News for Economic
Thursday, March 21, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Macy’s welcomes Macy’s Backstage to its location in Lakeside Shopping Center, on Saturday, April 13. Macy’s Backstage offers fashion-loving customers another way to shop at the store by providing a store-within-store shopping experience featuring significant savings on fabulous finds. Details were shared in a press release.
The new store will have approximately 14,300 square ...read more
Categories: Community, Economic, Press Release
Thursday, March 14, 2019
METAIRIE, LA — Councilwoman Jennifer Van Vrancken, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and Jefferson Community Foundation invite residents, workers, and visitors throughout Metairie and Greater New Orleans to participate in the new strategic planning initiative Design Metairie: Make Your Future Your Own (www.DesignMetairie.com). If you were to design Metairie, how would you do it? Share your ideas ...read more
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
(AVONDALE, La) - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission announced the launch of the 2019 JEDCO Challenge powered by Greater Lakeside Corporation Wednesday. The economic development organization is currently accepting applications for the seventh annual startup pitch event for early stage ventures with ties to Jefferson Parish.
Launched in 2013, the JEDCO Challenge has become a ...read more
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Monday, March 11, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc) will host the inaugural EVERLAB Summit at the NOPSI Hotel in New Orleans, June 4. EVERLAB (Environmental Ventures for Economic Return) is a one-day conference for professionals interested in long-term corporate resilience and private sector investment in environmental sustainability. Details were shared in a press release.
“The environment and ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Economic
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's announced a multiyear money saving restructuring program that it says will pare down its management structure and make the department store more nimble in a fiercely competitive environment.
The plan would result in cost savings of $100 million. A Macy's spokesperson said that the job cuts would include the elimination of 100 vice president positions.
The department ...read more
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
(MARRERO, LA) - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO), in partnership with Jefferson Parish and Louisiana Economic Development, celebrated the groundbreaking of a state-of-the-art distribution facility for one of the nation's leading foodservice distributors Thursday. US Foods broke ground on the expansion of the company's F. Christiana facility in Marrero alongside company ...read more
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
KENNER, La. - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) celebrated the grand opening of a new performing arts facility on Sunday. Creative Dance & Music Studio utilized JEDCO's SBA 504 Loan Program to build a new state-of-the-art training center in Gretna. Details were shared in a press release.
Creative Dance & Music Studio (CDMS) has been serving the West Bank community ...read more
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) moved more containers in 2018 than at any time in its history, totaling 591,253 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 12.3 percent compared to one year ago. The record marks the fifth year in a row Port NOLA has surpassed the half million TEU-mark at its Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, which is operated by New Orleans Terminal and Ports ...read more
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