NOLABA is seek­ing an expe­ri­enced, cre­ative and results-oriented grant writ­ing con­sul­tant to assist the fundrais­ing team with the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of new fund­ing sources and the diver­si­fi­ca­tion of rev­enue streams. The ideal con­sul­tant would have at least five years of grant writ­ing expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge of both the local and national grant fund­ing landscape.

For more info and to apply, down­load the full Con­tract Grant Writer Job Listing

New Orleans’ tourism indus­try wel­comed 9.01 mil­lion vis­i­tors in 2012, record num­bers not seen by the city in nearly 10 years. Total vis­i­tor num­bers increased by three per­cent, or 255,027 from the num­ber of vis­i­tors in 2011 (8.75 mil­lion.) The 9.01 mil­lion vis­i­tors spent $6 bil­lion, a nine per­cent or $512 mil­lion increase over 2011 and the high­est spend­ing in the city’s his­tory, accord­ing to a study released today.

Project at Michoud Assem­bly Facil­ity will result in 236 new indi­rect jobs, for a total of more than 400 new jobs

Today, Gov. Bobby Jin­dal and Lock­heed Mar­tin IS & GS-Defense Pres­i­dent Gerry Fasano announced Lock­heed Mar­tin will make a $3 mil­lion cap­i­tal invest­ment at NASA’s Michoud Assem­bly Facil­ity to man­u­fac­ture cryo­genic tanks for liq­ue­fied nat­ural gas. The LNG tanks, which ini­tially will be used for ship propul­sion, are part of Lock­heed Martin’s increased empha­sis on con­vert­ing defense tech­nol­ogy to com­mer­cial appli­ca­tions. The project will cre­ate 166 new direct jobs with an aver­age salary of $42,000 a year, plus ben­e­fits. LED esti­mates the project will result in another 236 new indi­rect jobs for a total of more than 400 new direct and indi­rect jobs.

Notice is hereby given that nom­i­na­tions for the New Orleans Busi­ness Alliance’s Board of Direc­tors are cur­rently being accepted.

All nom­i­na­tions must be sub­mit­ted in writ­ing and deliv­ered to the orga­ni­za­tion at 935 Gravier Street, Suite 2020, New Orleans, LA 70112 via US Mail, email to etenenbaum@nolaba.org or in per­son begin­ning March 11, 2013 at 8:00 am and end­ing March 29, 2013 at 5:00 pm.

Nom­i­nees must be at least 21 years of age. Nom­i­na­tions should include the name, address and phone num­ber of each nom­i­nee.  Nom­i­na­tions should also include a bio or resume that high­lights the nominee’s company/industry sec­tor, company/board affil­i­a­tions, influ­ence in the com­mu­nity and link to eco­nomic devel­op­ment advance­ment in Orleans Parish. Each nom­i­nee as well as the per­son nom­i­nat­ing him or her must reside in Orleans Parish or have a prin­ci­pal busi­ness address in Orleans Parish. Each nom­i­nee will also be expected to fill out an appli­ca­tion form once their nom­i­na­tion is received.

Full details about eli­gi­bil­ity and nom­i­na­tion pro­ce­dures for prospec­tive can­di­dates can be obtained via email to Emi­lie Tenen­baum (etenenbaum@nolaba.org).