New Orleans CityBusiness back issues from June 2007:
Sean Payton assesses New Orleans Saints first minicamp practice
Jun 02, 2007 ... New Orleans Saints coach Sean Peyton called Friday's firstminicamp practice session "smooth." He'll get two more chances toassess players this weekend. Only special teams stalwart Steve Gleason missed the practice dueto injury. He is still rehabilitating from knee injury he ...
Construction begins on $11M Lakeview church
Jun 04, 2007; ... Construction started May 24 on an $11-million church for a newLakeview Christian Center, which was destroyed by flooding inHurricane Katrina. The 41,000-square-foot church will be built at 5885 Fleur de LisAve., on the same site where a now-demolished 15,000-square-footchurch ...
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office to fill 300 jobs
Jun 04, 2007; ... Hoping to fill nearly 300 vacancies, the Jefferson ParishSheriff's Office is launching a recruiting effort to find lawenforcement, technical and clerical workers. Attrition after Hurricane Katrina created the vacancies, Sheriff'sOffice officials said. "The incredible stress ...
Orleans Parish's Food Policy Advisory Committee hopes to help with supermarket shortage
Jun 04, 2007; ... Many Orleans Parish residents, already struggling with a batteredhealth care network, can't even count on an apple a day to keep thedoctor away. With a shortage of supermarkets - there were 36 before HurricaneKatrina cut it to 15 - the city's Food Policy Advisory Committeehopes ...
New Orleans Governor Nagin gives his team Shankar stress relief
Jun 04, 2007; ... When stress threatens, sometimes the best reaction is the simplest- take a deep breath. That's the mantra of the International Association of HumanValues, which Mayor C. Ray Nagin invited to New Orleans shortly afterHurricane Katrina. After the group's founder, Sri Sri Ravi ...
'It's Not Our Fault' reminds us all of Nagin's promise
Jun 04, 2007; ... Mayor C. Ray Nagin's "It's Not Our Fault" speech will never bemistaken with Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" oration. He made several good points last Wednesday. The Legislature hasnot prioritized recovery spending as it should. The Road Home hasbeen too slow in paying ...
Commentary: Plenty of unfinished work at midterm
Jun 04, 2007 ... Our august legislators have focused on the tough topics such ascockfighting and the official state hostess designation in the firsthalf of this legislative session. Only one bill has made it to the governor's desk while others haveyet to receive any debate at all, which is the ...
NASA's Ares I spacecraft contract propels new era for Michoud Operations facility in New Orleans
Jun 04, 2007; ... The countdown is on as two teams compete for a nearly $1-billioncontract to build NASA's new flagship spacecraft - the Ares I CrewLaunch Vehicle. The teams submitted cost estimates in April and await NASA'sdecision in late August. NASA's Michoud Operations facility in New ...
Commentary: Wolfe's Peristyle deserves attention as culinary gem
Jun 04, 2007; ... Peristyle $$$$$ 1401 Dumaine St., French Quarter Lunch Friday, dinner Tuesday through Saturday Peristyle is the kind of restaurant that may inspire you to adoptit as your personal, semi-secret dining room. I've had that impulsemyself more than a few ...
New Orleans' City Park to receive $8.6M more for Katrina repairs
Jun 04, 2007; ... City Park will receive nearly $9 million from the FederalEmergency Management Agency to repair damages caused by HurricaneKatrina, park officials announced. Since Katrina, local and national businesses and organizationshave joined thousands of volunteers and park staff on ...
Johnnie Cochran law firm returns to New Orleans
Jun 04, 2007; ... The law firm founded by famed attorney Johnnie Cochran hasreopened its New Orleans office on the 15th floor of 909 Poydras St. The New Orleans office of the 40-year-old Cochran Firm wasestablished in 2003. After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans officepartners Darryl Phillips and Jeff ...
First New Orleans Seafood Fest opens Friday
Jun 04, 2007; ... There's a new festival in town: The New Orleans Seafood Festival. The festival runs Friday through June 10 and promises a newcultural experience saluting the historic ambiance of the FrenchQuarter, its great chefs and restaurants, and the famous seafooddishes and music of New ...
