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…
"We can’t be naive to think that there isn’t learning that needs to be recovered, but systems don’t need to spend an entire year in remediation." One of COVID-19’s most punishing…
It’s a challenge to look back at an entire year of business in Southeast Louisiana and come up with a small group of standouts given the fact that, once again, this has been a year where almost all industries have…
The Sazerac, an iconic New Orleans cocktail, is about to occupy a brand-new (yet well-aged) stage. On October 2, a historic site at the intersection of Magazine and Canal Streets opens to the public as the Sazerac House. The newly…
“If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway.” It’s a family motto of sorts for Ti Martin. She heard those words often from her mother, “Miss Ella” Brennan — the groundbreaking restaurateur and Brennan family matriarch who passed away…
Anyone attending a Carnival parade in recent years has likely witnessed a uniquely New Orleans phenomenon: the “dance krewe.” The popularity of these bewigged and bedazzled organizations, which entertain paradegoers with eye-popping routines and outfits, has exploded in recent…
When Liz Williams went to museums, she always saw the same gap. While there always seemed to be displays of things like spearheads and clay pots from hunter-gatherer societies and the embellished bone china of nobility, there was never…
2018 was a year of beginnings — a year where we began building upon our region’s strengths across so many industries at one time that one can’t help but be excited for what 2019 will bring. And leading that…
In the report, Louisiana received poor marks in a lot of areas, including dead last in “Economic and Social Wellbeing” and 47th in “Health and Safety.” We are 49th for “Highest Percentage of Women in Poverty,”41st for “High School Dropout…
The post-Katrina transformation of New Orleans’ public education system has involved a dizzying number of players across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. But few have had as much impact as New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO), a nonprofit organization…
The bridge between old and new is apparent upon stepping into Arnaud’s Bienville Street entrance. To your left you'll find Arnaud’s French 75 Bar, one of the city’s hottest cocktail spots, with its sleek animal print chairs and James Beard…
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.…
Winner of last year’s BioChallenge Startup Competition and this year’s JEDCO Challenge, Chosen Diagnostics Founder Sunyoung Kim is bringing new hope to families of preterm infants.
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has a new address and a new leader, Andy Kopplin, who wants to improve the way we put our people – and our water – to work.
Gay Mardi Gras krewes are starting to come out of the shadows and embrace a new economic model designed to preserve their artistry and keep the party going.
This local 83-year-old entrepreneur’s new hygiene product was just picked up by Walmart.
La Rivière Confiserie offers French treats found nowhere else in the country.
Luzianne’s father/son tea masters give Biz a peek behind the curtains of a more than $11 billion industry where family ties run deep.
A look at how three leaders in environmental management are fighting to strengthen our economy through sustainability.
How Hogs for the Cause CEO Becker Hall and COO Rene Louapre keep their festival smokin.’
Mary and Roland von Kurnatowski, the duo behind the newly renovated Orpheum Theater, Tipitina’s, and a planned lakefront festival park, share their thoughts on why the arts are more than just big business in New Orleans.
At 4 a.m., you’re likely to find Marviani Ammari already at his computer, enjoying a cup of coffee and reading emails before his wife and four children get up. As the CEO of Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, the New Orleans…
Jerry Bologna, executive director of JEDCO, discusses how Jefferson EDGE 2020 will herald the parish’s next wave of economic development.
1. University Medical Center Raises the Region’s Healthcare Game By Rebecca Friedman I Photgraphy by Benjamin Benschneider Though the sparkling new $1.1 billion University Medical Center is a far cry from its…
New Orleans’ independent markets are standing strong against national chains.
