Welcome to Tangipahoa Parish
Our parish has so much to offer for residents, businesses, and guests. One of the fastest growing parishes in the state, Tangipahoa now has over 117,000 residents. We are constantly striving to ensure positive growth and the best environment for our citizens' needs. Our Parish Officials and entire staff are always available to serve you, so please contact us through this website, by phone, or in person and we will assist you any way we can.
The Federal Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, has awarded a $699,400 grant to Tangipahoa Parish for the first phase of a proposed shoreline project in the Parish's northern edge of Lake Ponchatrain.
Tangipahoa Parish Public Works Director, Nace Garafola reports that recycling sites at Pleasant Ridge and Roseland were very busy Saturday April 10, 2010. Over 150 vehicles brought recyclable trash to these sites. For more information about parish recycling click more.
On May 1, 2010, Tangipahoa Parish won a 1st place ribbon in gang plank and 2nd place in search and rescue at the CERT Rodeo emergency drills.
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control recently purchased and emergency transportation vechicle for transporting evacuated animals. This vehicle will also be used to house animals at emegency shelters. This vechicle will also be used as a mobile adoption center.
Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that Unified Response will implement a Snare Sentinel monitoring program to help protect the Northshore from any subsurface oil that could intrude our local waters.
The 2010 hurricane season is here, June 1st through November 30th. Meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting a very active season. Don't be caught unprepared, click on TangiSafe.com for all your hurricane and emergency information.
Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess and Tangipahoa Parish Library Director Barry Bradford are all smiles after learning the parish will receive more than $1.55 million toward the construction of a new Amite Branch Library and TPL Administrative office facility in Amite. Burgess said the money, funded by a state CDBG award, will pay nearly 50 percent of the estimated $3.2 million cost of the new complex, which will break ground in early 2011.
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that the parish has received a grant award of $1.55 million in recovery funding which will be used for the new Amite branch library.
Burgess said the parish learned this week that they will receive $1,551,093 from the Office of Community Development for use in the Tangipahoa Parish Library project.
The award is part of more than $22 million that the state has earmarked for parish recovery efforts and represents almost half of what the parish has estimated the total project will cost to construct the new library facility.
"We are very pleased to announce this grant award which will aid in the construction of our new Amite branch library and parish library offices," Burgess said.
Burgess said the new facility, planned for NE Central Ave. in Amite, next door to the Fire District 1 station, will include a new library as well as administrative offices for the Tangipahoa Parish Library System. Currently the parish rents space at a nearby shopping center for the library branch, which is one of the biggest single libraries in the parish.
The new library will include a large children's area, meeting room, technology and genealogy labs, a teen area, outdoor plazas for reading and relaxing, as well as a greater selection of multimedia collections, from CDs and DVDs to downloadable content.
The parish expects to break ground on the project in early 2011. Parish Library officials are holding a town hall meeting on Aug. 30 to introduce plans and designs for the new facility.
AMITE---On Wednesday, Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess asked the White House to lift a moratorium on offshore drilling, calling instead for immediate, "intense inspection" of rigs and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Burgess, a 24-year veteran Parish President in south Louisiana who serves as the state's parish government representative on the Louisiana Commerce and Industry Board, said the moratorium "will cause thousands of hard working people to be laid off at a time when our local, state, and national economy can least afford it."
Likening the the moratorium to "locking the vault after the bank was robbed," Burgess said he fears the move by the federal government will "compound the economic damage done to our Tourism and Seafood Industries by also devastating the working people in our Oil and Gas Industries."
Burgess, who has more than 30 years of first-hand experience working with the oil industry, said "The economy of our entire region is very much tied to off-shore exploration and production. While I understand the magnitude of the current oil spill, it is neither indicative nor representative of off-shore drilling and production in our region." Click here to view letter.
Tangipahoa Parish Public Works
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the north end of the parish.
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the north end:
The parish's grass cutting crews worked in the Kentwood, Loranger, Tangipahoa, Husser, Arcola, and Roseland areas.
Ditch work was completed along Straughan Nursery Road, Forrest Hill, Lenard Husser Road, Joynton Road, and Roseland Avenue.
