Weekly Vieux

VCPORA’s Weekly Vieux is our email newsletter that includes information on our advocacy efforts, upcoming events, and goings-on in the community. Below is an archive of recent editions.

2023 Weekly Vieux Archive

January 20, 2023

 

2022 Weekly Vieux Archive

Weekly Vieux – December 16, 2022

  • VCPORA Office Closed for the Holidays
  • Advocacy Updates:
    • 440 Bourbon Street
    • Madame John’s Legacy
  • French Market Co. Parking Lots
  • District C Community Meeting
  • Holiday At Home in the Vieux Carré Recap -Thank you!
  • Events Happening This Weekend:
    • Patio Planter’s Holiday Home Tour
    • Caroling in Jackson Square
  • Amazon Smile

Weekly Vieux – November 23, 2022

  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Giving Tuesday – November 29, 2022
  • Bayou Classic Parade 2022

Weekly Vieux – November 18, 2022

  • Our Condolences: Captain Clarke ‘Doc’ Hawley’
  • Advocacy Updates:
    • 440 Bourbon Street
    • 502 Frenchmen Street
  • MaMou to Open on N. Rampart
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners) – What a Success!
  • Safecams 8 – Keeping the Quarter Safer
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • District C Turkey Giveaway
  • Historic BK House & Gardens: The Family Line

Weekly Vieux – October 28, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré Halloween Edition – TONIGHT
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • Advocacy Updates:
    • 440 Bourbon Street
    • Ongoing Lighting Issues
  • VCPORA Annual Meeting Success
  • Parking Changes

Weekly Vieux – October 22, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – Halloween Edition
  • VCPORA Annual Meeting – Ocotber 25
  • What’s Happening at Madame John’s Legacy?
  • A Message from the VCC regarding the New City Website
  • Upcoming Events: 
    • Krewe of Boo
    • Historic BK House & Gardens: The Family Line
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • BOOalopoulos Gallery Opening 

Weekly Vieux – October 15, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – Halloween edition
  • VCPORA Annual Meeting – Ocotber 25
  • Advocacy Updates:
    •   440 Bourbon – Proposed Gallery Addition 
    •   502 Frenchmen St. – Proposed Rooftop Addition
    •   Short Term Rental Enforcement
    •   Blight Legislation 
  • Upcoming Events in the Neighborhood
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)

Weekly Vieux – October 7, 2022

  • VCPORA Annual Meeting
  • E-Scooter Ordinance Passes
  • French Quarter Crime Cameras
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • VCC Foundation Spirit of the Vieux Carré Gala

Weekly Vieux – October 1, 2022

  • Advocacy Update: E-Scooter Ordinance
  • Reporting Short Term Rentals
  • Night Out Against Crime Block Party
  • VCC Building Inspector Position Available
  • City of New Orleans Amnesty Late Fee Program
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)

Weekly Vieux – September 24, 2022

  • Advocacy Update: 901 Bourbon
  • VCPORA Annual Meeting: Tuesday, October 25
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • BK Historic House & Gardens – An Evening with Mahmoud Chouki Trio
  • Geaux Blue NOLA Day

Weekly Vieux – September 16, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • Advocacy Update: Pop-Up Legislation
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • Hurricane Preparedness Lecture
  • BK Historic House & Gardens Events this Month
  • Plessy Fest
  • Night Out Against Crime Block Party

Weekly Vieux – September 9, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • Plessy Fest
  • Vaccinations at Armstrong Park
  • District C Town Hall Meeting
  • Hurricane Preparedness Lecture
  • BK Historic House & Gardens Events this Month
  • Night Out Against Crime Block Party

Weekly Vieux – September 2, 2022

  • A Fête For All Saints (and Sinners)
  • Southern Decadence Parade
  • Louisiana Landmarks Society – 9 Most Endangered
  • French Market Survey
  • Alert – Theft of Historic Elements
  • CBNO – Bryan Bell Metropolitan Leadership

Weekly Vieux – August 26, 2022

Weekly Vieux – August 12, 2022

  • Summer Soirée & 2022 Gala Reveal
  • A Reception in Memory of John Geiser III
  • End of an Era – Photo Works is Closing
  • Red Dress Run
  • Dirty Linen Night
  • Coffee on Your Corner
  • Community Budget Meeting with the Mayor

Weekly Vieux – August 5, 2022

  • Summer Soirée & 2022 Gala Reveal
  • End of an Era – Photo Works is Closing
  • Satchmo SummerFest
  • The Feast of St. Roch
  • Red Dress Run
  • Dirty Linen Night
  • Coffee on Your Corner
  • Community Budget Meeting with the Mayor

