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Originally Posted by Gee32
Economic news has been quiet lately, has anyone heard any rumors or have anything to share. Maybe any possible HQ relocations to the city or major tech offices or manufacturing facilities opening up shop?
Last major announcement we had was Accurent (350-400 Jobs) and Dixie brewery.
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Avondale was the last major economic news, though progress appears to be going too slowly... that’s why Alario tried to turn the site’s jurisdiction over to the Port of South Louisiana (as opposed to Port of New Orleans). That’s a pretty significant (but empty) threat by a powerful state politician, and it means he knows which party is stalling progress....
Other than that things have been iffy at best economically. New Orleans needs to make its own luck because we won’t be getting any Fortune 500 HQs... at best more satellite offices of major companies which tend to overestimate total jobs numbers then under deliver when their rosy projections prove too optimistic.
Actually scratch that, we continue to attract industrial/chemical players along the river. These projects are likely bad for the environment (and air quality) but do provide jobs and keep enough industry in the area that people care what happens to us at the corporate/industry player level. These guys tend to carry clout due to their lobbying, so at least the city’s survival gets tied to their billions of $$.
As a side note I was really hoping the new Sazerac HQ would attract more corporate jobs from them, but it appears to be a tourism/museum play. The vast majority of Sazerac’s jobs outside the CEO and his associates will remain out of state and in Kentucky