NEW TIME – NONDC TO DEMOLISH CENTRAL CITY EYESORE ACQUIRED AT SUMMER SHERIFF’S SALE

Event will highlight progress; importance of public/private partnership in blight elimination

NONDC will mark the release of its 2011 Property Condition Survey results with the demolition of a significantly blighted property in Central City. The home was acquired in July through the city’s pilot sheriff’s sale program spearheaded by Councilmember Stacy Head’s office. Jeffrey P. Hebert, director of the city’s office on blight policy and neighborhood revitalization, provided NONDC with significant guidance in finalizing ownership of the property. The acquisition was made possible through a grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation.  Once complete, the demolition will make way for the construction of a new, high-quality affordable home in the coming months.

WHO:          Una Anderson, Executive Director, NONDC

Councilmember Stacy Head, District B, City of New Orleans

Jeffrey P. Hebert, Director, Office of Blight Policy and Neighborhood Revitalization, City of New Orleans

Isabel Barrios, Program Associate, Greater New Orleans Foundation

WHAT: Major Blight Demolition and Release of Central City Property Condition Survey

WHEN: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

2:30 p.m. –  3:30 p.m.

WHERE: 2815 Third Street, New Orleans, LA