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WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., met with representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to discuss the importance of fixing the flawed Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and ask the Chamber to join the bipartisan effort to make flood insurance affordable for homeowners and businesses.

BATON ROUGE - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and IBM Senior Vice President Colleen Arnold joined other leaders to break ground on the $55 million urban development in downtown Baton Rouge that will be home to the new IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge upon its completion in mid-2015. The project will create 800 new direct jobs, and LED estimates the project will result in an additional 542 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 1,300 new permanent jobs in the Capital Region.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the City of New Orleans and the planning team for the Livable Claiborne Communities Revitalization Study announced the final round of community meetings to discuss the projected impacts and opportunities of future redevelopment scenarios for the Claiborne Avenue Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods.

HORNBECK - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that the City of Hornbeck has been approved for a $395,000 loan for water system infrastructure improvements from the state Department of Environmental Quality Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

MANSURA - September 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that the Town of Mansura has been approved for a $1.01 million loan for water system infrastructure improvements from the state Department of Environmental Quality Clean Water State Revolving Fund

NEW ORLEANS, LA - September 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- TOMORROW, September 16, 2013, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City and State officials will join The Domain Companies for a ground breaking ceremony on the first phase of the South Market District mixed-use transit oriented development. The Paramount, a $48.4 million investment project, will occupy a full block bordered by Girod, Lafatyette, O’Keefe and Rampart streets

Washington, DC - September 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after supporting legislation H.R. 3013, the Home Protection Act of 2013, seeking to keep flood insurance rates affordable for the residents of South Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, LA - September 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the successful placement of 244 chronically homeless and vulnerable homeless individuals in just 100 days as part of the 200 Homes in 100 Days Campaign. From May 24 to September 1, 2013, the City advanced the campaign in cooperation with UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, State of Louisiana, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development New Orleans Field Office, and 60 partner agencies and homeless service providers that make up the Continuum of Care. The campaign addresses the needs of those who have been homeless for more than one year or who have experienced four episodes of being homeless in the past three years to follow on the Obama Administration’s goal of ending chronic homelessness nationwide by 2015

NEW ORLEANS, A - August 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nearly a year after Hurricane Isaac’s floodwaters inundated St. John the Baptist Parish, the community’s long-term rebuilding initiative, “One Parish, One Future: Building Back Better and Stronger,” is making great strides

NEW ORLEANS, LA - June 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, the New Orleans City Council passed an ordinance at the request of Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority that will make way for important infrastructure improvements in the French Quarter and Central Business District. Under a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement signed in March 2013, the Exhibition Hall Authority has agreed to finance $6.5 million in infrastructure improvements identified in the downtown area.

Washington, DC - June 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Louisiana Associated Builders and Contractors awarded him the “Champion of the Merit Shop” Award for his service in the 112th Congress

NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomorrow, the City of New Orleans will host the Second Annual Conference on Housing and Community Development at the Lavin-Bernick Center on the campus of Tulane University from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This one-day conference will address such topics as increasing access to affordable housing, realities of home ownership, homelessness, and strategies to revitalize the Iberville/Tremé community as part of the Choice Neighborhood’s redevelopment

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- SANJOY BHATTACHARYA, age 56, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve three years probation and pay a $15,000 fine, after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements to an agency of the United States, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente

BATON ROUGE, LA - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Louisianians understand all too well the importance of building communities that can withstand what Mother Nature hurls at them.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)announced today that St. Bernard Parish, La., has agreed to a settlement valued at more than $2.5 million to resolve separate lawsuits by the United States and private plaintiffs alleging that the parish sought to restrict rental housing to African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.