Archdiocese of New Orleans has new leader
Jun 04, 2007; ... Sister Kathleen Finnerty will replace the Rev. William Maestri asschools superintendent for the Archdiocese of New Orleans' 2007-08school year, Archbishop Alfred Hughes said. "Sister Kathleen brings a committed faith, recognized expertise,varied educational experience and an ...
New Orleans colleges lobby state for more aid
Jun 04, 2007; ... University officials say New Orleans-area institutions willcrumble if they can't retain faculty talent and attract new teachers. But doing so requires funding and amendments designed to add $20million to Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's $3.5-million highereducation funding bill ...
New Orleans Children's Hospital collects record $1.3M
Jun 04, 2007 ... The Gulf South region contributed a record $1.3 million forChildren's Hospital during the 2007 Children's Miracle NetworkTelethon. The final tote board showed $1,307,605 Sunday night. Children'sHospital has received additional pledges yet to be tallied, saidBrian Landry, vice ...
Telethon raises record $1.3M for Children's Hospital
Jun 04, 2007 ... More than $1.3 million was raised for Children's Hospital duringthe 2007 Children's Miracle Network Telethon, which ended Sundaynight. The donations from the Gulf South set a record, officials said. "This is recognition that our community supports this hospital andthe work we ...
New Orleans-area Career Fair offers immediate job satisfaction
Jun 04, 2007 ... Dozens of businesses will be seeking employees at the "West of theConnection" Tri-Parish Career Fair for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 15 atthe Four Columns, 3711 Westbank Expressway in Harvey. Jobs will be offered in banking, hospitality, health care andadvanced manufacturing. Positions ...
Popular New Orleans-based Nacho Mama's tries another expansion
Jun 04, 2007; ... Nacho Mama's, the popular Mexican restaurant on Magazine Street inNew Orleans, will open a second location at 1000 Clearview Parkway inthe Elmwood Shopping Center in Harahan. General manager Robert Faust projects a July opening."It's amatter of finding the staff," he said ....
New Orleans Shell Shockers take break from soccer to rebuild homes
Jun 04, 2007 ... New Orleans Shell Shockers players, coaches and staff today tradedin their shin guards and cleats for hammers and paintbrushes to helprebuild a home in St. Bernard Parish. The soccer team teamed up with the St. Bernard Project, anonprofit volunteer agency created in March 2006 to ...
State Rep. Gary Beard to take on Landrieu for Louisiana's lieutenant governor post
Jun 04, 2007 ... A Republican state lawmaker from Baton Rouge announced Monday hewill challenge incumbent Democratic Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in theOct. 20 election. State Rep. Gary Beard, 51, was elected to the state House in 2001,representing East Baton Rouge Parish. Beard has introduced bills ...
No more free coffee at Fair Grinds Coffeehouse in Faubourg St. John
Jun 04, 2007 ... Fair Grinds Coffeehouse in Faubourg St. John will start sellingcoffee again, owners Robert and Elizabeth Thompson said. The shop at at 3133 Ponce De Leon St. reopened after HurricaneKatrina as a "community crossroads" offering free coffee, wirelessInternet, meeting space and ...
Commentary: Simple gesture from Blanco is lagniappe feds want
Jun 04, 2007; ... It's time for Louisiana to give a little something back. It's timefor a little lagniappe. My grandmother's best friend was a Cajun lady named Mrs. Jinks whodid a lot of things that endeared her to children. Two of the bestthings to come from Mrs. Jinks were her "coffee milk" and ...
Interview with clinical dietitian at East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans
Jun 04, 2007; ... Age: 47 Family: single Education: bachelor's degree in nutrition, St. Mary's DominicanCollege Hometown: New Orleans As a clinical dietitian at East Jefferson General Hospital, SandySutton sees daily the consequences of a poor diet. She teaches thehospital's ...
Rep. William Jefferson is innocent, lawyer says
Jun 04, 2007 ... Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, released the followingstatement from his attorney, Robert Trout, in response to anindictment announced Monday on federal charges of racketeering,soliciting bribes and money laundering: "Congressman Jefferson is innocent. He plans to fight ...
Gulf Coast to receive $195M in new health care grants
Jun 04, 2007; ... Primary care clinics in New Orleans are poised to receive much-needed financial relief. U.S. Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Mike Leavittsaid March 24 an additional $195 million in health care grants isbound for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Of the total, ...