Trees were trimmed or removed along Overmier Road, Mixon Road, M C Carter Road, and Newsome Road.
Gravel was laid for Chappeppeela Ridge Road, Providence Estates Road, B Alford Road, Mixon Road, Rodeo Road, and Morris Retreat Road.
Grading was completed on Kent Acres Road, Silver City Road, Thomas Road, VFW Road, Irwin Lane, Santora Lane, Premo Lane, Quail Trail, Spring Lane, Alford Lane, Andrew Bankston Road, J Catha Drive, Rolling Pines Drive, Hickory Lane, Lowery Lane, Lowery Huey Lane, Ritchie Road, Providence Estates, King Road, Lions Road, Katherine Holton Road, Jay Tract Road, Chappeppeela Ridge Road, Back Ridge Road, J S Miller Road, Wayne Stevens Road, Lee Cemetary Road, and Ruth Holton Road.
Culverts were installed and cleaned out along Mashon Road.
The road crew also responded to downed trees on parish roads due to excessively wet conditions and high winds thoughout the area last week. A number of calls were received for emergency road conditions at Z McDaniel Road, Friendship Church Road, and Sanders Road.
The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the south end:
The parish's grass cutting crews worked in the Wardline area, Pumpkin Center area, Turnpike area, Chappepeela area and the Robert area.
Grading work was completed on South Cason Road, Kinchen Lane, Chavers Lane, Gas Line Road, North Benton Road, East Riverdale Heights Road, Terral Road, Snead Road, Dummyline Road, Belle Gardner Road, Holmes Lane, Needham Road, Lanier Road, Hillcrest School Road, Garafola Road, R& M Hunting Club Road, N. Coburn Road, Polo Road, Louisiana Polo Farms Road, Curtis Willie Road, Chukkar Lane, Hessie Willie Road, Flying J. Ranch Ave., Morning Star Lane, Big Sky Lane, Simmons Road, S. Lester Lane, C. Populis Road, Pineview Dr., Campground Road, Magnolia Ridge Road, A. Pierre Road, Bradley Lane, N. Prevost Lane, Eastman Lane, Sally Kinchen Road, Calvary Street, Brook Lane
Ditch work was completed on Bennett Road, Richoux Road, Billville Road,
Trees were removed from Sisters Road, Easy Street, Barnes Drive, Cherry Drive, North Thibodeaux Road, Bankston Road and Sontheimer Road
Gravel was laid on Arline Road, Jesse Baham Road, Foy Cemetery Road; Asphalt was laid on Westmoreland Road and Friendship Church Road
Potholes were patched on Chappepeela Road, Averett Road, Narretto Road, Tin Can Alley, Yellow Water Road, Woodscale Road
Culverts were installed on George Fischer Road, New Genessee Road, Overmier Road, and Wagner Road
In the northern area of the parish, the following has been in progress this week:
Grass cutting in Kentwood, Independence, and Loranger areas.
Tree removal and trimming on Rayborn Road, Spring Creek, Ball Park Road, E. Westmoreland Road, Bennett Road, Wilson Road, E. Bell Road, and Nicholes Road.
Road graveling on Squirrel Run Rd. and Rayborn Lane.
Pothole patching on Joynton Road, Old Uneedus Road, and W.E. Ballard.
Tangipahoa Parish offers recycling every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, from 9:00am to 12:00 pm. There are two locations where you can bring your items; in Hammond at
44512 West Pleasant Ridge Road, and in Roseland at 63101 Commercial Street.
THE FOLLOW ITEMS ARE ACCEPTED :
Plastics: Plastic bottles that have #1 through #7 inside the triangle shaped recycling symbol located typically at the bottom of the container. Beverage bottles, food containers, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, prescription bottles, baby wipe containers, household cleaner containers, bleach bottles, flower pots, and buckets with handles removed.
Metal: Aluminum, tin, and metal alloy beverage, food, and pet food cans, metal lids. Labels do not need to be removed.
Cardboard: Corrugated and paperboard boxes, drink cartons, shoe boxes.
