Forthcoming is Ochsner's planned permanent closure of Betz Avenue South in preparation for their children's hospital expansion which will start in 2025 (date not yet confirmed).

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Last evening, members of OJCA attended the rescheduled Town Hall Meeting at the Yenni Building.  The sponsor was State Senator District 9 Cameron Henry and Louisiana State Representative Laurie Schlegel. Special guest was Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Tim Temple.  Also featured was District 02 Engineer Scott Boyle of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

During the October 16, 2024 Jefferson Parish Council Meeting (East Bank), Councilman Deano Bonano said that he would hire a traffic consultant to work directly with OJCA to address the unaddressed traffic issues in the Ochsner-funded traffic study (specifically, the residential streets surrounding Ochsner main). Bonano said that the OJCA neighborhood is in special taxing district where a percentage of sales tax generated in the area is set aside for public infrastructure projects. He said the fund has about 3 million, and he will use the money to build whatever is needed, e.g. turning lanes, traffic lights, etc., to mitigate traffic concerns as the new Ochsner structures are built and go into business (and 1,000 more cars are traveling through Old Jefferson during rush hour).

Last week was the second Old Jefferson Community Association meeting held at the Jefferson Senior Center, 4518 Jeff. Hwy in Jefferson (the pink house).

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Ochsner Health sent a mailer (oversized postcard) to some number of Old Jefferson residents. Some number of people received the mailer on October 12, 2024. We suspect many Old Jefferson residents and property owners who do not live locally did NOT receive the mailer. We provide a copy of the mailer below, and our response.

As OJCA forms and organizes as a community, we are learning about community-centric national events like Night Out Against Crime.

It's election season, and early voting at the Joseph S. Yenni Building, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd, Suite 502, in Harahan starts Friday, October 18 and ends Tuesday, October 29, 2024. During this time period, the Yenni building will be open for early voting from 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM excluding Sundays. Get all the details here: https://www.jpclerkofcourt.us/early-voting/.

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