Weekly Vieux – July 22, 2022

  • Advocacy Updates:
    • What You Need to Know about Outdoor Live Entertainment
    • E-Scooters in the French Quarter?
  • Our Condolences – Harold Clay Patin, Jr.
  • Community Events:
    • St. Roch School Supply Drive
    • Lafitte Greenway Basketball Court Mural
  • Thank You to Our Major Donors!
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – July 1, 2022

  • Safety Preperations for Essence Festival and Fourth of July Events
  • French Quarter Tour with Councilmember Freddie King III
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – June 25, 2022

  • Message from VCPORA President: Two Successes for
  • French Quarter at City Council This Week
  • Storm Ready from the VCC Foundation
  • Nous Foundation Gala
  • 4th Fest in Crescent Park
  • Our Condolences – Stuart Smith

Weekly Vieux – June 17, 2022 

  • At Home in theVieux Carré – Today!
  • Please Email The City Council: Parklets to be heard at City Council June 23, 2022
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – June 10, 2022

  • STR Updates from Safety & Permits
  • At Home in theVieux Carré – Next Friday!
  • Pride Parade
  • Toast Cops 8
  • Nous Foundation Gala
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Volunteers Needed

Weekly Vieux – June 3, 2022

  • VCPORA’s New Film Project – Updates!
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – June 17, 2022
  • Volunteers Needed
  • Our Condolences – Stuart Smith

Weekly Vieux – May 20, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – TONIGHT!
  • Mother’s Day Concert & Picnic – Thank you!
  • Advocacy Updates:
    • 901 Bourbon
    • Outdoor Live Entertainment Study
    • Parklets

Weekly Vieux – May 14, 2022

  • “Mother’s Day” Concert & Picnic – THIS SUNDAY!
  • Advocacy Updates: 901 Bourbon
  • Keep the Quarter Clean
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré: May 20, 2022

Weekly Vieux – May 7, 2022

  • “Mother’s Day” Concert – NEXT SUNDAY!!!
  • GiveNola Day 2022 – Thank you!
  • Advocacy Updates
    • Outdoor Live Entertainment Study
    • Parklets
    • 841 Bourbon
    • Filming in the Quarter
  • Other Upcoming Events in the Neighborhood

Weekly Vieux – April 29, 2022

  • Mother’s Day Concert! (Well, actually a week after!)
  • Give NOLA Day
  • Don’t Forget to Vote
  • Michalopoulos Jazz Fest Events
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – April 22, 2022 

  • VCPORA’s Annual Mother’s Day Concert Returns!
  • Advocacy Update: Parklets to be Heard by CPC on April 25
  • French Quarter Fest 2022
  • Film New Orleans Public Meeting
  • Royal Street Pedestrian Mall Public Meeting
  • Give Nola Day 2022
  • Be a Docent for the Beauregard-Keyes House

Weekly Vieux – April 15, 2022

  • 841 Bourbon Street Update
  • Events Happening this Weekend
    • Easter Day Parades
    • Crescent City Classic
  • FQMD Survey
  • Film New Orleans Public Meeting
  • “GROW!” Lafitte Greenway Restoration Project
  • Give Nola Day is coming up!
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – April 9, 2022

  • Urgent – 841 Bourbon Zoning Change
  • District C Town Hall Meetings
  • Canal Street Partial Temporary Closure
  • A Virtual Tour of the French Opera House
  • “GROW!” Lafitte Greenway Restoration Project

Weekly Vieux – April 1, 2022

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré Returns!
  • URGENT – 841 Bourbon Zoning Change Request
  • Parklets – Moving from Temporary to Permanent?
  • Community Events & Ways to get involved:
    • Save our Soul Coalition – Movement for Peace & Culture
    • Re-Imagine the Claiborne Corridor
    • A Spring Concert at the Beauregard-Keyes House
    • Nola Voices for Ukraine: a Celebration of Ukranian Culture
  • #BourbonStThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – March 26, 2022

  • 841 Bourbon Zoning Change Request
  • Parklets – Moving from Temporary to Permanent?
  • Homer Plessy – Our school will stay!
  • How to help Tornado Victims
  • Save our Soul Coalition – Movement for Peace & Culture event in Armstrong Park
  • COVID Mandates Update
  • #BourbonStThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – March 11, 2022

  • Advocacy Updates:
    • Accessory Dwelling Unit Community Meeting – Presentation PDF
    • City of New Orleans Tour Guide Ordinance  Community Meeting Update
    • Redistricting Process Public Hearings and Informational Meetings
  • The Music of Italy

Weekly Vieux – February 25, 2022

  • Happy Mardi Gras 2022!
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – February 18, 2022

  • Advocacy Updates: Outdoor Live Entertainment Study & Homer Plessy School
  • Mardi Gras 2022 – Parades & Useful Information
  • Mark Your Calendars – Upcoming Community Meetings
  • French Quarter Fest Returns

