Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization that empowers citizens to preserve, maintain and beautify greenspace in New Orleans.
As a licensed landscape contractor, horticulturist and longtime resident of New Orleans, Beverly Katz has served on the Board for Parkway Partners for many years. During this time she has donated several hours to beautifying New Orleans using her landscaping talents for the greater good.
The organization was founded by citizen action in 1982 in response to massive budget cuts to the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways. Parkway Partners began its work by adopting out neutral grounds to citizens for maintenance. Today it supports extensive programming throughout Orleans Parish, including:
- +45 community gardens/urban farms
- 11 public schoolyard gardens
- +11,500 trees planted since Hurricane Katrina
- +600 neutral grounds adopted
- Thousands of trees preserved through annual treatment and fertilization
- Development and restoration of multiple parks, including Cancer Survivor’s Plaza, Lee Circle, Jackson Square, Washington Square and Palmer Park
- Monthly educational series, 2nd Saturdays
- Annual Tree and Plant Sale in partnership with the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways
- Annual Tree Troopers educational series, since 2006
Visit Parkway Partner’s website to learn more.
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- 2009 Gala: Leah Chase and board member Beverly Katz at Parkway Partners’ Feast with the Stars
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- 2010 Gala: Preston Favorite, Beverly Katz, Janie Bories and Allan Querens
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- 2012 Gala: Beverly Katz, Bobby Wozniak and Denise Estopinal at Green Nonprofit Parkway Partners Celebrates ‘30th Anniversary Gala’
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