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The Louisiana economic development
directory below (scroll down)
links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations
in Louisiana and
related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as
executive summaries about business locations. |
Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing
for an area. We provide personal introductory referrals to our
contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests
of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve. |
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Area Profiles and Area
Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.
These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of
available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project
news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market
information, and investment incentives. Such content makes it easy to
search for relevant locations, as shown by our
Area Search
service. |
We can also highlight recent project
announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent
consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.
Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at
www.OnTheShortList.com organizes
business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours",
and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at
events. |
| Louisiana Names
link to Area Profiles if available |
Scope;
maps for
TX, OK, AR, LA |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Website and other resources |
Survey |
Profile |
| Louisiana Department of Economic Development |
State 70804
 |
Don Pierson |
www.led.louisiana.gov
www.louisianaforward.com
former :
www.lded.state.la.us |
No |
No |
| Jefferson Parish Economic
Development Commission (Metairie) |
County 70002 |
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www.jedco.org |
No |
No |
| Plaquemines Parish
Economic Development (Belle Chasse) |
County 70037 |
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www.plaqueminesparish.com |
No |
No |
| St. James Parish Economic
Development, Gramercy LA |
County 70052 |
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www.stjamesla.com
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No |
No |
| St. Charles Parish
Economic Development |
County 70057 |
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www.stcharlesgov.net
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No |
No |
| City of Kenner |
City 70062 |
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No |
No |
| Port of South Louisiana,
LaPlace LA |
Port 70068 |
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www.portsl.com
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No |
No |
| Downtown Development
District (New Orleans) |
City 70112 |
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No |
No |
| Metrovision Partnership
Foundation, New Orleans |
Metro 70130 |
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www.metrovision.org
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No |
No |
| Greater New Orleans, Inc. |
Metro 70131 |
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www.gnoinc.org |
No |
No |
| World Trade Center New
Orleans |
Trade promotion 70130 |
(504)529-1601 |
www.wtcno.org |
No |
No |
| Port of New Orleans |
Port 70160 |
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www.portno.com
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No |
No |
| Thibodeaux Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 70302 |
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No |
No |
| South Louisiana Economic
Council, Thibodaux LA |
Region 70310 |
985-448-4485 |
www.bayouregion.com
Bayou Region sites
www.bayouregionsites.com
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No |
No |
| Houma-Terrebonne Chamber
of Commerce |
Chamber 70360 |
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No |
No |
| St. Mary Area Chamber of
Commerce (Morgan City) |
Chamber 70381 |
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No |
No |
| CLECO Power LLC,
Mandeville LA |
Utility 70448 |
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www.cleco.com |
No |
No |
| Lafayette Economic
Development Authority |
County 70506 |
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www.lafayette.org
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No |
No |
| Ville Platte Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 70586 |
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No |
No |
| Southwest Louisiana
Partnership for Economic Development - Lake Charles LA |
Region 70601 |
337-721-4100 |
www.swlaped.org |
No |
No |
| The Chamber Foundation,
Southwest Louisiana (Lake Charles) - SouthBest Louisiana Economic Alliance |
Chamber 70602 |
337-433-3632 |
www.chamberswla.org
www.southbestla.com
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No |
No |
| Chennault International Airport Authority
(Lake Charles) |
Airport 70615 |
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www.chennault.org
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No |
No |
| Entergy Louisiana |
Utility 70809 |
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www.entergy.com |
No |
No |
| Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce |
Metro chamber 70821 |
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www.brchamber.org
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No |
No |
| Greater Baton Rouge
Economic Partnership |
Metro 70821 |
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No |
No |
| AEP Southwestern Electric
Power (American Electric Power) - TX, AR, LA |
Utility 71101 |
Arnie Frankel
318-673-3170 |
www.swepco.com
www.aep.com
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No |
No |
| Greater Shreveport Chamber
of Commerce |
Metro chamber 71101 |
Kurt Foreman
318-677-2512 |
www.shreveportchamber.org |
No |
No |
| Greater Bossier Economic
Development Foundation (Bossier City) |
City 71111 |
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No |
No |
| City of Shreveport |
City 71130 |
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www.ci.shreveport.la.us |
No |
No |
| Northwest Louisiana
Partnership for Economic Development |
Region 71161 |
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No |
No |
| Ouachita Economic
Development Corp. (Monroe) |
County 71201 |
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www.oedc.org |
No |
No |
| Monroe Chamber of Commerce |
Chamber |
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www.monroe.org |
No |
No |
| Lincoln Chamber of
Commerce (Ruston) |
Chamber 71273 |
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No |
No |
| Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce,
and Central Louisiana Economic
Development Alliance (CLEDA) |
Regional chamber 71309 -
Rapides Parish and surrounding parishes - Avoyelles, Allen, Evangeline,
Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches and Vernon |
Rhonda Reap-Curiel
318-442-6671 |
www.cenlachamber.org
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6/13/05 |
No |
| Louisiana Ports and
Free Trade Zones |