Weekly Vieux – February 11, 2022

  • Happy Carnival & Upcoming Events
  • Current Advocacy Issues We’re Following
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 28, 2022

  • 5G Installation Update
  • Free COVID-19 Tests
  • 2022 Property Tax Bills
  • Jackson Square Artist Permits
  • Community Office Hours
  • What We’re Reading
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 14, 2022

  • Filming in the Neighborhood
  • New Eighth District Police Captain
  • COVID Mandates Update
  • Drawing with Chris Page at the Beauregard-Keyes House
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 7, 2022

  • VCPORA Board Retreat 2021
  • City Council Updates: Parklets & Pedicabs
  • N. Rampart and the Question of “Progress”
  • COVID Update
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Filming in the Neighborhood

2021 Weekly Vieux Archive

VCPORA Wishes You a Happy Holidays 2021! – December 21, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Weekly Vieux – December 17, 2021

  • 5G Update – What you need to know
  • Caroling in Jackson Square
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – December 3, 2021

  • A Lecture, Demonstration, and Café Brûlot Tasting
  • Caroling in Jackson Square Returns
  • 2021 Greenway Supernova
  • #FQThenandNow
  • New Orleans Jazz Museum Improvisations Gala
  • Housing Survey

Weekly Vieux – November 24, 2021

  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Giving Tuesday – November 30, 2021
  • Bayou Classic

Weekly Vieux – November 19, 2021

  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala – Thank you so much!
  • Elections: City Council District C Runoff Forum
  • FQEDD Update
  • Filming Notices
  • Parklet feedback needed
  • Happy 85th Birthday VCC!
  • Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway – Saturday!
  • Community Office Hours
  • #FQThenandNow

One More Week Till VCPORA’s Le Rendez Vieux Gala – November 4, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Weekly Vieux – October 29, 2021

  • Happy Halloween from VCPORA!
  • District C Candidate Interviews & Election Forum
  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala
  • Mask Mandate – Lifted
  • City Recycling Opportunities
  • Historic New Orleans Collection – “Yesterday we said tomorrow”
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – October 22, 2021

  • District C Candidate Interviews
  • Riverfest 2021
  • Krewe of Boo & The Dr. Faucis
  • Neighborhood Summit 2021
  • Road Closures
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala

Don’t Miss Out! – VCPORA’s Le Rendez Vieux Gala – October 15, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Weekly Vieux – October 8, 2021

  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala
  • District C Election Forum
  • Trash & Debris Removal Update
  • FEMA Fraud Reporting
  • Roses in Armstrong Park
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – October 1, 2021

  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala, November 11, 2021
  • FQEDD Security Tax to Resume
  • Save the Date! At-Large & District C City Council Runoff Forum

Weekly Vieux – September 24, 2021

  • Le Rendez Vieux Gala
  • Covid Financial Resources
  • FQEDD Security Tax to Resume
  • Sanitation Update
  • Filming Notice
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – September 18, 2021

  • Save the Date for Le Rendez Vieux!
  • Trash & Debris Removal
  • Post-Hurricane Ida Resources
  • New Orleans & Company Survey
  • Neighborhood Engagement Community Office Hours

Hurricane Ida Updates – September 8, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Hurricane Ida Updates – September 1, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Hurricane Ida Updates – August 29, 2021

  • Special edition newsletter.

Weekly Vieux – August 21, 2021

  • Condolences: Louis Sahuc
  • FQEDD Update
  • Filming Notice
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – August 13, 2021

  • COVID Update & LA Wallet
  • Coffee With Kristin – How it went!
  • Red Dress Run, French Quarter Fest, & Jazz Fest – CANCELED
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – August 6, 2021

  • VCPORA Welcomes Nathan Chapman and Lyn Gladney
  • FQEDD Update
  • Neighborhood Engagement Community Office Hours
  • Coffee with Kristin
  • COVID Delta Variant Update – Mask up!
  • Filming Notice
  • Red Dress Run / White Linen Night
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – July 30, 2021

  • VCPORA Welcomes Dare Rose-Havens
  • Municipal Auditorium Survey
  • Blue Bikes to Return in September
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • Coffee with Kristin
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – July 23, 2021

  • Municipal Auditorium Update
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • COVID Delta Variant Update – Get Vaccinated!
  • Dusk to Dawn – Keep it On!
  • Condolences: Anne Hartwell & George Markey
  • Coffee with Kristin
  • Filming Notice

Weekly Vieux – July 16, 2021

  • Claiborne Avenue Alliance
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • COOLinary
  • Filming Notice
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – July 02, 2021

