NEW ORLEANS — Boeing is seeking more than 100 potential employees to join its Space Launch System team at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility located in New Orleans East. Teammates will help build the core and upper stages of the most…
NEW ORLEANS — Joel Ross recently joined Woodward Design+Build as director of strategic partnerships. He is responsible for developing new clients for Woodward’s construction services team, helping to create strategic lines of service, and building partnerships with architectural and engineering…
NEW ORLEANS — The Contemporary Arts Center has announced the appointment of Erin Lee Antonak as multidisciplinary arts curator. Antonak joins the CAC to develop its multidisciplinary, visual and performing arts program. With more than 20 years of curatorial and…
NEW ORLEANS — The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans has announced that registration is now open for a July 12-18 mission to Israel. Visit www.louisianatoisrael.com for mission information and to register. By expanding its traditional cultural exchange mission to…
BATON ROUGE — Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon placed financially troubled homeowners insurance company Americas Insurance Company into receivership last week in the 19th Judicial District Court. The move is a step toward the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association taking over claim…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Port of New Orleans: Port NOLA ended the year in 2021 strengthening its economic benefit to the region and state with wins across all four of its lines of business: cargo, rail, industrial real estate…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Ehrhardt Group and Causeway Solutions: As 2022 gets underway, we are approaching two years of navigating a global health pandemic. Just when we thought things were returning to a familiar rhythm of what we remember…
NEW ORLEANS — Acadian Ambulance and the National EMS Academy have teamed up for a third time to offer an accelerated EMT class in New Orleans. The program will select individuals interested in earning their emergency medical technician certification and…
NEW ORLEANS — Home Bank has announce the promotion of Christopher L. Braud to senior vice president/New Orleans market president. Braud has served most recently at Home Bank as a senior commercial relationship manager. Braud brings 23 years of commercial…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana State University has been designated as the new host organization for the Louisiana Small Business Development Center network, a statewide system that provides training and technical support to small businesses and entrepreneurs. The network, which consists…
NEW ORLEANS – Food ordering and delivery company Waitr presented the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana a $10,000 donation after a recent holiday food drive. In addition to collecting food donations at local restaurants, Waitr…
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has released its Draft Fiscal Year 2023 Coastal Annual Plan, the annual spending plan for the state’s coastal program. The plan guides funding to implement the 2017 Coastal Master Plan,…
NEW ORLEANS – The Ehrhardt Group has hired Michael Canty to fill the role of account executive. Canty executes public outreach and awareness campaigns for a variety of clients in various industries, including energy, retail, economic development and government agencies.…
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. — From NASA: As the new year begins, seven of the nine test stands at Stennis are being used for testing. Four stands are being operated by NASA directly, one is under a Reimbursable Space Act…
NEW ORLEANS — From Entergy New Orleans: After last year’s record-breaking winter, Entergy New Orleans remains focused on preparing for what Mother Nature may bring when the weather turns colder. And, while weather can be unpredictable, the company remains storm…
METAIRIE — The Louisiana Restaurant Association announced its 2022 volunteer leadership with Michael Boudreaux as its chair. Boudreaux has been in the business since 1997, when he began as the “Bloomin’ Onion guy” at…
NEW ORLEANS - As part of Ashé Cultural Arts Center's week-long programming in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the National Day of Racial Healing, I Am New Orleans will host "Reckoning & Release: A Community Conversation About…
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Career Center has added an office manager, two new faculty members to its healthcare academy, and a new advisor to assist in its high school program. Yvette Christianson joined the organization as office manager. LaPorshia…
NEW ORLEANS – The World Trade Center has announced the following appointments to the World Trade Center New Orleans Board of Directors: William (Will) Baldwin, Partner, Jones Walker, Jeff Corbin, Director of Operations, Laitram, Scott Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Hancock…
NEW ORLEANS – From Urban Properties Real Estate: Urban Properties — a New Orleans-based commercial development, property management, and brokerage firm — is overseeing the historic renovation of a Mid-City warehouse at 4201 Tulane Avenue, on the corner of Tulane…
NEW ORLEANS — Kean Miller has announced that William “Willie” J. Kolarik II has been elected to the partnership effective Jan. 1. “We are proud to welcome Willie as a partner in our law firm. He has demonstrated an incredible…
NEW ORLEANS – Leslie Lotten, assistant director of event services at the Morial Convention Center, was named one of the nation’s best up-and-coming professionals by Facilities and Destinations, a news source for professional planners of conventions, meetings, entertainment and special…
NEW ORLEANS — The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has announced that its board of trustees has elected a new board chair, Jessie Schott Haynes, managing director of The Helis Foundation in New…
NEW ORLEANS — The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has partnered with JPMorgan Chase to relaunch its Financial Fitness Fridays series. Up first, the bank’s Ilsi Duncan and Karl Steimle present a start-of-year checklist to help “keep businesses on the right…
NEW ORLEANS — The Metropolitan Crime Commission — a private, nonprofit watchdog group — will begin issuing a weekly updated crime bulletin including year-to-date changes in major categories of violent crime in Orleans Parish since 2019 (homicide, shooting, carjacking and…
NEW ORLEANS — Renaissance Publishing (owner of Biz New Orleans) has named Andy Myer the new editor of St. Charles Avenue magazine. She is also the style editor for New Orleans Magazine, New Orleans Homes and New Orleans Bride. Founded…
NEW ORLEANS — From Tulane University: If your New Year’s resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think. Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon…
METAIRIE — The Jefferson Chamber will host a “Business and Breakfast” event at 7:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 21 at A Tavola Restaurant, 3413 Veterans Blvd. The gathering is designed to give attendees an opportunity to meet and share information…
NEW ORLEANS — Following the cancellation of the 2020 event, golf fans and sponsors returned to the Zurich Classic in 2021. Foundation CEO and tournament director Steve Worthy said the event generated $2.3 million, which was distributed to local and…
BATON ROUGE — Postlethwaite & Netterville announced that Charles Lawson has joined the firm as director of governmental consulting services. Lawson brings management and leadership skills from a career as a senior executive in the federal government and private sector.…
