New Orleans is getting federal help in its plan to redevelop the Claiborne Avenue corridor into a “cultural innovation district.” CityBusiness file photo The U.S. Department of Commerce says it is ...

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We had no forewarning." New Orleans City Councilman JP Morrell called the destruction of the old Claiborne Avenue, its oak trees and its businesses "a socio-economic massacre." On Saturday ...

New Orleans officials estimate the project ... deputy assistant secretary for regional affairs. “The Claiborne Innovation District will help the city's underserved communities between the ...

Raynard Sanders, historian and executive director of the Claiborne Avenue History ... Despite its eventual decline, the district remains integral to Black New Orleans’ entrepreneurial legacy.

And in New Orleans, there are competing ideas ... funding an existing 2018 plan called the “Claiborne Innovation District.” Another $23 million would go toward potentially removing some ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's been a plan in the making for several years. The first phase of the new Claiborne Corridor Marketplace ... create the Cultural Innovation District Marketplace.

Clearing the homeless population from under the Claiborne overpass ... Alonzo Knox (D-New Orleans), the New Orleans Police Department, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office and others.

Instead, the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana ... space and market beneath the highway — dubbed the "Claiborne Innovation District" — misguided and ridiculous.

New Orleans city leaders addressed concerns about policing on Claiborne Ave.Under the current ... mayor's office and all the council members and the district commanders to let them know how ...

Claiborne Ave., and the Mississippi River. “After a thorough national search, the Board is proud to welcome Seth Knudsen as the new President & CEO of the Downtown Development District,” said Ross.