They are industry leaders. Business people. Public servants. And community activists. They are the 25 most powerful people on the 10/12 corridor.
East and West. Executives gathered in Covington
and Lafayette to hear from Jindal’s cabinet secretaries
The corridor’s congressional delegation is proof positive that political ideologies have become elastic enough to face practically any challenge.
In the family quarters of the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion, First Lady Supriya Jindal takes time out from her obligatory tasks to make fresh-squeezed orange juice for her three children, ages 7, 5 and 2.
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Surely, Lisa Verrette thought, he can’t be serious. At a December meeting of the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles attorney Edwin F. Hunter III mentioned something to the president and CEO about a client wanting to donate a herd of water buffalo.
Arnold Baker's 5-year-old firm, Baker Ready Mix, recently won the National Black Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award. In June, he will be inducted into the Chase Business Hall of Fame.
Mary Broussard, Entergy customer service manager, has been elected president of the Livingston Economic Development Council’s Board of Directors.
Schoolchildren write odes to it, and Chevy Chase immortalized it on the big screen—not once, but thrice.
GNO, Inc., the 10-parish economic development advocacy organization centered in New Orleans, has put forth an agenda for the Legislature that includes dramatic reforms to the energy sector in Louisiana—reforms that utilize new technology and that GNO says are sure to bring energy companies (back) to Louisiana.
Can the corridor’s economy really avoid the national recession?
We already knew that one in three Louisianans now lives along the corridor.
Corridor residents considering powering up with solar energy couldn’t live in a more conducive state.
This spring, hundreds gathered in Lake Charles for the Gulf Coast Trade Alliance’s World Trade Conference to learn about the global market.
News from the companies, cities and people that make the corridor click.
In the early days, it didn’t take big money or even a feasibility study to develop a profitable port.
What is Abita Brewing Co. President David Blossman's favorite brew? And did he really start his business in a bathtub?
Technology and digital media has become a niche emerging industry along the 10/12 corridor.
Corridor arts schools hope to be the cultural economy’s workforce pipeline.
Born in the nation’s capital and educated in political science, 41-year-old Tom Cox has turned a politician’s favorite pastime into a $10 million online global firm.
Plunging oil prices are testing Lafayette’s diversification efforts. Will a revitalized downtown and a thriving health-care industry be enough to protect it from a repeat of the 1980s?
Along the corridor may lie the next generation of wireless technology, a solution to global warming, miracle drugs made from alligator blood, artificial intelligence, an end to food recalls and crime-fighting tools way cooler than anything we’ve ever seen on CSI.
It was roughly, ohhhhh, 197 years ago when our state’s top brass broke down and finally submitted a constitution to the U.S. Congress.
Who needs a meal when you can have dessert? Here are a few executive favorites along the corridor that are worth savoring as a main course.
The Acadiana Center for the Arts is hosting a ceremony in honor of downtown Lafayette being designated as a Louisiana Cultural Products District by the State Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
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