Biz The Magazine - October 2020

12 Top Real Estate Influencers

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…

BIZ Talks

Oak Street Small Businesses Fighting for Survival September 8 Min Yang, president of Oak Street Merchants, Residents and Property Owners Inc., discusses the effect the pandemic has had on Uptown’s historic commercial corridor. Listen     HGTV comes to NOLA…

Last Call for Neighborhood Bars?

A native New Orleanian, Poppy Tooker has spent her life devoted to the cultural essence that food brings to Louisiana, a topic she explores weekly on her NPR-affiliated radio show, Louisiana Eats!…

Locals Supporting Locals

Keith Twitchell spent 16 years running his own business before becoming president of the Committee for a Better New Orleans. He has observed, supported and participated in entrepreneurial ventures at the street,…

Beautiful Bends

  Whether used to tell a story, or simply to add to the beauty of a home or business, stained glass is an artform artisans spend years learning and perfecting. Seen here, Elise Thomas, an artist at Attenhofer’s who…

Space Cadets

Administrators and universities have a challenging task this fall. They need to provide students with some semblance of the college experience families are expecting and paying for, while avoiding a COVID-19 outbreak that would force schools to take more extreme…

Publisher's Note | Happy News

This month some exciting things are happening at Renaissance Publishing. In addition to Biz New Orleans celebrating another anniversary this month from its launch in October 2014, around the company we have some great news to share. Louisiana Life has…

Editor's Note | C’mon Fall!

October is my favorite month. Not only is it home to my favorite holiday, it’s the start of my favorite season. I mean, who doesn’t love fall? The weather starts to cool (hopefully), you have the holidays coming up, (which…

The Time is Now

Right now, more than 50,000 New Orleans households are struggling to pay rent due to COVID-19-related job loss and housing insecurity. It’s beyond time local, state and federal leaders #PutHousingFirst by providing immediate rental assistance. Recent data shows an estimated…

HGTV in the House

Brittany Picolo-Ramos, Realtor and co-owner of Godwyn & Stone Real Estate, stars in HGTV’s latest home buying hit, “Selling the Big Easy.” Each week, Picolo-Ramos guides potential home buyers through the unique and colorful New Orleans…