[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish Holds Public Meeting and Workshop for the Old Arabi Revitalization Plan and Streetscapes Improvements Project

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard Parish Holds Public Meeting and Workshop for the Old Arabi
Revitalization Plan and Streetscapes Improvements Project

 

Location: Arabi Elementary School Cafeteria (7200 Alexander Ave.)

 

On Monday, February 23rd, St. Bernard Parish will hold a public meeting at
6:00 p.m. in the Arabi Elementary School cafeteria. All residents, business
owners, and other Old Arabi stakeholders are invited to attend the workshop
to review and comment on urban design and planning proposals for Old Arabi,
based on the results of public meetings and workshops held in 2013.
Representatives from Waggonner & Ball Architects, the project consultants,
will provide an overview of the Revitalization Plan as well as specific
design proposals for the neighborhood that will be implemented. They will
also provide an update on planned improvements for the St. Claude Avenue
neutral ground.  

 

Input from this meeting will be critical for the completion of the
Revitalization Plan and the development of the project's design elements
that are to be implemented, with a total value of $2.5 million.     

 

The project, which is being funded by a Community Development Block Grant,
sets goals and objectives for the ongoing revitalization of Old Arabi in
terms residential and commercial development, as well recreational amenities
and beautification. The work is considered a small area plan that informs
the St. Bernard Comprehensive Master Land Use and Zoning Plan.

 

St. Bernard Parish Government strongly encourages the residents and business
owners in Old Arabi to attend the meeting on the 23rd in order for the
consultants to gain a strong sense of the desires for the neighborhood by
the public going forward. The process depends on the views, ideas and values
of the people who live and work in the area.