of the Request for Proposals can be obtained by emailing PHA at bdcrfp@broadmoorcorp.com. Please read and review the RFP before posing any questions. Bid sets are attached below.

July 27, 28 & 29
3617 General Pershing Street in gym/cafeteria
* 10AM-12PM (ages 7-18): hip-hop, breakin’, jazz funk, afro-modern, ballet
* Evening Class (for Adults): zumba and hip-hop
Space is limited! Please call (504) 376-5504 to sign-up or email Emily Wolff at emily@broadmoorcorp.com.

Camp is sponsored by the Broadmoor Improvement Association and the Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective, Inc, a collective of ethnically diverse Philadelphia-based dance companies dedicated to cultivating artistic expression through dance workshops throughout the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www. indigenouspitch.org.

Come out to Wilson Charter School (map) this Saturday, July 10, from 11AM-3PM for the exciting Broadmoor Home Expo, and voice your opinion on the design of new Broadmoor Homes! A special SENIORS' HOUR begins at 11, with general voting and FREE LUNCH at noon. We hope to see you there!

The 2010 Broadmoor Home Expo is presented by the BIA and BDC, and features the Neighborhood Housing Design Vote as part of the USGBC Natural Talent Design Competition, sponsored by EnviRenew, and the BDC.

Broadmoor Home Expo
Andrew Wilson School – 3617 General Pershing St.
July 10, 2010
Seniors’ Hour: 11:00am-12:00pm
11:00am-3:00pm

The Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) and Broadmoor Development Corporation (BDC) are excited to invite you to the 2010 Broadmoor Home Expo on July 10, 2010! Read more for the details and a video!

Finally after a decade of persistence by the BIA, Broadmoor is seeing trees return to the Napoleon Avenue and Claiborne Avenue neutral grounds.

In May 2000 the U.S. Corps of Engineers began construction on a $61.7 million dollar drainage project on these two streets, and work was completed by Spring 2004. But the Corps removed many trees in site preparation, and for many years the community has missed the trees.

But just like Dr. Seuss’ famous Lorax ("I speak for the trees") BIA has been striving behind the scenes to ensure the trees return. Longtime BIA board member, Marilyn Crump, says from the very beginning BIA pressured the Corps to include landscaping in the project funding.

"BIA fought for that," Crump says.

It’s paid off. Richard Radford, landscaping architect for the Corps, says his team of contractors has set an aggressive schedule to finish the landscaping within the 30 days. If you drive, or better yet walk, down these two Broadmoor avenues, you’ll see a welcome sight of blossoming Tuskegee and Muskogee Crepe Myrtles as well as Willow Oak trees. By the time the landscaping is complete, five 20-foot-tall Queen Bee Palm trees will adorn the Napoleon Avenue and Claiborne Avenue intersection.

For more information on the landscaping, take a look at the plans

Please contact the BIA at 309-2561, if you would like to receive a truck load of dirt (12 yards) from the project. The construction manager is willing to deliver the dirt to your home only if you are committed to receiving a full load.

In addition, the BIA is looking for input on how to use a $1500 donation by a Broadmoor resident, for landscape improvements on Napoleon Avenue. The BIA feels this is a perfect opportunity to leverage these resources in order to maximize the improvements in the area. Please send your thoughts to Karen Miller at Karen@broadmoorcorp.com.

Some ideas we have heard:

* Pet Waste Stations

* Flowers planted around Broadmoor signs

* Trash cans

* Emergency call boxes

Let us hear your ideas!

The US Army's band "Pershing's Own" CO, Colonel Thomas Rotondi Jr., receives a city council proclamation thanking the US Army Blues "Swamp Romp Band" for promoting volunteerism in the New Orleans region during the French Quarter festival. The band came and did three days of concerts around the city of New Orleans including at a Habitat for Humanity house in eastern New Orleans. The proclamation was presented by Kevin Caldwell of the BIA.