New Orleans East Blight Metamorphism


Progress Report: May-June 2013 New Orleans East Clean Sweep 

Updated Blighted Property Report

Nakisha Irvin Knott, Hattie Broussard and Barbara Johnson held Strategy Conference Call with Aimee Quirk, Jeff Hebert and Pura Bascos on May 8, 2013 to discuss the status of the Top 10 Blight List 


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1. Four Blight Adjudication Hearings held that resulted in guilty judgment and fines - attended by total of 15 community leaders. Plaza Mall Vacant Land Site- Lake Forest LLC fined; city will schedule hearing for owner of Grand Theatre building , George Solomon(standing room only); 9660 Lake Forest Boulevard, Former East Haven Nursing Home ( 2nd time for  code violations). Former VOA Building, 10101 Lake Forest 10301 I-10 Service Road, former Behr Mas/Palms Apts. 

2.6700 Plaza-Property sold by RTA to New Orleans Lakeshore Land Company (Mitch Crusto).  Reported property owner will use for medical- related warehousing. City will monitor owner’s progress in bringing up to code. 
3.6800 Plaza-Ochsner—Scheduled for Sheriff’s sale 7/5/13.  The city denied Ochsner's request to  waive existing city blight fines and to remove from Sheriff’s sale for a few months to”fix” but not repair violations. 
4. Park Brittany Townhouses, I-10 Service Road, Owner by NORA- Scheduled for Demolition. 

5.23804 Read (5851 Read- Vacant lot next to Waffle House). Property owner is cleaning up site. Property owner requested extension due to weather, DEQ requirements and scale of clean-up. 
6.45608 Bullard, 7.2 Acre Vacant Lot Next to Toys R Us- Owner has indicated that he will clean-up. 

7. 8501 Lake Forest Blvd, National Baptist Convention, Vacant Lot( next to LeJardin Elderly Apts)New Orleans East Clean Sweep requested  at May Blight Stat Meeting that the City permit a concrete recycling company to remove for free  concrete debris  on site for recycling. 

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