NEW ORLEANS - A national "lifestyle services company" is moving into the New Orleans market with a simple goal: they want to Make Fun Possible – whether it’s during Mardi Gras or the end of summer, when festivals and social…
NEW ORLEANS - On Tuesday afternoon, Jefferson Parish elected officials and economic development organizations joined the BioScrip staff in celebrating the launch of BioScrip Infusion Services, Inc. – a state of the art sterile compounding pharmacy and ambulatory infusion suite. …
KENNER, La. - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) celebrated the grand opening of a new performing arts facility on Sunday. Creative Dance & Music Studio utilized JEDCO's SBA 504 Loan Program to build a new state-of-the-art training center…
NEW ORLEANS - Michael Hecht, the president and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc., shared a letter for Commissioner Goodell, composed by local businesses. He said in an email that the letter would be FedEx’d to Goodell’s attention at two…
NEW ORLEANS - Propeller is now accepting applications for PitchNOLA, their pitch series that will award $30,000 total funding to entrepreneurs tackling local inequities. This year, PitchNOLA will run as a 3-part series. Each competition will focus on a…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) moved more containers in 2018 than at any time in its history, totaling 591,253 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 12.3 percent compared to one year ago. The record marks the…
NEW ORLEANS - Although Diane Mouton attracts new clients with her creativity alone, the florist and owner of Fat Cat Flowers attributes much of her success to doing something she loves – collaborating with others … including fellow florists that…
NEW ORLEANS - On Tuesday afternoon, several local TSA and federal employees were greeted by a sweet surprise – a table lined by king cakes, cookies coated with icing and sprinkles, and bottles of Big Easy Bucha kombucha tea. The…
BATON ROUGE - In a Monday morning email, Stephen Waguespack, the president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), questioned Governor John Bel Edward's "endgame" for the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP). Read his full column here. "A…
NEW ORLEANS - Nearly ten years ago, CNN honored Liz McCartney as a “Hero of the Year” for her tireless work rebuilding St. Bernard Parish homes, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. During the aftermath of the storm, she cofounded SBP,…
NEW ORLEANS - Inspired by the life and music of Louis Armstrong, Warren J. Reuther, the owner of the Paddlewheeler Creole Queen, launched a major renovation project that will bring the rhythms of Satchmo back to the riverfront. Reuther (left),…
NEW ORLEANS - An enduring friendship that began at Tulane University nearly fifteen years ago has led to a flourishing business collaboration. Matthew Berman is teaming up with his former college roommate, Warren H. Cohn, to create a full-service, digital…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday left a city shut down by a funding dispute with Congress and the year's first snowfall to promote his trade policies and the new farm law at a farm convention in…
NEW YORK - The partial federal government shutdown is complicating the already complicated process of getting and managing a mortgage. For one thing, the political storm is like severe weather at a major airport: You can expect minor delays or…
BATON ROUGE, La. — Starlight Studios in New Orleans has become the latest company to qualify under the Entertainment Job Creation Program, which is designed to cultivate sustainable jobs for motion picture, digital, music and theatrical industries in Louisiana. Details…
NEW ORLEANS – In early October of 2018, Avondale Marine LLC officially purchased the Avondale Shipyard from Huntington Ingalls Industries. The two organizations celebrated the major milestone event, onsite, with the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO), Greater New Orleans,…
NEW ORLEANS – River Road Financial Corporation (River Road), a Louisiana corporation that was formed by a group of New Orleans-based investors for the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of a commercial bank, announced on Monday, Jan. 7, the signing…
BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and South Louisiana Methanol CEO Paul Moore announced the company plans to pursue a $2.2 billion capital investment in a new methanol complex in St. James Parish. Preliminary work on the…
NEW ORLEANS – For the past six years, St. Charles Avenue’s April issue has featured The Courts of Carnival: a pictorial of the Royal Courts of select Carnival krewes of New Orleans (those founded prior to 1950). Over the…
NEW ORLEANS - Now that the holidays are coming to a close, New Orleanians are turning their attention to more pressing matters: Mardi Gras, Jazz & Heritage Festival, and must-win Saints games, among other celebratory springtime events – all interspersed…
NEW ORLEANS - The Fillmore New Orleans will host a job fair at House of Blues New Orleans in an effort to hire over 100 employees as the newest venue in town prepares to open its doors in February 2019.…
