Love Your City Awards to Honor Excellence in Equity and Sustainability

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NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 19, 2024) – In a year where Louisiana ranked dead last for the second year in a row in the annual “Best States to Live,” a recent New York Times article highlighted New Orleans’ adaptability and resilience as a potential advantage in a changing climate. 

This spirit of resilience is exemplified by the work of organizations driving sustainability and innovation across the region. Over the past twelve years, Love Your City has celebrated more than 160 such change-making organizations for their contributions to building a sustainable future for New Orleans. 

On January 24th, that number will increase as the 2025 winners are announced at the annual Love Your City Awards Gala at the New Orleans Jazz Market. 

  • The 2025 Love Your City Awards finalists are:  

  • The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

  • The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

  • Hotel Peter & Paul

  • NOLA Artist Incubator

  • Pagoda Cafe

  • People’s Housing +

  • New Orleans and Company

  • Twelve Mile Limit

  • My House Events

  • Online Optimism

  • French Quarter Festivals, Inc.

  • Common Ground Relief

  • Glass Half Full NOLA

  • Bywater Branding

  • Barcelo Gardens

  • Grounds Krewe

  • Hilton Hotel Riverside

  • Nola Cans 4 Food

  • Shrimp Aid

  • Whirley DrinkWorks!

  • Urbanscapes

  • Fund 17

  • Commander’s Palace

  • Dillard University 

  • Louvis Services. 

 

Winners will be announced across ten impact categories for equity and sustainability as well as the Youth Pick, Best in Show and People’s Choice awards. The public can vote for the People’s Choice winner by visiting loveyourcity.us.

This event will feature an art auction by Young Artist Movement (YAM) with 100% of auction proceeds to support YAM and Arts New Orleans, Glbl Wrmng DJ Saint Amethyst, Trumpeter Andres, “Da Phessah” Baham, Keynote speaker Big Chief Shaka Zulu, plus a special performance. The event will be hosted by master of ceremonies Malik Mingo. The after party will feature DJ FTK. 

Tickets are available to purchase at loveyourcity.us.Sponsorship opportunities are available. Learn more about this year's collective impact and award information by visiting loveyourcity.us.

Any business or organization can create a free Love Your City profile year-round and earn badges across equity and sustainability impact categories. Award finalists do not need to fulfill requirements for all ten categories to be eligible for an award in one impact area. For more information on Love Your City or questions about creating a Love Your City profile to earn badges, email jourdan@mylifecity.com.

The 2024 Love Your City Awards sponsors include New Orleans & Company, Energy Smart, Entergy New Orleans, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Louisiana Maritime Foundation, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center New Orleans,Susco Solutions, The Office of Human Rights and Equity, My House Events, Love Nola TV, The New Orleans Jazz Market, Turning Tables Nola and outreach partners – The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce and The Downtown Development District. 

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Love Your City supports the development of for-benefit organizations in our community. The initiative is a program of LifeCity, whose mission is to build an economy that works for good, city by city. Our mission is to build an economy that works for good by helping organizations manage, track, report and market their impact. The Love Your City Initiative is a public-good joint initiative with fiscal sponsorship from a 501c3 nonprofit, the New Orleans Chamber Foundation and is operated by LifeCity, L3C, a social enterprise. The Love Your City Initiative has a mission to connect organizations with conscious consumers and sustainable service providers to accelerate equity and sustainability. To learn more, visit www.loveyourcity.us or follow along on Instagram.

Love Your City Awards to Honor Excellence in Equity and Sustainability