Greenup Industries - Wed December 28, 2022
Greenup Industries Successfully Completes First of Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Storm Protection Projects
Greenup Industries successfully completed the Stockpile 2 project for the West Shore Lake Ponchartrain Project (WSLPP) and is scheduled to complete Stockpile 1 in the summer of 2023. The company was awarded two contracts for stockpiling clay by the U.S....
Louisiana Economic Development - Wed December 14, 2022
Global Partnership Behind New $1.8B Louisiana Port Terminal On Lower Mississippi
Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled an historic public-private partnership between the state, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River according to Louisiana Economic Development, or LED....
Biz New Orleans - Tue November 01, 2022
Details of New St. Bernard Terminal in Louisiana Unveiled by Port NOLA Officials
Leaders of the Port of New Orleans (NOLA) gave a progress report at an Oct. 27 event on efforts to build the $1.5 billion Louisiana International Terminal in St. Bernard Parish. Biz New Orleans reported that Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy Christian said the updated plan incorporates feedback from the St....
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed July 13, 2022
USACE Backs $1.3B Plan to Floodproof Thousands of Louisiana Homes, Businesses
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has approved a $1.3 billion effort in Louisiana to elevate or floodproof 2,240 homes and businesses in Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes that are subject to storm surge flooding during tropical storms and hurricanes....
The Associated Press - Mon October 25, 2021
La. Gov. Edwards, Lawmakers Sparring Over Superdome Renovations
Two years after a contract appeared close that would keep the NFL's Saints playing in New Orleans for decades, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration is trying to persuade legislative leaders to commit to putting up the cash for Superdome upgrades central to those plans....
CEG - Tue October 05, 2021
Port of New Orleans Progressing on Plans for $1.5B Container Facility
The Port of New Orleans (NOLA) recently approved a contract for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for $1.5 billion Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St....
Associated Press - Thu August 30, 2018
Brad Pitt Foundation Faces Lawsuit Over New Orleans Homes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney plans to sue actor Brad Pitt's foundation over the degradation of homes built in an area of New Orleans that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The forthcoming lawsuit against Pitt's Make It Right foundation will be filed on behalf of some Lower Ninth Ward residents, who attorney Ron Austin told WWL-TV have reported sicknesses, headaches, and infrastructural issues....
Mon January 15, 2018
New Orleans Culinary, Hospitality School Under Way
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans restaurateurs and a developer say they have the $32 million in financing needed to turn a failed visual arts center into a nonprofit restaurant and hotel school, and construction has begun....
Emily Buenzle - Thu November 02, 2017
Where Will Amazon Choose to Build HQ2? Study Has Ideas
One study has zeroed in on what it believes could be the top potential sites for Amazon's new HQ2. In recent research, real estate information firm REIS has revealed the top viable spots for HQ2 based on factors including public transportation, costs of living and business, quality of life, the number of tech employees, tax policies and access to higher education....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 09, 2017
Man Arrested After Robbing FBI Construction Site
A New Orleans man was arrested for felony theft Oct. 4 for stealing copper from an FBI construction site at the FBI New Orleans Field Office, The Times-Picayune reported. Thirty-nine-year-old Michael Bailey allegedly took copper from the construction site where the FBI is currently building a new visitor center around 6 p.m....
