Rain, Retain, Drain NOLA

EVENTS

New Orleans is a city created, powered and influenced by the water that surrounds it. Living with water is a lifestyle for us. By getting involved in the community’s green infrastructure initiative, you and your family and friends can help keep your neighborhood dry.

Find a green infrastructure project or event that interest you and help keep it moving!

Treme Neighborhood Water Wise Champions Visioning Workshop

900 N. Villere St., New Orleans, LA 70116

Saturday, August 20, 2017

9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Water Wise NOLA will host part one of the Visioning Workshop in Treme to create a green infrastructure plan for the neighborhood. Residents are invited to come together to identify problem areas that could be addressed by green infrastructure. Ella Delio, of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, will be the guest speaker to kick off the event! For more information, visit waterwisenola.com

City of New Orleans Adopt a Catch Basin: Cleaning Days

Location: Various Councilmanic Districts

District C – October 7

District B – October 14

District E – October 21

District D – October 28

District A – October 28

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Join the Neighborhood Engagement Office for catch basin clean-up days each Saturday in October! Volunteers and residents will work together to clear vegetation and debris from around catch basins in their respective neighborhoods. For more information visit, nola.gov/neighborhood-engagement or call them at (504) 658-4980.

Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable: Sustainable Water Management

Ochsner Baptist, 2700 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115

Saturday, September 23, 2017

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Join the Neighborhood Engagement Office as they discuss green infrastructure and best practices for water management. Featuring a presentation by CAO and Deputy Mayor Jeff Hebert and the Office of Resilience and Sustainability. For more information visit, nola.gov/neighborhood-engagement.

Water Words: A Festival of Environmental Literacy

New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112

Saturday, June 3

11 a.m – 3 p.m.

Explore the special role of water in books, art and our city with The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans and New Orleans Public Library. For more information and to see the schedule of events, visit www.nolawater.org.

NOLA CONNECTS Launch Celebration

Wayward Owl Brewing Company, 3940 Thalia St., New Orleans, LA 70125

Thursday, June 29

4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

NOLA CONNECTS will celebrate the launch of their new civic crowdfunding platform dedicated to the resilience of New Orleans! Enjoy craft beers from Wayward Owl and tasty treats from La Monita Pop Up. For more information, visit nolaconnects.org.

SOUL NOLA Presentation to the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Bricolage Academy, 3368 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA 70119

August 1, 2017

7 p.m.

SOUL NOLA will be presenting their plans to create a more resilient and equitable New Orleans through improving its water systems. For more information, visit www.soulnola.org.