  • City Hall Relocation Update
  • FQEDD Update
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • Vine-Ripened Memories
  • Fireworks on the River
  • NOPD Captain Meet and Greet
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • Hurricane Elsa
  • RTA Introduces New Fare Structure

Weekly Vieux – June 19, 2021

  • City Hall Relocation Rally
  • Tropical Storm Claudette
  • Unique Eats and Eateries of New Orleans
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Bert Myers, 1928 – 2021

Weekly Vieux – June 11, 2021

  • City Leaders Meeting Recap
  • City Hall Relocation Rall
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • Courtyard Calligraphy
  • Unique Eats and Eateries of New Orleans
  • VCPORA Seeks New Executive Assistant
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – May 28, 2021

  • VCPORA Opposes City Hall Relocation
  • Sanitation Survey
  • COVID Restrictions Update
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • VCPORA Seeks New Executive Assistant
  • Courtyard Calligraphy
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • Patio Planters Secret Garden Tour
  • Termite Informational Session
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – May 21, 2021

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – tonight!
  • Tujague’s Sign at Risk
  • French Market Overlay Passed
  • Royal & Conti Closure Extended
  • VCPORA Seeks New Executive Assistant
  • Courtyard Calligraphy
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans
  • Patio Planters Secret Garden Tour
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – May 14, 2021

  • Message from the Executive Director
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré Returns!
  • Sanitation Survey – Your Input Needed
  • VCPORA Seeks New Executive Assistant
  • City Hall Relocation Meeting
  • Blue Bikes to Return in Fall
  • NORD Survey
  • NOPD – From the Captain’s Desk
  • Neighborhood Leaders’ Roundtable
  • Courtyard Calligraphy
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans#FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – May 7, 2021

  • Message from the Executive Director
  • Thank You to our GiveNOLA Donors!
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré Returns!
  • Preservation Month
  • NOLA Ready Alert Updates
  • District 93 Survey
  • City Council Chambers to Reopen
  • Graffiti Abatement Program
  • Mother’s Day Market
  • Blood Drive at City Hall
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – April 30, 2021

  • At Home in the Vieux Carré Kickoff
  • Short Term Rental Update
  • COVID-19 Restrictions Update
  • District 93 Survey
  • Parking Enforcement to Increase
  • GiveNOLA Day this Tuesday!
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans Lecture & Tour

Weekly Vieux – April 23, 2021

  • FQEDD Security Tax Tomorrow – Vote Yes!
  • Hard Rock Update – Your Support Needed
  • The Built Environment of New Orleans, Lecture & Tour
  • Slow Quarter Charrette Survey
  • Report Organic waste to 311
  • Graffiti Clean Up – Volunteers Needed
  • Traffic Advisory – Closure of Royal/Chartres Intersection
  • From the Fat Man to Mahalia
  • Support VCPORA for GiveNOLA Day

Weekly Vieux – April 16, 2021

  • FQEDD Vote & Sign Distribution
  • GiveNOLA Day
  • Coffee with Kristin
  • Food Pantry Scheduled Revised
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – April 2, 2021

  • GiveNOLA Day
  • Claiborne Expressway Future in Question
  • New Orleans Enters Modified Phase 3
  • Conti Road Work
  • Eviction Moratorium Extended
  • The Nightcrawler King: Memories of an Art Museum Curator
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – March 19, 2021

  • COVID Vaccine Eligibility Expanded
  • Spring Roses Bloom in Armstrong Park
  • Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable
  • Italia! An Evening with the Electric Yat Quartet
  • Drawing in the Garden with Artist Chris Page
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – March 12, 2021

  • Pedestrianization Charrette Review
  • Mass Vaccinations at the Convention Center
  • New Orleans Enters Modified Phase 3
  • French Quarter Home Makes National Register of Historic Places
  • VCC Temporarily Returns to French Quarter
  • Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable
  • St. Josephs Day Alter
  • Italia! An Evening with the Electric Yat Quartet
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – February 27, 2021

  • French Quarter Economic Development District Update
  • Street Renaming Update
  • New Orleans Moves into Phase 2
  • NOLA Ready Special Needs Registry
  • Drawing in the Garden with Artist Chris Page
  • THNOC 2021 Symposium
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – February 12, 2021

  • Mardi Gras 2021 – Please Celebrate Safely!
  • COVID-19 Update
  • Hard Rock Hotel Conditional Use Revocation Considered
  • BK House Valentine’s Day Concert
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – February 5, 2021

  • Mardi Gras 2021
  • City Hall Relocation
  • 5G Guidelines Meeting
  • Governor Nicholls Street Renaming
  • COVID-19 Meal Program Extended
  • Filming Notice
  • Free Fire Alarms
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 22, 2021

