BROADMOOR IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

If you have any Quality of Life concerns in your area, please fill out our new online Quality of Life form here. Their purpose is to help BIA identify and address issues that are concerning residents of Broadmoor. There is also a printable version attached and forms are available at the BIA office. Please share this with your neighbors so that BIA will have documentation of residents' concerns.

Please check the attached list of properties that are slated for demolition. Many owners are unaware that their properties are on this list. Notices are being placed in the Times-Picayune by the City of New Orleans. A citywide list is available here. There is also more information on our discussion forum here

Phoenix Recycling, Inc. made their first scheduled curbside pickup in Broadmoor on Monday, August 13. The service will continue bi-weekly. Many in Broadmoor have already signed up with Phoenix. If you haven’t yet, it is not too late. Signup forms can be printed off the Phoenix website.

The bi-weekly service costs $15 per month per household. Phoenix collects plastics #1 thru # 7 (no grocery bags or film plastic), empty glass bottles and jars (no pyrex, ceramics or window glass), empty aluminum and tin cans, newspaper and mixed paper (separated), and cardboard (flattened).

Video essays exploring regrowth of neighborhoods in new orleans here

$2 Million Carnegie Corporation Grant Catalyzes Community Redevelopment Effort in Heart of New Orleans; Community Identifies Rosa Keller Library as Priority Project

Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today a $2 million grant to the Broadmoor Improvement Association for the reconstruction, restocking and refurnishing of the Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, a building that serves as the historic Broadmoor neighborhood's social and cultural hub. The reconstructed building, located in the heart of the historic Broadmoor neighborhood, will house a state-of-the-art library and a vibrant community center. The Keller Library was destroyed both as a physical structure and as a library repository during hurricane Katrina.

The City of New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness has launched a new high-tech emergency text and voice notification system. NOLA Ready, the emergency alert system, will send real-time emergency information that may include rain storms, evacuations, threatening levee breaches, loss of power and communication disruptions to first responders, emergency managers, business owners, tourists and registered residents. The messages will be sent via email, cell phones, pagers, Blackberry’s and Treo’s.
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Broadmoor would like to thank Duffy Voigt and Daphne Olivier for making the Emergency and Pet Preparedness Day possible! Afterwards these pet loving Broadmoorians Walked Broadmoor together.

Friday, May 18, Presidential Candidate Senator Hillary Clinton visited Broadmoor. She spoke with and toured the homes of Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Washington, Louisiana Avenue Parkway residents to discuss rebuilding challenges and the state of the recovery in Broadmoor.

It has been almost two years since Hurricane Katrina struck our community. In order to be considered , We ask everyone in our to participate in this survey conducted with full privacy and confidentiality by the LSU Survey Lab. It will survey both neighbors who have returned and those who are still displaced, to help us understand community needs and plan our recovery. And if you want more information, go to this website If you don’t have internet access, you may have another person assist you in answering questions and reporting responses. We look forward to learning more about our community!

The Broadmoor Charter School Board has begun to recruit the best and brightest teachers to join the faculty of Wilson Charter School, which will be located in the HEART OF BROADMOOR. If you are a highly qualified, passionate teacher and would like the opportunity to work in a school that will provide a safe, nurturing, enriching learning environment, please visit the website and fill out an application. Be sure to note on the application if you are a Broadmoor resident. Wilson Charter School will only be successful if we recruit the right faculty to work with our children.