:: 1012 Corridor ::

Issue: January 29, 2009

Winter 2009 digital issue

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The Land Barons

Meet five of the corridor’s biggest land owners.

The High Life

Recession got you down? Escape the diving stocks and stalled home sales by sitting in the lap of luxury for a while.

All grown up

Tommy Screen spent his childhood following his dad around Baton Rouge City Hall. Now he’s teaching the primer on Louisiana politics at Loyola University.

Born in Lafayette and raised in New Orleans, Kenneth Purcell has taken iSeatz from an initial $28,000 investment and a leaky attic office in the French Quarter to a $30 million global provider of online travel and entertainment. iSeatz is the only Louisiana firm among the Inc. 500 fastest-growing companies.

What’s so hard about mass transit?

South Louisiana may finally get serious about it, thanks to the unexpected success of a post-Katrina experiment.

Mandeville business blues

Are the scandals surrounding Mayor Eddie Price hurting business in one of the corridor's fastest growing economic hotspots?

Fixing the drain

A bright, energetic and a self-admittedly, idealistic force is set to combat the ever frustrating brain drain and elusive brain gain in Louisiana.

Corridor Cuisine: Steakhouses

There are times when you just need to feast on a thick, juicy slab of red meat [unless, of course, you’re a vegetarian].

Surplus surprise

Close your eyes and throw a dart at a U.S. map and you’re likely to pierce a state in financial turmoil.

Jindal at one year

"Gov. Bobby Jindal in Louisiana represents a great hope for Republicans" writes Harvard's Kennedy School Director David Gergen. "He's got stardom written all over him. They see Bobby Jindal as perhaps their Barack Obama."

The Disaster Business

Terrorists and hurricanes give rise to a whole new industry along the corridor.

2008: A good year for Louisiana

We begin the new year with the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Bright Lights, High Ground

Downtown revitalization is happening in cities and towns up and down the corridor. There are some practical reasons why.

High-tech hub

Something interesting is happening along the corridor: Ever-growing pockets of technology-based academia and businesses, particularly north of Lake Pontchartrain.

Corner Office

Charles Landry of Jones Walker Law Firm is now chairman of the board for the LSU Foundation, the primary academic fundraising organization for Louisiana State University.

Tee time

If mulligans and bogies are your thing, you’re living in the right place.

Faces to Know

Shelton Blunt is a partner in Phelps Dunbar law firm's regional commercial litigation group, where he spends most of his time litigating business disputes. He’s also represented school boards in wage and hour collective action litigation.