  • CPC Public Hearing to Consider OLE Study
  • Hard Rock Hotel Update
  • City Hall Relocation Meeting
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteers Needed
  • CDC Eviction Moratorium Extended
  • Hurricane Zeta Recovery Resources
  • THNOC 2021 Symposium
  • First 100 Days Webinar
  • Preservation Podcasts
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 15, 2021

  • FQ EDD Update
  • Moving New Orleans Bikes & Bike Share
  • Flood Resilience Lecture
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteers Needed
  • 2021 Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation
  • Filming in Congo Square
  • French Quarter Fest Returns in the Fall
  • In Memoriam: Melvyn Kossover, Charlotte Furness
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – January 8, 2021

  • Economic Development District Security Tax Update
  • Outdoor Live Entertainment Study
  • Flood Resilience Lectures
  • Quarterly Lunch & Learn Series Paused
  • New Orleans Moves to Modified Phase One
  • COVID-19 Vaccines Available Now
  • City Activates Freeze Plan
  • Community Office Hours Resume
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • #FQThenandNow

2020 Weekly Vieux Archive

Weekly Vieux – December 18, 2020

  • French Quarter EDD Update
  • Quarterly Lunch & Learn
  • Citywide COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall
  • Virtual Holiday Cocktails with Kristin
  • Beading at the BK House
  • Caroling at the Old U.S. Mint
  • Greenway Supernova
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – December 4, 2020

  • In Memoriam: John Church & Chuck Garber
  • French Market Place Pedestrianization Feedback
  • Louisiana Landmarks Society’s “New Orleans Nine”
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • Conti Road Work
  • FQMA Courtyard Holiday Art Market
  • Beading at the BK House
  • Greenway Supernova
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – November 20, 2020

  • Welcome to the New Board
  • VCPORA Holiday Party Canceled
  • Economic Development District Security Tax Update
  • Pedestrianization Update
  • GivingTuesday
  • Greenway Supernova
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekly Vieux – November 13, 2020

  • VCPORA Holiday Party – Tickets on Sale Now!
  • Esplanade Neighborhood Cleanup Day
  • FQEDD Community Meeting
  • French Market Design Charrette
  • District C Millage Rededication
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • Governor Nicholls Road Work
  • Preservation Origins: New Orleans
  • N Rampart Neighbors Reopen
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – November 6, 2020

  • Save the Date! VCPORA Holiday Party – December 28
  • Pedestrianization – French Market Place Design Charrette
  • FQEDD Community Meetings
  • Bourbon Street Closures
  • Hurricane Zeta Aftermath
  • Neighborhood Summit
  • New Links Phase III Draft Plan Released
  • Updated Requirements for French Quarter Trash Removal
  • #FQThenAndNow

Weekly Vieux – October 29, 2020

  • Vote!
  • Parklet Program Expands
  • Zeta Aftermath
  • COOLinary Continues
  • Neighborhood Summit
  • Happy Halloween!

Weekly Vieux – October 16, 2020

  • New Orleans Moves into Phase 3.2
  • Revel on Royal Street
  • Vote!
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – October 9, 2020

  • Hurricane Delta
  • Lt. Gov. Nungesser and the French Quarter
  • Condolences: Bill Norris, 1933 – 2020
  • Restaurant Week
  • Crescent Park Survey
  • Small Landlord Grant
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – October 2, 2020

  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Economic Development District Security Tax Update
  • New Orleans Moves into Phase 3
  • OBSE Satellite Services
  • Hard Rock Fire
  • Vote!
  • Census 2020
  • NOLA Ready Volunteers Needed
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – September 25, 2020

  • Short Term Rental Adjudication Hearings
  • Audubon Wharves Update
  • Drive-Thru Voter Registration
  • COVID-19: Phase 2 Guidelines
  • Quarterly Lunch & Learn: Sold Out
  • Hurricane Laura Resources
  • Historic Preservation Advocacy Alert
  • Traffic Advisory
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – September 11, 2020

  • Pedestrianization Update: Councilmember Palmer
  • VCPORA Lunch & Learn
  • Census 2020
  • French Quarter Filming Notice
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – September 4, 2020

  • Hurricane Laura Relief Opportunities
  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Street Lights
  • FQMD & EDD Feedback Needed
  • CDC Issues Eviction Moratorium
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – August 28, 2020

  • Economic Development District Survey
  • Hurricane Laura Relief Opportunities
  • 5G Update
  • Hard Rock Update
  • Census 2020
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – August 21, 2020

  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Hard Rock Hotel Update
  • Economic Development District Security Tax Update
  • Two Hurricanes Expected
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – August 7, 2020

  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Short Term Rentals
  • Willie’s Chicken Shack Update
  • COVID-19 Meal Assistance Extended
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – August 1, 2020

