New Orleans Job Market is “Resurgent” Says Forbes
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bruce Springsteen at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, 4/29/2012
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you couldn't get to Jazz Fest this year here is a video of Bruce Springsteen. The Fair Grounds were packed and tears rolled for those who were living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Bringing back memories of Springsteen's performance 8 months after Katrina which was a moment in time never to be forgotten. … [Read more...]
A Blighted House Becomes a Large Ball Pit in the Marigny
April 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Take a Creole Cottage in the Faubourg Marigny that is blighted strip the house down to the studs, wrap the house with batting cage plastic and then fill the house with balls, lots of balls, four feet deep. That is what one gentlemen who lives in the Marigny has done. He found the owners of the blighted property, drove to visit them, discussed … [Read more...]
Jazz Fest in New Orleans, There’s An App for That!
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Click here Jazz Fest iPhone App. … [Read more...]
Comprehensive Housing Report (2011) from Housing and Urban Development; There is A Demand for Housing
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The following the 2011 Comprehensive Housing Report issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). They do not issue these reports annually and so the announcement by GE to bring 300 jobs into the New Orleans area and the construction of the new hospital and research facility with an anticipated increase in employment of 18000 … [Read more...]
French Quarter Fest, New Orleans sets record for crowds, fun
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This past weekend was the French Quarter Fest in New Orleans. The weather was glorious, there was music for all and the food was plentiful. Time to make plans for next year! About 574,000 people converged on the Vieux Carre during the weekend ([New Orleans Biz] French Quarter Fest sets record for crowds, fun … [Read more...]
New Orleans Hotel Bar Space Being Geared to Locals
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New Orleans Hotels are reinventing themselves to appeal to the locals and not just the hotel guests in town for limited periods of time. "At the Windsor Court (300 Gravier Street; 504-523-6000; windsorcourthotel.com), the newly opened bar space illustrates an emerging trend in New Orleans: hotels that build a local fan base by reimagining the … [Read more...]
The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ‘Urban Growth’
April 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Since Katrina, the cartoonish pace of vegetation growth in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans resembles something out of a Chia Pet commercial. (7 years after). "A year after Katrina, the city’s population plunged to about 200,000; meanwhile, the street grid, since 1970, had increased by more than 10 percent. Could a city built for 627,000 … [Read more...]
