Residents packed into a New Orleans East meeting Tuesday night to urge Mayor Helena Moreno and city leaders to bring more municipal services to their area of town by bringing a City Hall annex there.
People who live in the East are forced to make long trips downtown to get things done, several residents said, and a City Hall annex would boost local development and business, giving the area the economic shot in the arm it needs.
“It is our time for New Orleans East to shine,” resident Nga Vu said at the meeting at Greater St. Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church on Read Boulevard, where more than 100 people gathered. “That is not going to happen if we don’t create jobs and keep our children here … Let’s build a state-of-the-art government complex.”…