New Orleans CityBusiness poll results: Majority doesn't want surplus spent on Road Home
Jun 04, 2007 ... Louisiana should not use a $1.2-billion surplus to fill The RoadHome shortfalls, according to most voters on CityBusiness' onlinepoll. A total of 80 voters, or 36.9 percent, said the surplus should notbe spent on the program that provides grants of up to $150,000 apieceto ...
Bayou Ben Petroleum makes its first plunge in federal waters
Jun 04, 2007 ... Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd. today announced West Cameron Block 332well was spudded Saturday by project operator Cairn USA using the rigPride Georgia. BBP holds a 25 percent interest in the project, whichcomprises 5,000 acres in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelfoffshore Louisiana ....
Rep. Jindal outraged by cavalier Louisiana Legislature wasting millions
Jun 04, 2007 ... Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-Metairie, and a gubernatorial canddiate,today took serious issue with how the Legislature is spending moneyduring the session, which concludes June 28. Here is Jindal's statement in its entirety: With Congress out of session this past week I had a series ...
New Orleans Police Dept.: Men posing as repairmen tried to enter Algiers home
Jun 04, 2007 ... Two men posing as air conditioner repairmen tried to enter anAlgiers resident's home at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, the AlgiersPolice Advisory Committee said. The New Orleans Police Department received the complaint from aMacArthur Boulevard resident, who had not called for a ...
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans rescues stranded trio before storm
Jun 04, 2007 ... The Coast Guard rescued three people from a 20-foot pleasure crafton Lake Borgne late Sunday night. A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received thecall at 8:20 p.m., with a report of a grounded boat and three adultmen on board. The men were without food and ...
SBA head Steven Preston to speak at New Orleans summit
Jun 04, 2007 ... Administrator Steven Preston of the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration will speak at the opening luncheon of the 2007 post-Katrina Economic Development Summit 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at theErnest N. Morial Convention Center. Preston will discuss reforms to SBA's disaster assistance ...
New Orleans to pull names of 1,000 youth for summer program
Jun 04, 2007 ... Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Job1 will hold a lottery drawing 11:30 a.m.today to select 1,000 youth who will be employed by the the mayor's2007 Summer Youth Experience Program. The drawing will take place at the Job1 Career Solutions Center,3520 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 1030 ....
Brown Bag Blues: New Orleans residents can't buy fresh produce
Jun 04, 2007; ... Many residents, already struggling with a battered health carenetwork, can't even count on an apple a day to keep the doctor away. With a shortage of supermarkets - there were 36 before HurricaneKatrina cut it to 15 - the city's Food Policy Advisory Committeehopes to provide ...
Road Home has $300M for small rental-property owners in Louisiana
Jun 04, 2007 ... The Road Home's Small Rental Property program said it willdisburse $300 million to applicants as part of a second round offunding. Road Home officials will play host to an event 10 a.m. Tuesday atthe new Westbank Housing Assistance Center on the fourth floor ofOmni Bank, 2439 ...
Why Stay? New Orleans needs a good Mexican restaurant
Jun 04, 2007; ... After Shane Finkelstein and his wife, Courtney Finkelstein,decided to make New Orleans home, they said they couldn't find a goodMexican restaurant. So, after a short tenure at Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro,Finkelstein, 36, opened Nacho Mama's Mexican Grill. Nacho Mama's ...
Louisiana Legislature unwilling to buttress Road Home
Jun 04, 2007; ... Some members of Congress are calling for Louisiana to tap into its$1.2-billion surplus to fill a projected $3-billion shortfall in thestate's hurricane recovery program. But there is not be enough political support to use the surplus tobail out The Road Home. Gov. Kathleen ...
Troubled Sophie B. Wright Charter School thrives as SUNO charter school
Jun 04, 2007; ... When people ask Ida Calvin where to send their children to school,she tells them Sophie B. Wright Charter School. Calvin has three grandchildren at Wright, and Willie Smith, heroldest grandson, can't seem to stay away from the school even thoughhe now attends Sarah T. Reed High ...
John Thompson acquitted of murder charges after disclosure from Orleans Parish DA's office
Jun 04, 2007; ... John Thompson was 40 years old when he walked out of the AngolaState Penitentiary in 2003 after spending nearly 18 years on deathrow for the 1984 murder of Ray Liuzza. A jury acquitted him of all charges after a stunning disclosurefrom Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry ...
