[StBernard] Rebuilding New Orleans: A Synopsis - January 2008 Update

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Updated January 4, 2008

The following linked articles and reports provide a summary of recent
activities in the New Orleans and Louisiana economy and the outlook in a
number of key sectors compiled by the WTC's 1st Stop for International
Business Services.

Also, the World Trade Center recently launched a new Directory of Louisiana
Construction Projects, listing over 250 projects of all types that are in
the planning or development stage (housing, industrial, commercial, port
facilities, schools, hospitals, churches, and more) totaling over $40
billion of dollars of prospective investments (click here)
<http://www.wtcno.org/databases/projects/index.htm> . This Directory can be
useful to potential national and international investors, joint venture
partners, financial institutions, suppliers of building materials,
contractors, engineering firms, and other providers of goods, services,
technology, and capital seeking business opportunities in Louisiana.

For additional information, 1st Stop's Category Index
<http://www.wtcno.org/1ststop/categories/index.htm> provides comprehensive
news items, websites and databases (updated daily) for 33 economic,
business, and other related categories

GUBERNATORIAL TRANSITION

Governor Elect Bobby Jindal's cabinet appointment news releases
<http://www.bobbyjindal.com/news_room/index.aspx>

RECOVERY PLANNING

Hurricane damages to N.O. roads assessed ahead of schedule
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14594> (12/26/07)
City Business

Jindal names Paul Rainwater to lead LRA
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14458> (12/17/07)
CityBusiness

Kopplin's LRA deserves great recovery credit
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14465> (12/17/07)
CityBusiness

LRA accepts home buyout plan
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197441706310830.xml&c
oll=1> (12/12/07) Times-Picayune

Neighborhoods in flux as N.O. weighs redevelopment
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14332> (12/10/07)
CityBusiness

Affordable-housing subsidies sought
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/119735584899470.xml&co
ll=1> (12/11/07) Times-Picayune

Jeff Parish shapes plans to put road home properties in commerce
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14335> (12/10/07)
CityBusiness

Agreement spells out NORA's role in recovery
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14323> (12/10/07)
CityBusiness

Unified New Orleans Plan <http://unifiedneworleansplan.com/home3/>

17 Targeted Recovery Zones <http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?tabid=95>

Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan
<http://www.louisianaspeaks.org/static.html?id=161>

Blueprint Louisiana Agenda <http://www.blueprintlouisiana.org/agenda.cfm>

HOUSING & REAL ESTATE

Road Home meets target of 90,000 closings
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14668> (12/31/07)
City Business

November home sales decline in New Orleans area
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14575> (12/29/07)
City Business

The right answer in New Orleans
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14593> (12/25/07)
New York Times

Housing aid available for displaced tenants
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197798105210500.xml&c
oll=1> (12/16/07) Times-Picayune

Sales offices leased for Trump tower
<http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-1/119770214775680.xm
l&coll=1> (12/15/07) Times-Picayune

Grants to lift homes head for OK
<http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-9/119761860116636
0.xml&coll=1> (12/14/07) Times-Picayune

Pitt sidelines film career to rebuild New Orleans
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14428> (12/14/07)
CityBusiness

Western Union building converted to apartments in $10M project
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14366> (12/12/07)
CityBusiness

HURRICANE PROTECTION, FLOOD CONTROL, & COASTAL RESTORATION

Wetland projects gain momentum
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-26/119873710674500.xml&c
oll=1> (12/27/07) Times-Picayune

Vitter: Corps can now rush to close MRGO
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14499> (12/19/07)
City Business

Millions sought for pump to the river
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-25/119787564266620.xml&c
oll=1> (12/17/07) Times-Picayune

Troubles rise with temps, sea levels
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197786369208940.xml&c
oll=1> (12/16/07) Times-Picayune

Corps seek clay to build levees
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14423> (12/14/07)
CityBusiness

100-year risk maps
<http://blog.nola.com/graphics/2007/08/100year_risk_maps_released_by.html>
(8/21/07) Army Corps of Engineers

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2008 should be banner year
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14711> (1/3/08)
CityBusiness

NASA selects prime contractor for Ares 1 Rocket Avionics
<http://www.wtcno.org/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/LEDNA
SA.doc> (12/21/07) LED

Construction takes off on $40M NASA facility
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14484> (12/18/07)
CityBusiness

A Report on the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Louisiana
Businesses
<http://www.bus.lsu.edu/centers/ded/PPRL%20report_2006Q2_FINAL.pdf>
(12/18/07) LSU Division for Economic Development

The Louisiana Gulf Opportunity Zone Business Guide
<http://www.gozoneguide.com>

State Business Incentives
<http://lded.state.la.us/louisiana-businesses/business-resources/state-busin
ess-incentives.aspx> Louisiana Economic Development

