What's Up Downtown
July 28 2017 Issue
CELEBRATE DOWNTOWN NOLA ALL-STARS!  

     
      
Check out this year's six honorees to be celebrated at the Downtown NOLA Awards luncheon on Friday, September 22 at the Roosevelt New Orleans, located in Downtown NOLA at 130 Roosevelt Way. The luncheon will be held from Noon to 1:30pm, with networking and cocktails before from 11:00am to 11:45am.  Click here  to view the honorees and to buy tickets.

WHITNEY WHITE LINEN NIGHT 2017
 
 

It's that time of the year! Dress up in your finest white linen and cruise down the Julia Street Block Party, Saturday, August 5 from 5:30 - 9:30pm. Enjoy free admission to art openings at more than 20 galleries & museums. Cocktails and cuisine from 25 local restaurants, as well as live music, will punctuate your stroll!
 
DDD is a proud sponsor.

More information and tickets available here.

ARTS MARKET DOWNTOWN PRESENTED BY THE DDD - WHITE LINEN NIGHT

 

On White Linen Night, check out the next Arts Market Downtown presented by the DDD. The Market is produced by Arts Council New Orleans, featuring fine art and crafts, food truck favorites, and local musicians from 4-9pm during select First Saturday Art Walks at the intersection of Julia and Carondolet Streets in Downtown NOLA. Space provided by Domain Companies.

8.5.17 | 9.2.17 | 10.7.17 | 11.4.17

MOBILITY SURVEY FOR DOWNTOWN NOLA
 
 

Now through August 1, Manning Architects is working on behalf of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to conduct a Mobility Survey for the Downtown NOLA area. This survey asks the questions: What are the biggest issues affecting transportation in the Downtown NOLA area? How would you improve them? Now through 2020, what should be our top transportation goals?
 
To take the survey, click here.

BE A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN AND COOLINARY NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT MONTH   



Beginning August 1, The New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau invites Louisiana residents to rediscover New Orleans by taking advantage of the city's cultural attractions and dining options through Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown and COOLinary New Orleans Restaurant Month, the NOCVB's annual summer campaigns. The two campaigns encourage locals to experience their hometown through the eyes of visitors while supporting the businesses that have made New Orleans one of the most culturally authentic destinations in the world.
 
Click here for fun and entertainment in Downtown NOLA.

A SEAWORTHY SHRIMP BOIL     

 

Saturday, The Ace Hotel's seafood restaurant hosts local chefs in a boil competition starting at 2pm Chefs from Josephine Estelle, Grand Isle, and (of course) Seaworthy will throw down for who can produce the most tempting boil. Tastings, beer, and live DJs all add to the fun.

Click here for details.

CULTURE UP - BOOTCA MPS FOR CREATIVES  


The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation is offering training seminars for Creatives in their August and October Sessions.

Topics include: Small Business Money Know-How, Creating Profits from Passion, and Marketing Intensive for Small Businesses in the Creative Industries.

Click here or call 504.895.2800 for further information.

IDEAX ACCELERATOR PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS  

     

Applications for IDEAx accelerator program are now open and we wanted you to be the first to know! IDEAx is an intensive, 6-month program that provides local entrepreneurs with the resources they need to grow their businesses. Founders looking to scale their ventures are invited to apply here through 11:59pm CT on Friday, August 25.

CAC SUMMER CAMP
 
 

Now - August 4
Ages: 6 through 14

CAC Summer Arts Camp 2017 aims to inspire, encourage, and celebrate the creativity of campers through the powerful combination of books and art. Each week campers explore a different story that teaches them to appreciate themselves, their communities, and the world around them.

More information is available here.

 Art Downtown NOLA
  
 

THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM

Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George Brown Salute to the Home Front
Now Open (permanent exhibit) 

The Pelican State Goes to War: Louisiana in World War II
Now - April 29, 2018
The Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery
 
945 Magazine St.
Click here for listing of exhibits

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

William Eggleston
Troubled Waters
Now - October 26

The Colorful South
Now - October 26

Louisiana Contemporary Presented by the Helis Foundation
August 5 - October 15
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 5

925 Camp St.
Click here for listing of exhibits

LeMieux Galleries
 
Face to Face: A Group Show
Now - July 29

332 Julia St.
Click here for listing of exhibits
 
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
 
A Burning House
 Now - August 26
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 5
Ti-Rock Moore

400A Julia St.
Click here for listing of exhibits 
 
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: CANAL ST.
 
 

Expect travel and parking lane closures on Canal St. from Dorsiere to Bourbon St. beginning on Saturday, July 29, 2017 from 8am until sunset as crews place permanent concrete pavement in the 100 block of Bourbon Street.

Click here  to view areas throughout the city currently being impacted by construction.

DDD PRIVATE PROPERTY 
GRAFFITI GRANT
 
    

To combat graffiti on private property, the DDD offers private property owners a fifty percent (50%) reimbursement up to a maximum of $2,500 (up from $1,000) per structure to offset the expense of graffiti removal from their property including repainting cost. To participate in the DDD's Graffiti Removal Program, please complete the Private Property Graffiti Removal Agreement.
 
The DDD Clean Team has been successful in swiftly removing graffiti from public property and encourages private property owners to do the same. Research shows that removal within 48 hours is effective in discouraging repeat vandalism.

DOWNTOWN NOLA APP
Downtown in the Palm of Your Hands
 

Download the free Downtown NOLA Mobile App featuring the Downtown guide, SafeWalk and ways to communicate directly with the DDD about Downtown matters. Download now by clicking on one of the links below to have Downtown NOLA in the palm of your hand.

ADD YOUR BUSINESS TO THE DDD WEBSITE
 
 

Downtown organizations may register and add their company and/or event to the site for free. Click here to begin your post. 

 

Don't miss this opportunity to let us help promote you!

 

And be sure to sign-up for the DDD e-newsletter and follow us on Twitter @DDDNewOrleans Instagram @DDDNewOrleans and like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/DowntownNola. 
SAFECAMNOLA.COM 
 

Register Your Security Camera with NOPD to Help Fight Crime

 

If you own a security camera in New Orleans, you can now register it with NOPD to help detectives solve crimes in your neighborhood and provide strong evidence to put offenders away. 

 

The New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, in partnership with the NOPD, launched a new online service called Safecam NOLA.  The program allows residents and business owners to register their security cameras with New Orleans Police. The SafecamNOLA project is an expansion of "Safecam8," which was an on-line program that Downtown residents and business owners in the Eighth Police District have been using for years to register their cameras with Eighth District police.  The 1,302 8th District cameras that are in that system are now included in the citywide SafecamNOLA system.  

 

Please visit www.SafecamNOLA.com to enroll today.