  • “Reimagining the French Quarter” Pedestrianization Analysis
  • Ongoing Willie’s Chicken Shack Appeal
  • Hermann-Grima House Limited Opening
  • Evacuteers Needed
  • Eviction Resources

Weekly Vieux – July 24, 2020

  • COVID-19 Regulation Update
  • 5G: Small Cell Infrastructure Meeting
  • Hard Rock Demolition Update
  • District C Public Safety Conversation
  • Utility Bill Assistance
  • Traffic Advisory
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – July 17, 2020

  • 5G: Small Cell Infrastructure Public Meeting
  • Economic Development District Security Tax
  • District C Public Safety Conversation
  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Main Street Recovery Program
  • Frontline Worker Rebate
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – July 11, 2020

  • Pedestrianization Update
  • Moving New Orleans Bikes Presentation
  • COVID-19 Restrictions
  • COVID-19 Meal Assistance
  • NOPD 8th District Update
  • French Quarter Road Work
  • Evacuteers Needed
  • Beauregard-Keyes House Literary Salon

Weekly Vieux – June 26, 2020

  • Louisiana to Remain in Phase Two
  • Air Quality – Orange
  • Transportation Network Teleconference
  • Businesses Reopening
  • STR Licenses Extended
  • Recycling Drop-off Resumes
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – June 19, 2020

  • Canal Street Demolitions Begin
  • Fire in the French Quarter
  • Juneteenth
  • Short Term Rental Update
  • Eviction Ban Lifted
  • Air Quality Alert – Orange
  • Census 2020
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – June 12, 2020

  • Coronavirus Update
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Thank You to Our GiveNOLA Donors!

Weekly Vieux – May 29, 2020

  • Expanded Outdoor Seating & Pedestrianization
  • GiveNOLADay – Tuesday!
  • Mask Giveaway Tomorrow
  • Evacuteers Needed
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – May 22, 2020

  • City COVID-19 Efforts
  • GiveNOLA Day
  • Street Closure: Conti & Chartres
  • #FQThenandNow
  • What We’re Reading

Weekly Vieux – May 15, 2020

  • New Orleans Moves into Phase One of Reopening
  • Coronavirus Update
  • GiveNOLA Day
  • Census 2020
  • Message from Vieux Carré Commission Director Bryan Block
  • #FQThenandNow
  • Closure of Mr. Gregory’s / Congo Square Coffee House

Weekly Vieux – May 8, 2020

  • Hard Rock Demolition Moves Forward
  • Helping Hands: Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts & Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group
  • Coronavirus Update
  • Officer Mark Hall Sr., 1967 – 202
  • #FQThenandNow
  • St. Ann Construction Updates
  • NOPD 8th District Welcomes New Commander

Weekly Vieux – May 1, 2020

  • Hard Rock Demolitions to Begin
  • Coronavirus Update
  • Mother’s Day
  • Census 2020
  • #FQThenandNow

Weekly Vieux – April 17, 2020

  • Albin Guillot, a true French Quarter Champion
  • Helping Hands: Monteleone
  • Coronavirus Update
  • #FQThenandNow
  • St. Ann Construction Update

Weekly Vieux – April 10, 2020

  • A Message from the VCPORA President
  • Coronavirus Updates & Resources
  • Hard Rock Update
  • #FQThenandNow
  • The French Quarter During Quarantine

Weekly Vieux – March 30, 2020

  • Coronavirus Update
  • #FQThenandNow
  • One Stop Portal Back Up
  • New Orleans’ Women Preservationists
  • St. Ann Construction

Weekly Vieux – March 22, 2020

  • Coronavirus Update: Resources, Tips, and Additional Information

Weekly Vieux – March 13, 2020

  • Coronavirus Update
  • St. Ann Construction Update
  • NCIS Filming Notification

Weekly Vieux – March 6, 2020

  • Canal Street Demolitions Update
  • Audubon Wharves Update
  • Coronavirus Preparedness
  • St. Patrick & St. Joseph’s Day Celebrations
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Blood Drive
  • French Quarter Realty Blood Drive

Weekly Vieux – February 28, 2020

  • Short Term Rental Reminder
  • Energy Smart
  • Downtown Transit Hub
  • Blood Drive
  • Vienna, Leipzig, and New Orleans

Weekly Vieux – February 14, 2020

  • Willie’s Chicken Shack Update
  • Beauregard-Keyes House Restoration
  • French Quarter Walking Parades
  • Coffee with Kristin

Weekly Vieux – February 7, 2020

  • Willie’s Chicken Shack – MONDAY!
  • New Links Phase II
  • French Quarter Walking Parades
  • Homer A. Plessy Art Market
  • Rock N’ Roll Marathon

