Water Leaders Institute

Check out our new sign!
Meadow Maintenance will be this Sunday 7/22 from 5 - 7 pm.
We will do some wedding and seed collection.

Join us the third weekend (usually) of every month for Meadow Maintenance! The exact day and time will be announced the week of depending on the weather. 2100 Leon C. Simon Dr.

Come see what is in bloom!

Join us for BUG FEST! Together we will do some reseeding and planting, ID and map plants currently in the meadow, and use magnifying glasses to look for bugs.

Saturday, October. 12 from 10AM - 3PM at 2100 Leon C. Simon Dr.

The Mosquito, Rodent and Termite Control board puts together a fantastic family friendly festival to learn all about the fascinating world of insects! Enjoy crafts and games, talk with scientists and experts, visit vendor booths and bring your glass recycling. &beats

Missed last week's Lincoln Beach VISION PLAN PROJECT workshop? Video recording now available:

Vision Plan Project: Lincoln Beach Workshop on July 20, 2023 Join New Orleans for Lincoln Beach and for an introduction to the Lincoln Beach Community Vision from 2022 followed by an overview...

https://www.watermapneworleans.com/

We’re excited to launch the Water Map New Orleans / Water Map Bulbancha project.

Visit the project website to learn about this multimedia platform for exploring the topic of water in relation to our past, present, and future. Visit the “Water Map Stories” section for writing and videos that cover topics ranging from Bulbancha and crawfish to Bayou St. John to trauma, resistance, and transformation. Next month, we will distribute our first paper maps, while working towards launching the digital version of the map in fall 2023.

Stay tuned for more stories, community events, and opportunities to contribute. We can’t wait to hear what you think!

And if you’re able, please consider supporting the project financially so we can distribute this map at no cost throughout the region so that all residents have access to basic water systems information, as well as stories, artwork, readings, projects, and programs that support learning, dialogue, and collective stewardship of the region’s water resources.

We're thankful to Nola Gulf South, National Performance Network, Antenna, Greater New Orleans Foundation, and so many other people for their support in getting this project off the ground.

https://issuu.com/waterleadersinstitute/docs/lincoln_beach_community_vision_report_final_2022_1

Lincoln Beach Community Vision Report now available!

Huge thanks to each participant for lending their voice, stories, wisdom, and imaginations; to New Orleans for Lincoln Beach for their leadership and the opportunity to contribute; and to
Gulf South for a Green New Deal and Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs for supporting the visioning process. Contact New Orleans for Lincoln Beach if you'd like a copy or to get connected to these efforts moving forward.

2022 Lincoln Beach Community Vision Report New Orleans for Lincoln Beach and the Water Leaders Institute hosted a series of community visioning events in fall 2022. We collected stories, community values, drawings, and ideas at workshops, at a Community Vision Exhibition hosted at the new Lincoln Beach Center, and also through an online surv...

Tune in/call in to WBOK 1230AM
tomorrow (Monday, 11/21) at 1 p.m. for a preview of the community vision report for Lincoln Beach that we've been working on with New Orleans for Lincoln Beach. You can also tune in to the WBOK page to see visuals.

Tricia 'Blyss' Wallace and WLI's Aron Chang will be in conversation with host Gerod Stevens and sharing values, findings, analysis, and design concepts from the two workshops, exhibition, and online survey from the past two months, as well as information on what's next for this historic space.

Many thanks to Gulf South for a Green New Deal and Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs for supporting this process.









Background image shows one of the community drawings from the second design workshop.

tps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbPcZPpJcn3dhu0rBBhLcqdrka8rG2T_HC2sdJB2xxuH1ZLA/viewform

Couldn't make it to one of the Lincoln Beach Community Visioning Events with New Orleans for Lincoln Beach, but still want to provide input?

We'd love to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to fill out the Online Survey before October 25.

Lincoln Beach Community Vision Survey Your input is invaluable. Please help New Orleans for Lincoln Beach work towards a community vision for Lincoln Beach by sharing your thoughts, stories, and ideas using this online survey. This vision will be included in the city’s Request for Proposals (RFP) that will inform the creation of a mas...

https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_a9b6805c-4bec-11ed-8956-6fb1f1761071.html

Read up on the community vision exhibition and story hour organized by New Orleans for Lincoln Beach and WLI yesterday.

Many thanks to Tricia 'Blyss' Wallace, Sage Michael Pellet, and Reggie Ford for their leadership, and Cfreedom for her videography, to Ms. Janet Tobias and the Lincoln Beach Center for hosting, and to Beaucoup Eats for the amazing food. And many thanks to everyone that's been a part of this multi-week community visioning process. We are excited to pull together and share out everyone's stories, questions, ideas, and drawings, as well as the values we co-created back in September. This is a key step towards ensuring that the future of Lincoln Beach is rooted in community values, priorities, and creativity.

Many thanks, also, to Gulf South for a Green New Deal and Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs for making these events possible. And also to the city’s Office of Neighborhood Engagement for their continued support.

For Lincoln Beach, New Orleans East residents seek market, fishing, music space and sand Using a timeline, draw-on maps and a scale model, 100 New Orleans East residents on Saturday described their vision for Lincoln Beach.

In fall 2020, the Water Leaders Institute brought together environmental leaders from across New Orleans to talk about different projects and initiatives and the theme of environmental stewardship. This video features voices from , a group that has been powerful in shaping public awareness, dialog, and action on Lincoln Beach, a long-neglected and historically significant New Orleans waterfront. Check out our YouTube page for the full video!

Congrats to , , and for their recent presentation to the New Orleans City Council on Lincoln Beach and for receiving a proclamation honoring their tireless advocacy and stewardship.

This video combines Zoom footage with historic images and present-day materials to communicate key aspects of ongoing efforts to connect to the past and to determine the future of Lincoln Beach. Our goal is to highlight a powerful example of environmental stewardship and leadership, and to support broader dialog on the role of communities and community leaders in shaping the future of this region’s waterfronts and waterways. The video concludes with discussion questions that community groups and educators can use to foster dialogue on environmental stewardship and water.