St. Joseph Rebuild Center // 1803 Gravier St. // harrytompsoncenter.org // Facebook: facebook.com/Harrytompsoncenter // Instagram: @theharrytompsoncenter Quick Look Date of opening September 2007 Persons in Charge Jessica Lovell, director of DePaul USA, New Orleans; Kenitha Grooms-Williams, executive…
Founded by native New Orleanian and mother of six, Dominique Olivier, (seen here) in 2018, Greenscape Concepts has fast become a big player in the local landscaping scene. Bucking the trend of an industry that’s only 11% female, Greenscape Concepts…
Last December’s announcement that Latter & Blum had acquired longtime competitor Gardner Realtors made big news in 2020. The two companies had spent decades vying for local dominance ever since Gertrude Gardner — a former Latter & Blum employee —…
While 2020 has rained economic hardship on many small and family-owned businesses, it has created unexpected opportunity for others. Some of these organizations, like grocery retailers, have found themselves in the right industry at the right time. Others…
Like everything else in our lives, the current pandemic has impacted the construction and real estate industry in a wide variety of ways. In the residential marketplace, demand has remained strong, driven by homebound residents who are feeling a strong…
Now in its third year nationally, the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign encourages men to spend the month of October wearing pink in an effort to raise both money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.…
It takes a lot of courage to leave what you know behind and take a leap into the unknown. For some, change comes in the form of a job offer they never could have imagined. For another, a simple idea…
Leslie Jacobs is a successful businesswoman. Along with her brother, Steven Rosenthal, and her dad, Stan Rosenthal, she helped transform her family’s small, independent insurance agency, the Rosenthal Agency, into one of the largest insurance agencies in the state…
In March, AxoSim took home New Orleans Entrepreneur Week’s grand prize, and with it $100,000. While an obviously large payday, it was only the latest in a string of wins for the young startup, founded in 2014 by two researchers…
The following 13 professionals are daring to try something new — developing a business, taking on a new role, or taking things to the next level. We honor their efforts as Biz New Orleans’ 2018... Arlanda…
Over 2 billion pounds of sugar cane is manufactured each year by ASR Group at the Domino Sugar Chalmette Refinery in Arabi, Louisiana — the second-largest cane sugar refinery in the world. Opened in 1909, the over 1.5 million-square-foot facility…
When it comes to inspiration, artists commonly don’t look very far. Vincent van Gogh, for example, was prone to serving as his own model, while James McNeill Whistler’s most famous work was of his mother, Anna Whistler. For George Rodrigue…
Some of Rebecca Rau’s fondest childhood memories of her family business, M.S. Rau Antiques, involve Mardi Gras celebrations with cousins in the Royal Street store, pressing their luck on antique slot machines and “assisting” the staff behind the jewelry counter.…
Ross Turner, pressman at Lionheart Prints, is shown here hard at work at the retail store and studio at 3312 Magazine Street, which opened last September. Operating “Norman,” one of two 2,300-pound antique letterpresses on site, he presses wedding invitations,…
Jay McLellan Vice President, Energy Management, Controls and Automation for Leviton A fourth generation New Orleanian, Jay McLellan has been called a “father of the home automation” industry thanks to his founding of Home Automation, Inc. Back in 1985,…
Tucked away in New Orleans’ Lakewood neighborhood lies an ecological oasis on eight acres. A National Historic Landmark, Longue Vue House and Gardens encompasses a main house, eight dependencies, five additional structures, 14 garden areas and 22 fountains and ponds.…