Weekly Vieux – January 31, 2020

  • Raymond Boudreaux, 1922 – 2020
  • IT’S BACK! Willie’s Chicken Shack
  • The Uninvited
  • Chewbacchus
  • Rock N’ Roll Marathon

Weekly Vieux – January 17, 2020

  • Canal Street Demolition Hearings Deferred
  • Cyberattack Update Outdoor Live Entertainment Study
  • Community Office Hours Resume
  • Property Tax Deadline Extended

Weekly Vieux – January 3, 2020

  • VCPORA Welcomes New Year
  • Call to Action: Canal Street Demolition Hearings
  • Willie’s Chicken Shack – Deferred Again
  • Vieux Carre Parking Permits Valid Through January
  • Joan of Arc Parade
  • Recycle Your Christmas Tree

2019 Weekly Vieux Archive

Weekly Vieux – December 13, 2019

  • History in a Glass: A Cocktail Lecture for the Holiday
  • Willie’s Chicken Shack – Deferred
  • 5G Cell Phone Towers Update
  • Preservation Resource Center Holiday Home Tour
  • Patio Planters Holiday Home Tour
  • Caroling in Jackson Square

Weekly Vieux – December 6, 2019

  • Willie’s Chicken Shack
  • New Short Term Rental Regulations
  • French Quarter IZD
  • Sobering Center
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – tonight!
  • History in a Glass: A Cocktail Lecture for the Holidays
  • NOCCJ 62nd Annual Weiss Awards
  • Krewe of Jingle
  • Chalmette High School Voices Choir
  • LLS 2019 Martha Robinson Lecture

Weekly Vieux – November 27, 2019

  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Willie’s Chicken Shack at the BZA
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré
  • Bayou Classic
  • 2020 Census Hiring

Weekly Vieux – November 15, 2019

  • Introduction of New Board
  • Update on Hard Rock Hotel
  • A Discussion with the National Trust
  • Bourbon Street Reconstruction Finished
  • International Celebration at the French Market
  • Congo Square Rhythms Festival & Treme Gumbo Festival
  • City Planning Commission’s Housing Opportunities Study
  • Quarterly Care Workshop

Weekly Vieux – November 8, 2019

  • Willie’s Chicken Shack Appeal Deferred
  • Loans Available for Businesses Impacted by Hard Rock Collapse
  • Ride New Orleans Calls for Better Rider Experience Downtown
  • Patio Planters White Elephant Sale & Auction
  • Congo Square Rhythms Festival & Treme Gumbo Festival
  • Quarterly Care Workshop

Weekly Vieux – October 25, 2019

  • Hard Rock Hotel Collapse
  • Volunteer Response
  • At Home – tonight!
  • Trick or Treat on Royal Street – October 30
  • City Planning Commission’s Housing Opportunities Study
  • Community Office Hours

Weekly Vieux – October 18, 2019

  • Hard Rock Hotel Collapse
  • VCC Debut Building Type Checklists
  • Registration for 2019 Neighborhood Summit Ends Sunday
  • Credit Due – October 23
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – October 25
  • Graffiti Abatement Program Cancelled
  • Boo Carré – October 19

Weekly Vieux – October 11, 2019

  • Defeating the Riverfront Expressway
  • Flood Repairs Fee Waived
  • Vote! – October 12
  • Credit Due – October 23
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – October 25
  • Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré – October 12 & 13
  • Night Out Against Crime – October 15
  • Vieux Carré Graffiti Abatement Program – October 19

Weekly Vieux – October 4, 2019

  • Revisions to the Alcohol Beverage Outlet Ordinance Pass
  • Credit Due – October 23
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – October 25
  • Tremé Fall Festival – October 5
  • Plessy Fest – October 5
  • French Quarter Courtyards – October 8

Weekly Vieux – September 13, 2019

  • VCPORA’s River Vieux Soiree – Next Friday!
  • Alcohol Beverage Outlet Ordinance
  • E-Bike Regulation on the Way
  • Driving in Floodwaters Regulated
  • Bourbon Street Update
  • Quarterly Care Workshop: Shutters

Weekly Vieux – August 23, 2019

  • Armstrong Park Dumaine Gate Open
  • Bourbon Street Update
  • Blackouts, Bourbon Street & the Beauregard Center
  • Southern Decadence
  • VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée
  • In Memorium: Joel Meyers, 1934 – 2019

Weekly Vieux – August 9, 2019

  • Victory on Short Term Rentals!
  • Update on N Rampart Safety
  • Civic Engagement Opportunities
  • Blackouts, Bourbon Street & the Beauregard Center
  • Red Dress Run
  • Dirty Linen Night
  • VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée

