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Satsuma Maple lures locovores to new Uptown location
Locally-owned Satsuma Maple, which specializes in serving locally sourced food, opens a second location in Uptown.
Local Businesses Ride Out the Storms
By Annette Sisco
The Times-Picayune
On the anxiety-ridden eve of a storm a couple years ago, I suddenly realized there was no alcohol in the house. New Orleanians will understand the magnitude of that oversight. The big-box stores had shut down, but a small local grocery was still open. The owner himself stood cheerfully behind the counter, ringing up purchases and promising not to go anywhere.
A business in the French Quarter after Hurricane Isaac.
I stood in line for a bottle of something high-proof enough to treat snake bite. Then I got back in line for a lemon.
This came back to me earlier this week when I caught up with my friend Dana Eness as she battened down the hatches at her office with one eye on the hurricane reports. Dana is the executive director of the Urban Conservancy and Stay Local!, and a big advocate of our unique city and the special role that local commerce plays in it.
With Hubig's Pies Gone, Bud's Broiler Pies Are Selling Like Crazy
MID-CITY, NEW ORLEANS—
Without Hubig’s Pies, how are New Orleanian’s getting their satisfaction?
Folks are heading to Bud’s Broiler to eat their fried pies, which share some striking similarities to the world-famous Hubig’s Pies.
Old Schwegmann store on Broad Street could become fresh food hub
The nonprofit Broad Community Connections has purchased the former Schwegmann Giant Super Market building at 300 N. Broad St., and plans to create a “fresh food hub” to spur redevelopment along the Broad Street corridor. Plans call for a grocery store, a culinary and life-skills training program for at-risk youth, a teaching kitchen and other health- and wellness-related tenants.
MAYOR LANDRIEU ANNOUNCES FRESH FOOD RETAILER INITIATIVE LOAN FOR CIRCLE FOOD STORE
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the Hope Enterprise Corporation and The Food Trust announced major funding from the New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative (FFRI) for the historic Circle Food Store. The Circle Food Store, located at 1522 St. Bernard Avenue (corner of St. Bernard and North Claiborne Avenues), was first incorporated in 1938 and for years was a pillar of the community before it closed following Hurricane Katrina. The total estimated cost for The Circle Food Store to re-open is $9.2 million, with the FFRI offering a loan of $1Million, with a forgivable amount of $500,000. The FFRI loan will allow the store to re-open. This project will create an estimated 75 new jobs, many directed to residents of the Seventh Ward and bordering Treme neighborhood.
Man dies in Uptown fire that may be related to smoking in his apartment
NEW ORLEANS – A 44-year-old died in a one alarm fire that may be connected to smoking in his Uptown apartment on Thursday morning, according to fire officials.
City Council fast-forwards approval of Costco project
After a presentation by Costco officials on Thursday morning, the New Orleans City Council enthusiastically and unexpectedly took a vote to approve the Carrollton Avenue project and grant the wholesale retailer’s design requests.
Locally grown businesses are a strength: A letter to the editor
Re: “N.O. gaining national retailers,” Money, June 10.
Incentives were key as New Orleans was wooing Costco
Talks with Costco Wholesale Corp. were under way for more than a year before the major retailer made its commitment to come to New Orleans official, and incentives to deal with increased costs of building to federal flood elevation requirements were critical, city officials say. The store, which is expected to open in fall 2013, will be the first in Louisiana and will bring a much-needed big box store to New Orleans.
New Orleans is beginning to attract national retailers
With a few recent retail wins, economic development officials and real estate professionals say that the prospect for getting more national stores into New Orleans is looking up. In May, after months of speculation that the shopping club Costco Wholesale Corp. would come to New Orleans, the city officially announced the retailer’s plans to open at the former Carrollton Shopping Center in 2013. On Wednesday, the New Orleans Business Alliance and the Downtown Development District announced that Major League Baseball hat retailer New Era Cap Co. Inc. will open a flagship store on Canal Street before the 2013 Super Bowl, adding New Orleans to an impressive list of cities around the globe.
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