The Jefferson Parish Council has approved a spending plan that includes $15 million in renovations to the Shrine on Airline in Metairie and $5 million in improvements to the Alario Center in Westwego.
Remember West End and the restaurants? Move afoot to bring it back
Lakefront entertainment spot was home to restaurants including Fitzgerald s and Jaeger s and more before Hurricane Katrina laid waste to it Author: Danny Monteverde / Eyewitness News Published: 10:35 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 8:24 AM CDT May 10, 2021
NEW ORLEANS People strolled along the Lakeshore Drive seawall and sailed on Lake Pontchartrain Saturday, but it was a far different scene near the old West End area.
Desolate is one way to describe it right now.
If all goes according to plan, things could change in the not-too-distant future.
“I drove past West End yesterday and that old parking lot, you know, it still is in shambles,” said Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Jennifer Van Vrencken. “It still is not what we remember, but it gives me hope that we will transform it over the next few years.
Jefferson Parish looks for developers to help revitalize Fat City
A 12-year effort to revitalize Metairie’s Fat City corridor continued Friday as Jefferson Parish and its economic development partners sought input from developers interested in working with the parish.
The parish, JEDCO and two partnering organizations issued a Request for Information “to identify creative ideas to develop several public/private-owned land parcels in Fat City,” a news release said The deadline to submit is Feb. 22.
The corridor includes Lakeside Shopping Center and surrounding retail stores, restaurants and other businesses. This is the first RFI that has been issued for the area, where revitalization efforts began in 2009. In 2013, Jefferson Parish leaders considered a Fat City Business Development District to seek voter approval to collect a property tax or parcel fee within its boundaries and dedicate it to projects such as landscaping and parking. Some of the most recent activity in the