Site Selection Magazine awarded Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) the Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development. The Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development recognizes the top economic development agencies of the previous year in both metropolitan and micropolitan areas. The criteria used to select the recipients includes the total number of …
Marty Mayer
New Orleans: A City for Entrepreneurs
The “Big Three” cities for entrepreneurship—San Francisco/San Jose, Boston and New York—all have a high cost of living, which can be difficult on a startup budget. Resultantly, entrepreneurs are starting to look elsewhere. Enter post-Katrina New Orleans. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita allowed one of America’s most historic places to reimage itself as a startup city …
Is History Repeating Itself?
Over the last few weeks, the spotlight has been on the devastating budget deficit facing the state of Louisiana. Lawmakers are contending with a budget shortfall ranging upwards of $950 million with only 4 months to close it. But Louisiana’s budget deficit is not a new problem. In fact, over the past 10 years, we …