Weekly Vieux – August 2, 2019

  • Short Term Rental Update
  • Moving New Orleans Bikes
  • Community Office Hours Resume
  • Museum Month
  • COOLinary
  • Satchmo Fest
  • River Vieux Soirée Update

Weekly Vieux – July 26, 2019

  • Short Term Rental Update
  • 1919 – A Pivotal Year in French Quarter History
  • Opportunities with your Councilmember
  • Roadwork and Transit
  • Satchmo Fest
  • River Vieux Soirée Update

Weekly Vieux – July 5, 2019

  • Short Term Rental Update Online
  • Tickets for VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée
  • 1919 – A Pivotal Year for French Quarter Preservation
  • Riverfront Expressway 50th Anniversary
  • In Memorium: Rolland Golden & Barry Fox
  • New Links: Transit Participation Opportunities
  • Traffic Advisory: Essence Fest & Tales of the Cocktail

Weekly Vieux – June 28, 2019

  • VCPORA Gala: River Vieux Soirée
  • New Links: Transit Participation Opportunities
  • Bourbon Street Reconstruction
  • Upcoming Events

Weekly Vieux – May 24, 2019

  • Save the Date for VCPORA’s Gala – September 20
  • Summer Social – June 7
  • Quarterly Care Workshop – June 5
  • N Rampart Street Safety Survey
  • Short Term Rentals Next Steps

Weekly Vieux – May 17, 2019

  • Short Term Rental Hearing Results
  • New Recycling Regulations
  • Bourbon Street Update
  • THNOC Block Party – May 18

Weekly Vieux – May 10, 2019

  • Mother’s Day Concert & Picnic – May 12
  • Graffiti Abatement Program
  • Mayor’s Community Office Hours
  • Faubourg Marigny Home Tour – May 19
  • The Plessy Business Council Fundraiser – May 25
  • ThankYou #GiveNOLADayDonors!

Weekly Vieux – May 3, 2019

  • Historic Tax Credit Lecture – May 7
  • GiveNOLA Day
  • Graffiti Abatement Program
  • Mother’s Day Concert – May 12
  • French Quarter Improvement Fund

Weekly Vieux – April 19, 2019

  • Mother’s Day Concert & Picnic – May 12
  • A New Riverboat on the Mississippi Threatens Public Access
  • Historic Tax Credit Lecture – May 7
  • Easter Weekend
  • Faubourg Marigny Home Tour
  • The Plessy Business Council Fundraiser

Weekly Vieux – April 5, 2019

  • At Home in the Vieux Carre – tonight!
  • Patio Planters Drop-Off
  • April 6 THNOC Opening Block Party
  • French Quarter Fest
  • 8th District NONPACC Meeting
  • Bourbon Street Update Community Engagement Opportunities

Weekly Vieux – March 26, 2019

  • VCPORA appeals VCC approval of 336 Decatur
  • Our Immense Gratitude to Creole Cuisine
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré – Friday, April 5
  • French Quarter Fest
  • Patio Planters Donation Dropoff

Weekly Vieux – March 16, 2019

  • Short Term Rentals at City Planning Commission
  • St. Joseph’s Day Celebrations
  • Food & Faith: A St. Joseph’s Day Lecture
  • At Home in the Vieux Carre – March 22
  • Hike Fest

Weekly Vieux – March 8, 2019

  • City Planning Commission Recommends STR Legalization in the French Quarter
  • Coffee with Kristin
  • St. Patrick’s Day Parades
  • St. Joseph’s Day Celebrations
  • Food & Faith: A St. Joseph’s Day Lecture
  • At Home in the Vieux Carre – March 22

Weekly Vieux – February 22, 2019

  • At Home in the Vieux Carre: Mardi Gras Edition – tonight!
  • French Quarter Walking Parades
  • French Quarter Fest Accepting Volunteer Applications
  • Workers Paint Over French Quarter Chinatown Artifact

Weekly Vieux – February 8, 2019

  • Bienville St. Wharf Gangway Proposal
  • RTAProposesServiceforHospitalityWorkers
  • Rockn’ RollMarathonTraffic
  • Advisory Community Meeting on Park Millage
  • At Home in the Vieux Carré: Mardi Gras Edition! – February 22
  • Special Thanks to The ShedlockGroup

Weekly Vieux – January 25, 2019

  • NOPD 8th District Year-in-Review
  • Community Engagement Opportunities
  • Audubon Community Connect
  • Rockn’ Run Marathon Street Closures
  • French Quarter WalkingParades
  • At Home in the VieuxCarré – February 22

Weekly Vieux – January 9, 2019

  • VCPORA Welcomes New YearShort Term Rental Ordinance
  • Vieux Carré Commission Launches Virtual Library
  • Recycle Your Christmas Tree