Byblos partners satisfy many tastes
Jun 04, 2007; ... Hicham Khodr, Gaby Saliba and Tarek Tay have a golden touch in thenotoriously fickle restaurant business. Their four Byblos locations have become local favorites since thefirst restaurant opened on Metairie Road in 1994, and the threepartners also have a finger on the fine dining ...
New Orleans airport rehab to cost $82.5 million
Jun 04, 2007; ... Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport officials areforging ahead with $82.5 million in repairs, including safety andcapacity improvements, with help from federal transportation grants. Airport Aviation Director Sean Hunter and his team are working toimprove airport ...
June 5 -June 10
Jun 04, 2007 ... June 5 Bosom Buddies, 7 p.m., first-floor classroom at West JeffersonMedical Center, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., Marrero. Brest cancersurvivors are invited to share their concerns and interests. Theevent is co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Pre-registration is ...
Lacombe hospital adds 120 acute care beds
Jun 04, 2007; ... MedCath Corp. has announced a 120-bed acute care expansion at itsLacombe hospital. Construction this summer will include a 109,000-square-foot, four-story patient tower with 120 private rooms. The hospital, which opened in February 2003, will be renamed theLouisiana Medical Center ...
Film shows Ochsner Health Center struggles during Hurricane Katrina
Jun 04, 2007; ... Louisiana Public Broadcasting will air never-before-seen footageof a hospital experiencing the wrath of Katrina in a documentaryabout Ochsner Health System. "Surviving the Storm" will air at 8 p.m. Thursday on LPB, 8 p.m.Saturday and midnight Sunday on WLAE-TV. The one-hour ...
N.O. high rise surge stalled by slow recovery
Jun 04, 2007 ... Lured by congressionally authorized tax credits and otherfinancial incentives after Hurricane Katrina, a procession ofdevelopers announced plans to build high rises. But 21 months after the storm, most have fallen by the wayside.The slow pace of the recovery gets much of the blame ....
Commentary: Simple gesture from Blanco is lagniappe feds want
Jun 04, 2007; ... It's time for Louisiana to give a little something back. It's timefor a little lagniappe. My grandmother's best friend was a Cajun lady named Mrs. Jinks whodid a lot of things that endeared her to children. Two of the bestthings to come from Mrs. Jinks were her "coffee milk" and ...
Grassroots group calls for surplus to go to Louisiana's Road Home program
Jun 05, 2007 ... Louisiana should tap into a $1.2-billion state surplus to fund aprojected $5-billion shortfall in The Road Home program, the CitizensRoad Home Action Team said Tuesday. CHAT, a grassroots group that has tried to improve The Road Home,wants citizens to "e-mail or call the governor, ...
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport flights climb to 76 percent of pre-Katrina total
Jun 05, 2007 ... In July, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport will beat 76 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina flights, according tostatistics LANOIA released today. By July, LANOIA will have 123 flights, down 24 percent from pre-Katrina. The figure is up from 122 flights in ...
National WWII Museum in New Orleans turning 7
Jun 05, 2007 ... The National World War II Museum will celebrate its seventhanniversary Wednesday, on the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day invasionat Normandy, France. The museum said it will offer a full day of events and specialexhibitions open to the public. Also on Wednesday, the museum's ...
Jefferson Parish schools to receive $400,000 in deferred repairs
Jun 05, 2007; ... Students are gone for the summer but activity continues at 18Jefferson Parish public schools. Work crews are completing more than$400,000 in deferred repair work, which in some cases was neededbefore Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. Scott Adams, construction manager for ...
'Surviving the Storm' highlights Ochsner Medical Center's travails during Hurricane Katrina
Jun 05, 2007 ... Louisiana Public Broadcasting will air never-before-seen footageof a hospital surviving Hurricane Katrina in a documentary aboutOchsner Medical Center, one of three hospitals to weather the stormby staying open after it struck. "Surviving the Storm" will air on the following ...
Entergy New Orleans urges energy conservation
Jun 05, 2007 ... Entergy New Orleans is urging customers to take a few simple stepsto conserve energy in summertime. "This year, we are continuing the 'Simple Steps' program we beganin 2006 to work with our customers in three ways - provideconservation information, offer bill management programs ...
