New Orleans BioDistrict lacks funding to meet its mission
The district has no regular income, although the legislature created the entity in 2005 with the power to seek local property tax revenue and sell bonds. It’s still negotiating the plan with community...
View ArticleOpinion: Back the BioDistrict
It falls to the city and state, through their respective economic development arms, to see that the BioDistrict has personnel to handle the day-to-day tasks of bringing targeted businesses to the area....
View ArticleBioDistrict strikes partnership to boost health IT job market
The BioDistrict New Orleans announced today it will work a Chicago-based nonprofit to provide educational, career development and online initiatives in the health information technology field
View ArticleEvent to discuss funding, policies needed to foster local biotech industry
James Greenwood, the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, will be a featured speaker at the event hosted by BioDistrict New Orleans. Greenwood will discuss the policies,...
View ArticleConference to look at startup world through law lens
The Louisiana State Bar Association will host a seminar on emerging opportunities for lawyers in the growing innovation economy in New Orleans later this month.
View ArticleLegislative auditor reports on BioDistrict
The agency created to oversee New Orleans' biosciences district has failed to hold required hearings on its spending plan and had received only about 10 percent of its projected budget, a state audit...
View ArticleConstructive solutions elude Charity, City Hall, judges
The continuing languishment of Charity Hospital, Orleans Civil District Court and, to some degree, City Hall is as much a state problem as it is a local one.
View ArticleBioDistrict links to NOLA Business Alliance
With its phones disconnected and $360 in its bank account, the BioDistrict New Orleans will try to regroup under a new partnership with the city to develop the area where downtown meets Mid-City into...
View ArticleNOLA health system donation boosts Medifund goals
LCMC Health has donated $150,000 to support Greater New Orleans, Inc., and the Medifund, a new statewide initiative to spur destination healthcare and research.
View ArticleCampus Federal opens second New Orleans branch
Baton Rouge-based Campus Federal Credit Union has opened its second New Orleans branch in the heart of the city’s new medical district in Mid-City.
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