NEW ORLEANS — A $250,000 Affordable Housing Program subsidy awarded to the Leona Tate Foundation for Change from Home Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas in 2019 has helped convert a historic school building in the Lower…
NEW ORLEANS – Success Space, a coworking concept developed under the umbrella of eXp Holdings, announced it has signed a franchise agreement with Michael and Rebecca Robb to open a Success Space location in New Orleans in the fall of…
NEW ORLEANS — From Passco Companies Passco Companies has acquired two luxury multifamily communities totaling 602 units: Canal 1535, a 330-unit asset in downtown New Orleans, and Sawgrass Point, a 272-unit asset in Gonzales, La. Both assets closed at contract…
NEW ORLEANS – From SVN | Urban Properties: SVN | Urban Properties, a local commercial brokerage, property management and development firm, is celebrating its seventh anniversary. Led by its four managing directors — Eugene Schmitt, Tyler Robinson, Timothy Thompson and Michael…
BATON ROUGE (press release) — The Stride Shop, a physical therapy clinic on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans, is excited to announce its expansion to Baton Rouge. The Stride Shop has a niche focus on running and was founded…
NEW ORLEANS – Via the New Orleans Agenda: New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman Perry Sholes and the board of directors have announced that Jon Renthrope will be the organization’s interim executive director. Renthrope is currently CEO…
MANDEVILLE, La. – From St. Tammany Corporation: Marty Mayer, board president of St. Tammany Corporation, and Chris Masingill, the organization’s CEO, have announced the launch of “Northshore Healthscape: A Collaborative Enhancing the Pulse of our Regional Healthcare Economy,” a three-year…
AVONDALE, La. – The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission will host a community event on Friday, May 6 at the Churchill Technology and Business Park. "Churchill sPark" was designed to engage with the local community and raise awareness of the…
NEW YORK — Mint House, a tech-enabled residential hospitality company, announced it has closed a $35 million Series B round of funding. A New Orleans location of Mint House location opened in February at 315 Girod Street. The building features…
NEW ORLEANS — Equitas Partners, the entity that manages the award-winning Evergreen Fund, has named Rachel Kaplan president. Kaplan oversees the entire Evergreen Fund, providing her expertise in asset allocation and operational management. HFM recently named the fun the top…
NEW ORLEANS – From Louisiana Economic Development: In a move designed to further prepare Louisiana’s workforce for high-paying high-tech jobs, Louisiana Economic Development announced it will engage Unity, a platform for creating and operating real-time 3D content, to assist higher…
NEW ORLEANS – The 65-room Pelham Hotel at 444 Common Street has announced the completion of an extensive interior renovation, including a redesign of the lobby, guest rooms and bathrooms, guest corridor and more. The renovation comes as a result…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Helen Brett’s International Jewelry and Merchandise Show will feature more than 400 booths May 12-15 at the New Orleans Convention Center. For the first time since the COVID pandemic, capacity for the world-renowned shopping show…
NEW ORLEANS – The Ehrhardt Group announced that it ranked No. 130 in the U.S. and No. 169 globally in PR Week’s annual Agency Business Report 2022 published this month. “Our ranking among the top PR agencies in the U.S.…
NEW ORLEANS – From Ochsner Health and SafeSource Direct: One year ago, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined SafeSource Direct CEO Justin Hollingsworth, Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner Thomas, and other officials to announce the development of two manufacturing facilities…
NEW ORLEANS – LCMC Health has announced plans to celebrate National Nurses Week and its Called-to-Care Scholars Program in collaboration with Chamberlain University. The New Orleans-based nonprofit health system will host a ribbon-cutting event to unveil a new headquarters for…
METAIRIE — OnPath Federal Credit Union President and CEO Jared Freeman announced the promotions of the following team members: Nellie Lovergne to VP of retail sales and lending, Sherrill Woods to AVP of branch operations, Shasta Leininger to VP of…
NEW ORLEANS — From Tulane University: The American Heart Association has awarded Tulane University researchers $940,000 to study how COVID-19 spurs vascular inflammation that may increase risks for blood clots and lingering symptoms of long COVID. The grant is one of…
COVINGTON – St. Tammany Quality Network, a group of some 300 Northshore community physicians aligned with St. Tammany Health System, hosted its annual membership and awards meeting April 14 to recognize patient care and population health improvements. Here are the…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Port of New Orleans recognizes its sixth annual Maritime Month May 1-31 and National Maritime Day on May 22 to pay tribute to the region’s maritime history and to honor the hardworking men and…
NEW ORLEANS – From Children’s Hospital New Orleans and Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health: Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health and Children’s Hospital New Orleans announced that they have entered into a non-binding agreement to explore structures…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: CRCL is expanding its oyster shell recycling program by opening up participation to more restaurants in the New Orleans area – and possibly beyond. The program allows restaurants that generate…
NEW ORLEANS – City of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced a $100,000 contest at last month’s New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. Known as “The Mayor’s Web3 Challenge,” the pledge is a partnership between the City and nonprofit accelerator The Idea…
NEW ORLEANS – From Entergy New Orleans: Entergy New Orleans continues to invest in improving the reliability of its electric and gas infrastructure. Today, the company has filed its Formula Rate Plan with the New Orleans City Council outlining upgrades…
NEW ORLEANS – Gambel Communications has announced the promotion of two team members. Alicia Vial has been named senior director of strategy and April Catarella is director of client services. “Alicia and April have proven to be invaluable members of…
NEW ORLEANS (Press Release) – Stretch Zone, the company that brought practitioner-assisted stretching to the public and introduced a new vertical in the health and wellness industry, in partnership with the Brees Dream Foundation, recently presented a $20,000 donation to…
NEW ORLEANS — From the University of New Orleans: UNO finance professor M. Kabir Hassan has been selected as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar for 2022-23. He said he will use his award to study small and medium-sized businesses in Saudi…
NEW ORLEANS — From Greater New Orleans Inc.: German RWE Renewables, a global offshore wind company, will collaborate with GNO Inc. and the GNOwind Alliance to build a program that will help existing Louisiana companies, especially in oil and gas,…
BATON ROUGE – From Louisiana Economic Development: Focus Foods, a meal solutions manufacturer that has provided more than 25 million meals to schools, households, care facilities and disaster areas since 2019, announced a $1.7 million expansion and relocation from its…
NEW ORLEANS – Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health will celebrate their inaugural Physician Assistant Program Class of 2022 on May 5 at Xavier’s University Center and on May 7 at Xavier’s Convocation Center. The 28-month, full-time graduate program,…
