Today, Mayor Mitch Lan­drieu joined the New Orleans Avi­a­tion Board and regional elected, busi­ness and tourism lead­ers to announce plans to build a brand new, state-of-the-art air­port ter­mi­nal on the north side of cur­rent air­port prop­erty. The announce­ment comes less than two years after the Mayor requested the Avi­a­tion Board to under­take an in-depth and robust analy­sis of four pro­pos­als for the future of the Louis Arm­strong New Orleans Inter­na­tional Air­port (MSY) from the airport’s mas­ter plan.

Advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing has long been a foun­da­tional dri­ver of the New Orleans econ­omy. Today the advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try in Orleans Parish employs approx­i­mately 2,500 peo­ple, with an aver­age salary of $55,000 annu­ally. Specif­i­cally, the advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor includes indus­tries like aero­space, ship­build­ing, and mil­i­tary and defense. This is due in large part to world-class assets like the Michoud Assem­bly Facil­ity (MAF) located at the New Orleans Regional Busi­ness Park.

Idea Village’s annual New Orleans Entre­pre­neur Week (NOEW) kicked off on Sat­ur­day, bring­ing together entre­pre­neurs, busi­ness lead­ers and engaged indi­vid­u­als for a week of events and work­shops to pro­mote inno­va­tion and busi­ness growth in New Orleans. This year, we are excited about a new event in the NOEW lineup that high­lights minor­ity entre­pre­neurs in the greater New Orleans metro area.

Notice is hereby given that a meet­ing has been called for the NOLABA board of direc­tors on March 19, 2013 at 8:15 a.m. CST. This meet­ing is open to the pub­lic. An agenda is avail­able here: NOLABA Board Agenda — March 19th