The Fair Grounds
1751 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70119
April 26, 2019
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Tickets $58 – $70.
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The Fair Grounds
1751 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70119
April 26, 2019
Music Line-Up:
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Tickets $58 – $70.
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The Fair Grounds
1751 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70119
May 8, 2022
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Tickets $75 – $1700+.
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Jefferson Parish will see a face-lift to the Elmwood Shopping Center. The developer, Lauricella Land, hopes to bring a new and exciting place to Jefferson Parish that will draw people in from other parishes.
Mike Yenni, Jefferson Parish President, is excited about the new project for the community. He said that the redevelopment will include higher-end housing and shops that are currently not found in Jefferson Parish.
“It’s totally thinking out of the box, but it’s the new trend,” Yenni said of Lauricella Land Company LLC’s concept for Elmwood. “It’s what’s happened in the city of New Orleans. You’ve got a lot of live, work, play concepts there with retail on the first floor and residential up above, and why can’t we do the same thing here in Jefferson Parish?”
The two year project is already underway as the old KMart building is being prepared for demolition and the new La Madeleine’s restaurant is currently under construction right next door. The plans include housing units that will be built where the KMart building stands. The first floor of the units will consist of retail and the housing will be on the upper floors with the parking garage in the back. A grocery store is also hoping to make it into the development but is still in the works.
“All he’s told me is that he’s going after a grocery store that is not even common to Louisiana right now,” Yenni said. “So it’s got me Googling, but I haven’t found it yet.”
Jefferson Parish Council has approved a special tax incentive to aid the developer in improving roads, drainage and landscaping. The drainage will prevent flooding on the south-side of Clearview Parkway by tying into the Pump to the River station.
Shoppers and retail store employees of the Elmwood Shopping Center are excited about what’s to come. The new store facades that have already been put in place are just one of the many great things to come.
“It makes it so much better than it used to be,” Dave Sepulveva, who works at a retail store at the shopping center, said. “I’ve just gotten a favorable response to what they’re hearing — what’s coming up.”
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HeartGift is an organization that has helped over 400 children with life-saving congenital heart defect surgery in over 34 countries. For $25,000 each child, HeartGift brings the patient to the United States where the surgery is preformed. The patients surgery, travel expenses, medicine, recovery and more is covered.
Louisiana’s HeartGift chapter which was formed in 2010 has helped 54 children from around the world. Stephanie Berault, the executive director of the chapter, shared a young girl’s story of how her life was changed by HeartGift.
A native to the Philippines, Keona is a two year old with a congenital heart defect known as a ventricular septal defect. Keona has a hole between the two lower chambers of the heart which is a serious condition. HeartGift flew her and her mother Maricar to New Orleans where Children’s Hospital in New Orleans performed heart surgery.
“I can’t imagine someone telling me ‘Your child is sick and I can’t fix it,’” Berault said. “And then to say ‘There are people out there who can fix it, but I can’t get you there. I’m sorry.’
“It’s heartbreaking.”
From the time Keona and her mother landed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to the time for recovery HeartGift was there. They were greeted at the airport with gifts and balloons. HeartGift paid for the cost of the hospital stay which was $18,000. The surgery cost approximately $300,0000 which was comped by Children’s Hospital.
“When you see the transition of a terrified mom getting off a plane, you get it,” she said. “She’s never left home before, she’s showing up with her sick child and trusting us. You see that, and then you see when they leave a month later and she’s crying with gratitude.
“She’s going home with a child who is well. That’s tangible and real. It’s an amazing thing.”
HeartGift of Louisiana could not do this without funding and help from Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. The chapter’s team works hard to raise money for the cause.
This year they will host the inaugural Crawfish and Cornhole event that will be held in The Sanctuary in Mandeville. There will be 32 teams that will participate in the tournament and of course there will be a crawfish boil.
“When people get involved with HeartGift, they become invested,” Berault said. “It’s always very personal.”
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