Broadway South incentives now in rehearsal
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14430> (12/14/07)
CityBusiness

Cashing in
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197184192219850.xml&c
oll=1> (12/09/07) Times-Picayune

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION

Passenger numbers up at N.O. airport
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14683> (1/02/08)
CityBusiness

Louisiana: Gateway to the Global Marketplace
<http://www.wtcno.org/publications/gateway.htm> (12/18/07) WTC Commentary

A tight squeeze
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/money-1/1197798744210500.xml&
coll=1> (12/16/07) Times-Picayune

Louisiana-friendly trade pact with Peru sails through
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-2/119700922964470.xml&co
ll=1> (12/07/07) Times-Picayune

Louisiana Exports Soar 22 Percent To $20.4 Billion In First 9 Months Of 2007
<http://wtcno.org/tradestats/index.html> (11/12/07) World Trade Center of
New Orleans

Louisiana Maritime Transportation System Plan
<http://www.dotd.la.gov/intermodal/Louisiana_Marine_Transportation_System_Pl
an.pdf> Shaw Group for LOTD

TOURISM

College football, off-season convention to put N.O. ahead of the tourism
game for 2008, and Carnival's right around the corner
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/money-1/11981328103090.xml&co
ll=1> (12/20/07) Times-Picayune

WWII Museum expansion project awards $42M contract
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14473> (12/18/07)
CityBusiness

Benson excited about ArenaBowl title game return
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14452> (12/17/07)
CityBusiness

ENERGY, AGRICULTURE, FOOD, FORESTRY, FISHING

Hunting, fishing report not all doom and gloom
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14476> (12/18/07)
CityBusiness

Entergy to grant volume discount
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197965904187140.xml&c
oll=1> (12/18/07) Times-Picayune

Corn boom expected to expand gulf dead zone
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14464> (12/17/07)
CityBusiness

Energy industry seeks changes
<http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-0/1197619466166360.x
ml&coll=1> (12/14/07) Times-Picayune

Gulf fish-farming proposal spawns critics
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14370> (12/12/07)
CityBusiness

EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Enrollment for state's technical schools is growing
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-26/1199256033264320.xml&
coll=1> (1/02/08) Times-Picayune

Faculty members lured by challenge
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/119865003665080.xml&co
ll=1> (12/26/07) Times-Picayune

The brain gain
<http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/12/brain_gain_ben_franklin_no_1_i.html>
(12/18/07) Times-Picayune

Gentilly Terrace Elementary a jewel of a school
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/1197962780187140.xml&c
oll=1> (12/18/07) Times-Picayune

School is Ellis Island for recovery district
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-25/119787332466620.xml&c
oll=1> (12/17/07) Times-Picayune

Murphy Oil donates CBD building to Tulane
<http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/money-3/11977971662105
00.xml&coll=1> (12/16/07) Times-Picayune

N.O. schools seek TOPS education edge
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14435> (12/14/07)
CityBusiness

Call to duty: Tulane Dean to lead medical mission
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14333> (12/10/07)
CityBusiness

<http://www.wtcno.org/1ststop/arrow.gif> Flow chart of New Orleans public
schools <http://blog.nola.com/graphics/B08SchoolGuide2.pdf>

HEALTH CARE

Uninsured numbers decline in state
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-5/119865007565080.xml&co
ll=1> (12/26/07) Times-Picayune

Medical settlement provides free medication for seniors in N.O.
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14469> (12/18/07)
CityBusiness

Mental health plans lie fallow
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/119787444666620.xml&co
ll=1> (12/17/07) Times-Picayune

N.O.- area hospitals fear retiring doctors will create crisis
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14377> (12/12/07)
CityBusiness

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC INDICATORS & TRENDS

Louisiana population rebounding but still below pre-K figure
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14609> (12/27/07)
City Business

N.O.-Area retailers upbeat about holiday spending
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/print.cfm?recid=14595> (12/26/07)
City Business

Barracks recovery viewed as symbol for Gulf Coast
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1189750095205720
.xml&coll=1> (12/14/07) Times-Picayune

State's surplus expected to double
<http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-9/119735586899470.xml&co
ll=1> (12/11/07) Times-Picayune

2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey
<http://popest.org/popestla2006/> Louisiana Public Health Institute

Useful local media websites for current news and information:

* Times-Picayune/Nola.com <http://www.nola.com>
* New Orleans CityBusiness
<http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com>
* BayouBuzz.com <http://www.bayoubuzz.com>
* Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
<http://www.businessreport.com/>
* Baton Rouge Advocate <http://www.2theadvocate.com/>
* Shreveport Times <http://www.shreveporttimes.com/>
* New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com>
* Associated Press <http://www.ap.org>

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