News for Economic
Monday, November 12, 2018
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (GNOSF) is celebrating 30 years of successfully attracting and managing major sporting events to Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans Area. Since its inception, the GNOSF has hosted hundreds of sporting events benefiting the citizens, businesses, youth and facilities of Louisiana, generating billions in economic impact and positive media ...read more
Categories: Press Release, Economic
Friday, November 02, 2018
AVONDALE, La) - Today, the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO), along with state, regional and local leaders, celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $70 million processing facility by Fuji Vegetable Oil in Avondale. The project will create 39 direct jobs with an average annual salary of $77,000, plus benefits. Additionally, at the peak of construction, the project calls for ...read more
Categories: Economic, Press Release
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
NEW ORLEANS –On Thursday, Oct. 24, Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects announced the recent hire of James Van Horn, AIA, NCARB to their award winning Healthcare Design Studio.
Van Horn earned a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University, followed by a Master of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent the last four years in the Denver office of global design firm ...read more
Categories: Economic, Community, Press Release
Thursday, October 04, 2018
AVONDALE, La.— Today, the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) and Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) joined Avondale Marine LLC, Governor John Bel Edwards and elected officials to celebrate a critical step forward in bringing the iconic Avondale Shipyard site back into commerce. Avondale Marine LLC, a newly-formed joint venture between Virginia-based T. Parker Host and ...read more
Categories: Economic, Community, Press Release
Thursday, September 13, 2018
NEW ORLEANS — The University of New Orleans is among the top 25 national universities whose students graduate with the lowest average amount of debt, according to U.S. News & World Report. UNO is the only Louisiana institution in the top 25 in the national university category.
“We continue to believe that a degree from the University of New Orleans is an incredible value,” said President John ...read more
Categories: Education, Economic, Press Release
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (September 7, 2018) – The National WWII Museum was once again named among the top museums in the nation and the world in the 2018 TripAdivsor Travelers’ Choice Awards, ranking No. 3 in the United States and No. 8 in the world. Other winners include The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum (No. 1 in the nation), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (No. 2 in the nation), Art Institute of Chicago ...read more
Categories: Community, Fun Facts, Economic, Press Release
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
NEW ORLEANS — The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) is pleased to announce JEDCO President and CEO Jerry Bologna's inclusion on a list of North America's Top 50 Economic Developers. Consultant Connect, a consulting agency designed to bridge the gap between economic developers and site consultants, recognized Jerry alongside his economic development peers in a press release ...read more
Categories: Economic, Press Release
