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Louisiana tops list for business climate!
Posted on 8/2/14 at 8:35 am
Posted on 8/2/14 at 8:35 am
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La. tops list for business climate
BR, N.O. rank high in economic potential
TIMOTHY BOONE| TBOONE@THEADVOCATE.COM
Louisiana was ranked as having the best business climate of any state in the U.S. by Business Facilities magazine, which also ranked Baton Rouge and New Orleans high for economic growth potential.
Baton Rouge was ranked as having the second-best economic growth potential of any city in the U.S., behind only Austin, Texas. Last year, the city topped the Business Facilities list.
New Orleans was ranked as having the fifth-best economic potential. Mobile, Alabama, was third, and Salt Lake City was fourth.
In city rankings, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was rated as the fastest-growing airport in the U.S. New Orleans was also ranked first for port logistic leaders. New Orleans was ranked second for exports growth, and Baton Rouge was third in the category.
Business Facilities praised Baton Rouge for bringing together business and higher education in public-private partnerships, such as the agreement that led to the establishment of the IBM Service Center and the adjoining 525 Lafayette residential development, which are both being built downtown.
Those same public-private partnerships helped Louisiana finish on top of the business climate ranking, Business Facilities said.
“Pick a successful growth strategy other states are starting to replicate, and you’ll discover that Louisiana has made it work on a grand scale. Nowhere is this more evident than in the unprecedented cooperation between higher education resources and business in Louisiana,” the magazine wrote.
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Posted on 8/2/14 at 8:37 am to KingRanch
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We're happy
Speak for yourself.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:16 am to TigersOfGeauxld
So odd how we're at the top or bottom of all lists.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:24 am to USMCTiger03
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Message Posted by USMCTiger03 So odd how we're at the top or bottom of all lists.
Better than being just average at everything. GEAUX BIG OR GEAUX HOME
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:26 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Keep it rolling all over the state
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:28 am to TigersOfGeauxld
But but... Jindal... Tax Breaks... Bitch Rabble rabble
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:31 am to TigersOfGeauxld
I see the keyword here is " potential". The job market for white collar works sucks dick.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:44 am to Box Geauxrilla
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The job market for white collar works sucks dick.
Yeah, but don't fool yourself. This particular sector has never fully thrived in BR, hence people that have been leaving BR for Houston, Dallas and Atlanta for over 20 years now.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:14 am to Box Geauxrilla
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The job market for white collar works sucks dick.
True, but white collar work imports a lot of yanks and mid westerners. Most of the yanks aren't going to come down here for the blue collar work, thankfully. This area will always be dominated by the blue collar work, but don't fret because it pays well. Actually, in most instances, it pays substantially better than white collar work.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:19 am to TigersOfGeauxld
I don't know why people fall for this shite. These free publications dole out the rankings according to their advertising revenue and more often than not they're written by the PR people at the state department of economic development. They're not worth a bucket of warm spit.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:24 am to USMCTiger03
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So odd how we're at the top or bottom of all lists.
That's a good sign the lists constructed by some biased entity.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:25 am to Paul Allen
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Yeah, but don't fool yourself. This particular sector has never fully thrived in BR, hence people that have been leaving BR for Houston, Dallas and Atlanta for over 20 years now.
Yes. And those places have something else going for them .... they don't give a shite who you are, only what you can do. Louisiana should take a lesson.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:45 am to TxTiger82
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they don't give a shite who you are, only what you can do. Louisiana should take a lesson.
Sadly, some things will never change.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:57 am to LateArrivalforLSU
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Most of the yanks aren't going to come down here for the blue collar work, thankfully
Because they can make good money where they are, and don't have to live in Louisiana
Posted on 8/2/14 at 10:59 am to USMCTiger03
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So odd how we're at the top or bottom of all lists.
we have a large underclass of fricking idiots who drag down all examinations of our total population
when we can look at things that isolate groups, we can see how everyone else does
Posted on 8/2/14 at 11:37 am to TigersOfGeauxld
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Louisiana
quote:lulz
higher education
Posted on 8/2/14 at 11:46 am to TigersOfGeauxld
it is nice to see LA mentioned at the top of these lists instead of the bottom as it was for decades....
I say hats off to your current administration for turning that around (including LSU engineering grad Stephen Moret)....keep it rolling!
I say hats off to your current administration for turning that around (including LSU engineering grad Stephen Moret)....keep it rolling!
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