Broadmoor Improvement Association

The Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) is one of the oldest neighborhood associations in New Orleans. Established in 1930 as the Broadmoor Civic Improvement Association to address the needs of the developing Broadmoor neighborhood, it was incorporated in 1970 as the Broadmoor Improvement Association, Inc. to stop blockbusting in Broadmoor, a well-established, multi-racial/multi-ethnic community already living in harmony. Before Hurricane Katrina, the Broadmoor Improvement Association had worked continuously to improve the neighborhood. We reduced crime; we had secured the Rosa Keller Library; we had joined with Rebuild New Orleans to repair homes of our low-income elderly or handicapped; we had re-treed our neutral grounds and the MLK park area all in constant effort to improve Broadmoor and maintain a high quality of life for its residents. Since Katrina, the Broadmoor Improvement Association has become known as a grassroots powerhouse. Broadmoor has built partnerships ...