(NEW ORLEANS) – A one-day civic skill development and networking conference for neighborhood residents and government agencies in the Greater New Orleans region will take place Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Dillard University’s Professional Schools Building, located at 2601 Gentilly Blvd.
The Third Annual NOLA Region Neighborhood Summit is presented in partnership by The City of New Orleans Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office and the Neighborhoods Partnership Network.
In 2012, the Neighborhood Engagement Office launched the first-ever City of New Orleans Neighborhood Summit (which was repeated in 2013) as a way to support the civic efforts of neighborhood leaders and their partnership with local government. The first two years of the Neighborhood Summit offered capacity development, information sharing, and networking opportunities for neighborhood leaders and civic-minded groups.
With more and more resident leaders stepping up and embracing the notion that working as partners with government is a critical aspect of civic life, a vital new tradition that strengthens government’s relationship with its resident leaders has developed that requires support.
The 2014 Neighborhood Summit builds on this working paradigm that Mayor Landrieu has championed and expands the opportunities to other regional residents and civic-minded groups.
