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Here’s how Convention Center can help fund New Orleans public safety plan

By Jeff Adelson

Source: The Advocate

February 11, 2017

The $40 million public safety plan proposed recently by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and being considered by other New Orleans...

Why will New Orleans property owners get another tax bill this year?

By Greg LaRose

Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

February 1, 2017

Tuesday (Jan. 31) was the deadline for New Orleans property owners to pay their 2017 taxes, but they can...

Major expansion of surveillance cameras in French Quarter, 20 hot spots

By Jeff Adelson

Source: The Advocate

January 23, 2017

A massive expansion of the New Orleans Police Department’s surveillance capabilities, in both the French Quarter and 20 “hot...

Nell Nolan: BGR annual luncheon; Catholic Foundation Dinner; Eugene Schreuiber Award

By Nell Nolan

Source: The Advocate

January 3, 2017

Good News! Luncheon Road to Rhodes Mark A. Mayer, outgoing board chairman of the Board of Directors of the...

Economic Trend Lines for a Changing Jefferson Parish

December 6, 2016

Jerry Bologna (JEDCO President & CEO) and Robert Edgecombe (GCR, Inc. Urban Planner and Consultant) spoke at a BGR...

BGR Membership Elects New Directors to Board

November 30, 2016

Tthe Bureau of Governmental Research elected seven new directors at the organization’s annual members’ meeting, held at the New...

BGR Provides Framework for Report on Convention Center

By Lee Zurik and Tom Wright

Source: FOX 8

November 4, 2016

Released in 2015, BGR’s report The $1 Billion Question: Do the Tax Dedications in New Orleans Make Sense? serves as a...

BGR Wins National Honors for Research

July 28, 2016

BGR won two awards from the Governmental Research Association (GRA) at its national conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Tuesday,...