Recently added articles from New Orleans CityBusiness:
N.O.-based McMoRan back to 50 percent of pre-Gustav gas production
Oct 09, 2008 ... McMoRan Exploration Co. issued an update Tuesday on the status ofits Gulf of Mexico operations following hurricanes Gustav and Ike. According to company officials, there was no significant damageresulting from Hurricane Gustav. Assessments following Hurricane Ikeidentified several ...
Slow repopulation strands 9th Ward businesses in N.O.
Oct 09, 2008; Richard A Webster ... At the inaugural Sankofa Marketplace on St. Claude Avenue inAugust, Stanley Stewart stood proudly by a restored 1972 Chevelle asonlookers marveled at his handiwork. Stewart owns Stanley's CustomService Shop, a Lower 9th Ward fixture for 34 years. But since Hurricane Katrina, ...
FEMA flood map open house in Slidell is rescheduled
Oct 09, 2008 ... An open house to view the new preliminary flood maps for St.Tammany Parish has been rescheduled for noon to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 atthe Slidell office of the St. Tammany Parish Permits Department,located at 61134 Military Road. Representatives from FEMA as well as the St. Tammany ...
Corps issues Industrial Canal lock report
Oct 09, 2008 ... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, hasreleased its report discussing the Inner Harbor Navigation CanalLock Replacement Project for a 45-day public review. The public review period is from Friday through Nov. 24. A publichearing on Nov. 12 at Martin Luther King ...
Crime camera contracts under review in N.O.
Oct 09, 2008; Jamie Guillet ... Interim Technology Director Harrison Boyd told a City Councilcommittee today he has instituted a performance review and auditinvestigation into the city's crime cameras contracts. The council's Public Works Committee, which inclues CouncilwomenStacy Head, Cynthia Hedge Morrell and ...
Gulf energy production still lean from storms
Oct 09, 2008 ... A significant chunk of Gulf of Mexico energy production remainsoffline following last month's hurricanes. The Minerals Management Service today estimated 43.4 percent ofGulf oil and 38.6 percent of Gulf natural gas ...
St. Tammany lawmakers pledge to fight rising home assessments
Oct 09, 2008 ... State lawmakers from St. Tammany Parish are hearing from theirconstituents who have received property tax assessments that arehigher than they anticipated. Rep. Kevin Pearson, R-Slidell, said he will join with otherlegislators in the St. Tammany delegation and from other ...
Belle Chasse Naval Air Station turns 50
Oct 09, 2008 ... The 50th anniversary of the Naval Air Station Joint-Reserve Basein Belle Chasse will be celebrated Friday and Saturday. The openingevent, a Blue Star Memorial Marker Dedication, will be held at 11a.m. Friday at the front gate of the base with reception to follow. To commemorate ...
Cypress Bend Real Estate Development announces groundbreaking of Stone Creek Club in Covington
Oct 08, 2008 ... Cypress Bend Real Estate Development, LLC announces thegroundbreaking of Stone Creek Club & Spa in Covington. Designed tofill the need for an upscale fitness club in the booming Covingtonarea, the 52,000 square foot, $16 million club will feature completefitness, tennis, aquatics and spa ...
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center N.O. awarded $1.6M for trauma work
Oct 08, 2008; Christian Moises ... The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration of theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded theDepartment of Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center New OrleansSchool of Medicine a $1.6 million grant over four years. The funding will support the ...
Louisiana-based Middendorf's reopens after Hurricane Ike
Oct 08, 2008; Emilie Bahr ... Middendorf's was slated to reopen for business at 10:30 a.m.today for the first time since the Manchac seafood restaurant wasflooded by Hurricane Ike.But customers aren't yet able to take a seat in the restaurant'soriginal, roughly 6,500-square-foot structure, dating to 1934, ...
Trump New Orleans project to be marketed in Mississippi
Oct 08, 2008; Christian Moises ... Developers of the roughly 70-story Trump International Hotel andTower are moving forward with their marketing with the addition ofbillboards along Interstate 10 in Mississippi coming into Louisiana,said Cliff Mowe, co-developer at Pensacola, Fla.-based Poydras LLC. The billboards, ...
New Orleans' Lafayette Square to receive face-lift
Oct 08, 2008 ... More than 100 new cast-iron bollards are being installed aroundLafayette Square to replace deteriorated wooden posts, Mayor C. RayNagin's press office said today. The 108 "historically accurate" bollards are part of the public/private partnership to restore the park, a press ...
Wobbly stock market deters young investors from saving
Oct 08, 2008; Emilie Bahr ... Sarah Cacioppo has thought about saving for retirement. At 28,she figures she ought to be putting some money aside for the future,perhaps in an individual retirement account. But so far, her savingsplan hasn't moved beyond the conceptual stage. When she's not in school, the ...
Louisiana auto workers receive $1M grant from U.S. labor department
Oct 08, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of Labor today said it is giving a $1 milliongrant to assist about 334 Shreveport workers affected by layoffs atfive auto industry companies. "This $1 million grant to Louisiana will fund skills training,job search assistance and other employment services to ...
U.S. economy expected to shrink through 2Q 2009
Oct 08, 2008 ... The U.S. economy contracted in the third quarter and willcontinue to shrink through the second quarter of next year, theConference Board said in a grim economic forecast released today. The global business research organization predicted that thehousing market -- the source of the ...
City of New Orleans expands roadway, sidewalk repair program
Oct 08, 2008 ... The city's Department of Public Works has expanded the FederalEmergency Management Agency's program to repair roads and sidewalksfor minor streets program to include 2,235 repairs in the Freret,St. Anthony and Little Woods neighborhoods. The 341 repairs in the Freret neighborhood ...
Dept. of the Interior awards $5.5M grant to study Gulf Loop Current
Oct 08, 2008; Christian Moises ... The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Servicetoday said it has awarded a $5.5 million contract to ScienceApplications International Corp. to conduct a major, five-year studyof the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current. The Loop Current, which forms the upstream portion of the ...
Seats now available for 10th annual CityBusiness Women of the Year
Oct 07, 2008; Reports ... Tickets are now available for the 10th annual CityBusiness Womenof the Year program honoring women whose success in business andcontributions to the community set the pace in our region. Thisyear's honorees are innovative leaders with energy, ideas,achievements and a commitment to ...
Algiers charter schools receive defibrillators
Oct 07, 2008; Reports ... Nine West Bank public schools are becoming safer, with theaddition of devices that could mean the difference between life anddeath in a crisis. The Kiwanis Club of Algiers and Ochsner Medical Center-West Bank,in association with the American Heart Association, is partneringwith ...