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Links

Links to other websites that share our mission in helping you find answers about conducting business in New Orleans.

Business Resources

  • Accion USA ACCION USA makes small business loans to people who need them and serves as a vital resource for small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the United States who may not have access to traditional bank credit.
  • Committee for a Better New Orleans The Committee for a Better New Orleans is a racially and culturally diverse group whose mission is to provide leadership and catalyze change toward the achievement of a Blueprint for a Better New Orleans.
  • Cox Business Services Delivers voice, video, and data solutions to small and large businesses throughout Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Bernard and can reach many customers that its competitors cannot.
  • Desire NOLA Desire NOLA is dedicated to rebuilding the Greater New Orleans area one small business at a time, providing grant and business development assistance to locally owned businesses that embody the unique culture and ambiance of New Orleans.
  • Greater New Orleans Inc Greater New Orleans, Inc. is a public/private partnership formed in January 2004 to spearhead economic development for the ten-parish Greater New Orleans region, which accounts for about one-third of Louisiana's economy.
  • Institute for Local Self-Reliance ILSR provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies.
  • Louisiana Department of Economic Development For people striving to build successful businesses, Louisiana Economic Development can be a valuable partner.
  • Louisiana Rebuilds Information portal designed to pull together information people need as they recover/rebuild with links to sites that list what's open in different areas, neighborhood information pages, and most relevant - a section with business assistance links.
  • Louisiana Small Business Development Center Fosters the formation and growth of small businesses through individual counseling services, educational training programs, and business information resources.
  • Louisiana Technology Council The LTC's mission is to encourage the advancement of technology applications and to improve the long-term competitiveness of the New Orleans economy.
  • Money Well Spent A New Hampshire marketing professor with a passion for New Orleans has created this site where New Orleans businesses with e-shopping capability can link their website for FREE. People out there want to shop New Orleans: let's make it easy!
  • NAWBO National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the voice of America's 10.4 million women-owned businesses.
  • New Orleans Small Business Resource Guide Designed to help small businesses access valuable resources in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
  • Seedco Financial Seedco Financial Services, Inc. is a community development financial institution. Working with local partners, we provide financial resources to assist in the development or rejuvenation of low-income communities.

N’Awlins Links

  • CityWorks CityWorks advocates for the transformative rebuilding of the city by fostering a stimulating environment for dialogue and debate.
  • Dirty Coast It's about hip t-shirts, it's about wry political commentary, it's about shopping locally with a vengeance. And now they've got a storefront in New Orleans, too.
  • Greater New Orleans Community Data Center The most widely used source for information about New Orleans' 73 neighborhoods and the 10 surrounding parishes.
  • HouseRaising of Louisiana Designs, manages, and builds affordable custom homes on your homesite. Located on the corner of Canal and Carrollton.
  • Neighborhood Planning Network The mission of the Neighborhood Planning Network is to provide an inclusive and collaborative city-wide framework to empower neighborhood groups in the New Orleans planning process.
  • New Orleans City Council The New Orleans City Council, the legislative branch of local government, enacts laws to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of New Orleans.
  • New Orleans City Hall
  • New Orleans CityBusiness The business newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans.
  • New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau The NOCVB sells, markets and promotes New Orleans as a convention and leisure destination.
  • New Orleans Police Department The #1 source of information about the New Orleans Police Department.
  • Open for Business NOLA.com's guide to who's open in the Greater New Orleans area.
  • The Remodeling Guide 9th Edition Looking for a local licensed contractor? This guide, published by the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans is packed with useful information and links to help you through the process.
  • Times Picayune Everything New Orleans.
  • What’s Open In Mid-City

Let’s Eat!

  • Eating in Translation Get one blogger's take on some of the places listed in the Stay Local! directory...and some that aren't but should be!
  • NOLA Food Map The New Orleans Food and Farm Network (NOFFN) and Marketumbrella.org created the NOLA Food Map Project to show residents in devastated areas where to find food: from grocery stores and farmers' markets, to restaurants and emergency kitchens.
  • What Restaurants Are Open? List of nearly 700 open restaurants on the Crescent City Restaurant Rebirth website

Strength in Numbers

  • Beacon of Hope Resource Center Our mission is to assist all homeowners in the City of New Orleans in the rebuilding process of their beloved homes and provide a sanctuary to neighbors looking for a way back home.
  • Big Box Evaluator Web-based interface that allows users to learn about commercial and retail development in general, but also to input specific information from their communities and receive customized reports on economics, values, planning and municpal services, and ways to improve the development process.
  • Big Box Tool Kit Big Box Tool Kit has the resources you'll need to both beat the big box and to chart a new course for economic development in your community.
  • Grassroots Outdoor Alliance The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance is a group of independent outdoor shops dedicated to the sustainability of the specialty outdoor channel and the quality of the outdoor enthusiast's experience.
  • Help the City of New Orleans Dedicated to promoting commerce and the rebuilding of New Orleans.
  • Magazine Street Buy Local Commercial
  • Shopping Locally Matters Retailers! This attractive insert reminds your customers that shopping locally matters. Available to Stay Local! businesses at cost.
  • Young Urban Professionals (YURP) The mission of the NOLA YURP Initiative (NYI) is to build a support and resource network to connect, retain and attract young professionals from diverse backgrounds for a sustainable New Orleans.

Other Resources

  • American Independent Business Alliance An Independent Business Alliance is a coalition of locally-owned independent businesses, citizens and community organizations united to support home town businesses in a community or geographic region. AMIBA is the national umbrella organization.
  • Buy Local Buy NOLA Buy Local Buy NOLA-- helping Greater New Orleans Businesses recover 1 purchase at a time with Recovery through Revenue. Bumper stickers and word of mouth propel this community site to over 3000 visitors per month and 100 plus subscribers.
  • Civic Economics Institute Economic analysis and strategic planning for sustainable prosperity.
  • Good Jobs First Seeks to make economic development subsidies more accountable and effective. Also promotes smart-growth policies that enhance the well-being of working families.
  • Louisiana Recovery Authority Working in collaboration with local, state and federal agencies, the Louisiana Recovery Authority is the planning and coordinating body created in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita to address short-term recovery needs while simultaneously guiding the long-term planning process.
  • National Main Street Center A program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The National Trust Main Street Center educates and empowers individuals and local organizations to lead the revitalization of their downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts.
  • Southwest Center for Economic Integrity The Southwest Center for Economic Integrity engages in research, education and advocacy to strengthen local economies by mobilizing and protecting marginalized people, holding corporations and industries accountable to communities and cultivating support for good business practices.
  • Strategic Actions for a Just Economy An organization in Los Angeles that has pioneered Community Benefit Agreements with great success.
  • The American Red Cross The American Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
  • The New Rules Project Why New Rules? Because the old ones don't work any longer. They undermine local economies, subvert democracy, weaken our sense of community, and ignore the costs of our decisions on the next generation.