Gregory Wood is a fifth-generation Orleanian, raised and schooled in the city. After an extensive business career, he believes he can add to the conversation about business in the area. Contact him at Wood.gw@gmail.com
One of the books that I am reading right now is titled Naked Economics and authored by Charles Wheelan. It is basic economics laid bare, if you will. It is easy to understand and a straightforward text about everyday economics...
There was an interesting report on one of the TV stations this week. It was about the potential for the CBD to see 4000 new apartments within the next five years. It was a typical fluff piece, short on...
Sometime in the future, someone is going to do a great dissertation on the long term results of incentive financing. What really happens to a project down the road when some sort of creative financing is used?Certainly, we saw...
Nickelodeon and its parent, Viacom, has announced that it will team with Southern Stat Amusement to redevelop the flooded Six Flags amusements park that is located in New Orleans East.The park has had a checkered history with failure of...
Odds and EndsHurricanesNow that there are three names storms for this hurricane season, I began thinking this morning about how these storms affect business decisions to locate in the Greater New Orleans area. Logic tells us that it...
A mayor gone wildLast June we wrote an article about economic development. I was interested in clearing up the mystery (at least in my mind) about why the city needed a new economic development group when GNO, Inc. seems to...
In Louisiana a business license is known as an occupational license.Occupational licenses are obtained from local political jurisdictions. In St. Tammany in unincorporated areas you would obtain a license here:St. Tammany Parish Sheriff ’s Office701 N. Columbia...
Smart tradesmen and professionals know that providing the highest quality products at the lowest possible cost to their clients and customers will earn them more business in the future. There are several tradesmen and professionals who need access to...
So, you have just spent a few thousand dollars to create a bang-up new website. It is great. It tells anyone who reads it how wonderful you and your company are and how much you can help people...
Only in New Orleans could you invent a new international event called Tales of the Cocktail! Since the city claims it is the place where the term "cocktail" was invented, what better place to hold such an...