Paper: Junk mail, coupons, white or colored paper, gift wrap, envelopes, paper grocery bags, catalogs, magazines, newspapers, paperback books, telephone books, shredded paper.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT ACCPETED:
Plastic bags, Styrofoam, bubble wrap, plastic film, household garbage, yard trimmings, woody waste, building materials, tires, batteries, clothes hangers, soiled paper (tissues, diapers, paper towels, etc.), toys, 6-pack rings, chemical containers, packing material, plastic wrap, pizza boxes, waxed cardboard, aerosol cans, take-out food containers, photos, hard cover books, carbon paper, rubber bands.
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Those who died in the 9/11 attacks on the United States will be remembered during the ninth annual 9/11 observance sponsored by All Saints Episcopal Church of Ponchatoula.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:45:38 -0500
A butcher’s work is considered an art form by the most avid of hunters, and only the old-fashioned way for their cut-to-order portions will do.
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:29:56 -0500
A Ponchatoula second-grader will be in the WWE production movie, “Chasing the Hawk,” starring Jamie Kennedy of “Ghost Whisperer.”
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:15:14 -0500
What began as a local column and story of protest at the BP facility last May in Robert has made unlikely spokespeople out of the Holmes family of Hammond.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:42:29 -0500
The killer storm that took so many lives in New Orleans five years ago is still fresh in the memories of the Tobias, Wiggins and Jackson families of Hammond who lost their homes in the city and endured many hardships before being chosen as Ginger Ford Habitat for Humanity families.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:44:00 -0500
The Robert Hardware Store on U.S. 190 burned down Tuesday morning about a half mile east of the U.S. 190-Hwy 445 intersection.
September (Every Wednesday): Hammond Cutups Woodcarvers
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AMITE--Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that Unified Response will implement a Snare Sentinel monitoring program to help protect the Northshore from any subsurface oil that could intrude our local waters.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess
(985) 748-3211
AMITE---The month of June was an unfortunate record-breaker in Tangipahoa Parish, and Parish President Gordon Burgess says he hope ...
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The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department completed the following work on the north end for the week of June 7-11:
Ellis Brumfield Road is being prepared by contractors for three course overlay ...
There are several projects going on in our parish, and here are some updates as to the progress:
The American Truss Grant Project is complete The Fluker Chapel Water Well project is approximately 25% complete - the test well i ...Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess joins Darius Pique of the Wal Mart Distribution Center in Robert to present a check to Tangipahoa Parish School Board CFO, Bret Schnadelbach. $158,440 for Champ Cooper School Distric ...
TANGI CLEAN TRASH BASH RESCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010
TIME: 10:00 a.m til 12:00 Noon (please note that the time has changed)
LOCATION: CARLOS' QUICK STOP
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May 1, 2010, is Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Day in Tangipahoa Parish. Residential items will be taken between the hours of 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. For details please call 748-3211.
On Thursday, Parish President Gordon Burgess was encouraged to see Tangipahoa Parish's employment numbers continue to improve. New employment numbers released for Louisiana showed that unemployment in Tangipahoa Parish continues to drop.
...Tangipahoa Parish has been awarded $299,000 through the Louisiana Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. This funding is in addition to the direct EECBG allocation of $484,000 that Tangipahoa Parish received from the ...
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN SHORELINE PROTECTION PROJECT
This is a Federally Funded Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). Tangipahoa Parish has been scheduled to receive approximately $6.39 Million to construct a breakwater along the north ...
Tangipahoa Council on Aging
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TANGIPAHOA PARISH RECEIVES CONTRACT FOR $5.5 MILLION IN GUSTAV GRANT FUNDS
Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that the Parish has received the contract from the Louisiana Division of Admi ...
Buddy Till, Terrance Stewart, Connie Henry, Darvin Sumrall and Charles Drey of the Tangipahoa Parish Government Office of Environmental Services attended the Louisiana Solid Waste Association’s 30th Annual Environmental Conference in L ...
Tangipahoa Parish Government Staff Meeting
04/05/10
Parish Engineer’s Report
By Maurice Jordan
