PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR
On New Orleans tourism, see expert quotes on ‘world class’ city, key goals, more at forum
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
April 3, 2019
An expert panel on tourism brought together a host of important industries and ideas Tuesday morning in downtown New...Fair Play, Fair Share, Part 1: New Orleans and the Lost Penny
By Michael David Raso
Source: Big Easy Magazine
March 25, 2019
It’s 2019, but looking at some of the city’s old and antiquated infrastructure, it doesn’t feel like it. We...
New Orleans Convention Center leaders say $1.1 billion investment will pay off, but will it?
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 23, 2019
Build it and they will come. That’s the rosy forecast by officials from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention...Key to Cantrell’s 2019 legislative agenda? Tourism cash to rebuild New Orleans S&WB, more
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
March 17, 2019
Less than a month away from the start of the 2019 legislative session, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s legislative agenda is...Working groups zeroing in on cash to meet Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s demands for S&WB help
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 16, 2019
Two groups — one created by the mayor and the governor, the other consisting of tourism and business leaders working...Assessor: proposed hotel probably wouldn’t get tax exemption
By The Associated Press
Source: The Associated Press via WWL-TV
March 12, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Orleans Parish tax assessor says he’s told convention center officials that a $558 million...Activists turn up the heat in New Orleans
By C.C. Campbell-Rock
Source: The Louisiana Weekly
March 11, 2019
Community activism is alive and well in New Orleans at the grassroot level. One group, The New Orleans Peoples’...New Orleans lawmakers see tough fight ahead for infrastructure money
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
March 10, 2019
With the Louisiana Legislature convening in exactly one month, the first proposals focused on raising more money for New Orleans road...Planned New Orleans convention center hotel would not qualify for tax exemption, assessor says
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 10, 2019
Erroll Williams, the Orleans Parish tax assessor, is complicating plans for a hotel that officials of the Ernest N....Plan to save $330M on New Orleans Convention Center hotel has yet to draw interest from board
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
February 28, 2019
A respected investment banker has a plan that he says could save the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hundreds...