The Cultural District Meets Monthly on the 4th Thursday at Scottmoore Architects.
The Cultural District Meets Monthly on the 4th Thursday at Scottmoore Architects.
NEW ORLEANS EAST
WHERE CULTURE
ATTRACTS INVESTMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
The Lake Forest Cultural District works to cultivate a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable cultural corridor that increases the attendance, participation, and sales for cultural anchors, businesses, and vendors with a desire and heart to uplift, support, retain, and attract those activities and programs in the cultural economy of New Orleans East.
Purpose: Support Cultural Assets to Increase Event Attendance and Sales in the Region
Cultural Anchors & Vendors
Annual NOLA East Festival
Apostolic Outreach Church
Audubon Louisiana Nature Center
Bayou Phoenix Multi-Purpose Film and Sports Facility Pre-Development
Casa Honduras Restaurant Outside Market
Civil Rights Sculpture at Read and Lake Forest Blvd.
Cornerstone United Methodist Church
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Workforce Development
Eat, Sip, Paint, Repeat
Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Top 10 Gospel Billboard Concerts
Friends of Joe W. Brown Park Carousel
Goodwill of Southeastern Louisiana
Greater New Orleans East Business Alliance
Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church 5x Grammy Award Winning Home Church of PJ Morton & Recording Artist Bishop Paul Morton
Household of Faith Church Passion Live, Trick & Trunk, UniverSoul Circus
Kelly School of Dance
Krewe of Nefertiti Mardi Gras Parade
Lake Forest Bird Sanctuary
Let’s Mess It Up Soul Line Dance Class & Annual Conference
New Orleans East Hospital Farmer’s Market
NOLA East Economic Development Focus Group- New Orleans East Matters
New Orleans East Satin Dolls
Palesa Development Infrastructure & Cultural Economy Programming
Queens of Africa United International Foundation Festivals
Scottmoore Architects Public Infrastructure
Tank and the Bangas Lead Singer Terrione “Tank” Ball- 2025 Grammy Award Winner for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Verdict Restaurant Live Entertainment
Versatile Entertainment Jingle on the Boulevard
If a Cultural Anchor or Vendor is not listed, please contact us at info@lakeforestculturaldistrict.org to have the entity added to the list.
Take a look at a video below about cultural districts provided by the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development.
Supporting Organizations
Over 60 Letters of Support & Counting…
Eastover Property Owners Association
KINGSWOOD SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSOCIATION
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Cultural District DATA
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