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| St. Bernard Port, Harbor
and Terminal District (Chalmette) |
port 70044 |
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No |
No |
| Gramercy FTZ No. 124 -
South Louisiana Port Commission |
FTZ 70069 |
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No |
No |
| New Orleans FTZ No. 2 -
Port of New Orleans |
FTZ 70160 |
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www.portno.com
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No |
No |
| West St. Mary Parish Port
Harbor Terminal District (Franklin) |
port 70538 |
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No |
No |
| Port of Iberia (New
Iberia) |
port 70560 |
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| Lake Charles FTZ No. 87 -
Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District |
FTZ 70602 |
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No |
No |
| Baton Rouge FTZ No. 154 -
Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission (Port Allen) |
FTZ 70767 |
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No |
No |
| Shreveport FTZ No. 145 -
Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission |
FTZ 71135 |
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No |
No |
| Alexandria FTZ No. 261 -
England Economic and Industrial Development District |
FTZ 71303 |
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No |
No |
Explanation of column
headings above
- Organizations are generally sorted in
postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each
other will usually (not always) be grouped together. This is a
selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive
than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to
highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of
frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business
advisors we serve.
- Scope : is the area served by the
organization, and postal code. We may include thumbnail maps which
expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to
good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
- Contacts : relationship leader at GDI
Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.
If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we
also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
- Website and other resources : Aside from
the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight
special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they
might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website. A good
example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere
else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one
would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the
websites.
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The default
for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
- Survey : areas which have responded to our
GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if
published (optional) and highlighted at the top. This is often
useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location
selection.
- Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area
Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page). This
involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and
detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a
more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.
If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a
GUIDE Incentives Profile.
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All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free
GUIDE Network
Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain
timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes. Area
representatives : see
how to
participate. Current service pricing
is listed on the
Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file). Refer also to any
special offers.
Please help us to help you by supporting our work.v
Executives who use this service are encouraged to
respond to our free
Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.
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The presence, absence,
or position of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.
Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
The
directory above
is a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the larger
US South Central region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
- greater
metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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port authorities and Free Trade Zones
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trade and investment
promotion offices
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Despite the
wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and
variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally
actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business
investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the
attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI). This typically
includes support services, financial incentives, and information for
corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and
expansion services.
Suggestions are welcome, and please report any broken links. |
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Contact information for relationship
leaders at GDI Solutions : |
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We develop and maintain
working relationships among participating area representatives - economic
development organizations - and professional service providers as well as
senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major
projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices,
factories, distribution centers or other operations. |
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e-mail |
Phone |
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| Bruce Donnelly |
bruce@gdi-solutions.com |
847-304-4655 |
847-304-5375 |
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August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastated Gulf of Mexico
coastal areas from Louisiana across Mississippi and Alabama to the northwest
Florida panhandle, particularly with storm surge flooding near the coast and
torrential rains not only in the immediate area, but also in areas farther
north along rivers which drain through the region.
Information about Katrina and
other US hurricanes.
Although news coverage has concentrated on the most dramatic scenes in some
of the major cities such as New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport, and Mobile, this
is a catastrophic natural disaster across a widespread area on a scale
rarely seen in the last century. |
To contribute
to disaster relief organizations working in the region :
As with the tsunami disaster in Asia, reconstruction of
these communities will take a long time after the initial emergency response
work. Business support of the local economic development organizations
will also be welcome as the recovery effort moves forward. |
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