New Orleans Craft Mafia to hold pre-Father's Day bazaar
Jun 05, 2007 ... The New Orleans Craft Mafia will celebrate its two-yearanniversary with a pre-Father's Day installment of its Crescent CityCraft Market from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at 1638 Clio St. The CCCM is a monthly indie/alternative art and craft bazaar thatserves as an alternative to more ...
CityBusiness readers lean toward two incomes
Jun 05, 2007 ... Early results from the CityBusiness Question of the Week indicatemost families believe they need two incomes. Of the first 100 survey respondents to the question - Do you earnenough for your spouse to remain ...
Groups calling for cypress mulch boycott in New Orleans park
Jun 05, 2007 ... Groups opposed to the clear cutting of cypress forests for gardenmulch plan to protest in City Park 1 p.m. Thursday. Officials said more than 200 members of Waterkeeper Alliance willattend the event at the intersection of Friederichs Avenue and WisnerBoulevard. Robert F ....
New Orleans CityBusiness accepting 2007 Innovator of the Year nominations
Jun 05, 2007 ... CityBusiness is accepting nominations for the 2007 Innovator ofthe Year program, honoring individuals, companies and organizationswho succeed by operating in new and exciting ways or creating uniqueproducts. The sixth annual program will honor the 2007 innovators in ...
$1.2M in federal funding to help disabled residents in Louisiana find jobs
Jun 05, 2007 ... The Disability Program Navigator Initiative will live on thanks to$1.2 million in federal funding the Louisiana Department of Laborwill receive in the upcoming fiscal year. The program helps people with disabilities "navigate" through thechallenges of seeking work. "This ...
William Jefferson writes directly to Nancy Pelosi
Jun 05, 2007 ... June 5, 2007 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives H-204 Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi, In the light of recent developments in a legal matter involving mein the Eastern District ...
Chicago firm buys New Orleans engineering outfit
Jun 05, 2007 ... PSI, a geotechnical engineering, construction materials testingand environmental consulting firm, has purchased New Orleans-basedCitywide Testing & Inspections Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition agreement became effective Friday. Citywide ...
Commentary: Nagin could run simply to vent against Blanco
Jun 06, 2007; ... There are rumors swirling around City Hall that New Orleans MayorC. Ray Nagin will run for governor this fall. In his "State of theCity" address last week, Nagin announced no campaign goals, but hedid admonish state government for not doing enough to help NewOrleans. A ...
Louisiana House Concurrent Resolution 171 called 'attack on N.O. health care'
Jun 06, 2007 ... The possibility of moving the Louisiana State University School ofMedicine at New Orleans to Baton Rouge will be discussed by the HouseCommittee on Health and Welfare at 10 a.m. June 12 in Committee RoomNo. 5 at the Legislature. The House Concurrent Resolution No. 171 , proposed by ...
NAACP says Louisiana should not base student promotion on LEAP, GEE
Jun 06, 2007 ... Louisiana should not require students to pass standardized testsin order to advance to the next grade, the National Association forthe Advancement of Colored People said. The NAACP plans to hold a press conference 3 p.m. today at its NewOrleans office, 247 Canal St., to discuss an ...
Louisiana Senate OKs Broadway South incentives
Jun 06, 2007 ... The Louisiana Legislature raised the curtain on Broadway Southtoday when the Senate approved a package of tax incentives designedto lure theater and live performing arts productions to New Orleans.The vote was 31 to 6. The tax credits would return 10 percent of base investment ...
New Orleans Hornets tout job openings
Jun 06, 2007 ... The New Orleans Hornets career fair will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.June 13 at the New Orleans Arena. Resumes are required for openpositions. "We have a number of important jobs to fill in our organization aswe return full time to New Orleans," said Hornets Executive Officerof the ...
Global climate change to be topic of engineers meeting in New Orleans
Jun 06, 2007 ... The American Association of Drilling Engineers will play host toan event called "Challenging the Current Status Quo: Where We HaveBeen and Where We Are Going" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. The event will be held on the 11th floor of the Pan American Lifebuilding, 601 Poydras ...
Northrop Grumman donates $185,000 to restore New Orleans education
Jun 06, 2007; ... Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on Tuesday donated $185,000 to sixmetro area school districts to help south Louisiana public educationrecover from Hurricane Katrina. A check presentation ceremony was held at the company's Avondaleshipyard. Attendees included Bob Merchent, head ...