New Orleans (La.) Office of the Mayor. Office of Economic
Development
Records, 1978-1986
The Office of Economic Development had its origins in the early 1970's as a unit of
the
Office of Policy Planning and Analysis during the administration of Mayor Moon
Landrieu.
Following the inauguration of Mayor Ernest Morial in 1978 the agency was reorganized
under the overall supervision of the Planning and Development Administration within
the
Mayor's Office.
OED was to prepare policy recommendations and to provide related assistance to the
Mayor in matters affecting the economic health of the city and its economic
development
strategy. Emphasis was on employment expansion and the development of new
business
investment. It prepared long and short range development plans; solicited federal and
state funding; and coordinated interdepartmental economic development activities.
The
Office also sought to develop inner-city industrial sites; to development a business
relocation and retention program; and provided technical assistance to the city's
tourism
and foreign trade programs.
Following the inauguration of Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy in 1986 the Office of
Economic
Development ceased to exist although many of its activities were continued in the new
Office of Business and Industrial Development.
These records include correspondence and subject files relating to the general areas
of
responsibility of the Office. Also included are records specifically relating to its
function
as the support agency for the city's Industrial Development Board. The latter materials
include both general correspondence and subject files and records (applications,
agreements, etc.) for individual revenue bond projects handled by the Board.
Projects and subject areas of special interest in these records include proposals for
the
renovation of Gallier Hall (the old City Hall), the Columns Hotel, and other historic
properties; negotiations between the city and a private developer over warehouses
adjacent to the Piazza D'Italia; and legislation to create a commercial district in the
city's
Vieux Carre.
INVENTORY
Box 1
- Correspondence/Subject Files
- Almonaster-Michoud Industrial District Update, 1985
- Belize Development Plan
- Business Assistance Contacts and Requests, 1981-1985
- City/School Board Cooperation, 1979-1981
- Commission on the Future of the City, 1984-1985
- Contacts and Information Requests, 1981-1985
- Contract for City Liaison to the Louisiana World Exposition and Coordination
of Louis Armstrong Park (Robin Riley), 1984
- Data Request, Chrysler Corporation, 1983
- Demographic Data, 1984
- EDA Planning Grant, 1984-1985
- Executive Orders, Louisiana (EWE 84-31 and 84-32), 1984
- Fiscal Policy Recommendations (Lazare Freres)
- Gallier Hall/Municipal Auditorium Renovation--EDA Proposal, 1979
- Gasohol
- Homeporting, 1984
- Houston (Texas) Industrial Development Corporation, 1982
- Job Studies, 1985
- Legislation
* Federal
** 1982-1983
** 1984-1985
* State
** 1981
** 1983
** 1984-1985
- Louisiana Public Facility Authority, 1983
- Louisiana State Bond Commission
* 1980-1982
* 1983-1986
- Manpower/CETA, 1978-1980
- Michoud Job Corps Center, 1979-1980
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Miscellaneous, 1979-1984
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New Orleans Citywide Development Corporation, 1981-1986
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New Orleans Museum of Art--Gallier Hall Applications, 1981-1982
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News Releases, 1982-1983
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Piazza D'Italia/Tchoupitoulas Street Properties, 1983-1984
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Pontchartrain Beach Corporation, 1984
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Private Industry Council, 1979-1980
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Targeted Jobs Demonstration Program, 1979
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Title VII--Miscellaneous Contacts, 1979-1980
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Training, Miscellaneous, 1980-1981
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Urban Development Action Grant Program
-
Vieux Carre
* Commercial District Legislation, 1980-1982
* Zoning, 1984
- Friends of Gallier Hall Files
- Application to the Wisner Fund, 1983-1984 (fragment)
- Bylaws and articles of incorporation
- Correspondence, etc., 1983
Box 2
- Industrial Development Board Correspondence/Subject Files
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Activity Summaries, 1980-1985
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Affirmative Action, 1981-1984
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Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws (from 1976)
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Board Member Attendance Summary, 1980-1986
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City Council Resolutions, 1982-1983
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Correspondence
* Foley, Judell, Beck, Bewley, and Martin
** 1979-1980
** 1981
** 1982
** 1983-1985
* General
** 1979-1981
** 1982
** 1983
** 1984-1985-
Criteria for Evaluating Proposed Projects, 1980-1981
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Financial Records, 1979-1986
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In Lieu of Taxes Agreements, 1983-1985
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Industrial Development Bonds--General Information
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Letters of Support, 1981-1982
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Membership Lists and Appointment to Office Documents, 1978-1985
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Minutes
* 1979-1981
* 1982-1983
* 1985-1986-
Notices of Special Meetings, 1980-1986
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Presentation to the City Council, 1979
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Press Releases and Other Informational Data, 1979-1983
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Promotion Committee (Minutes, etc.), 1980-1981
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Revenue Bond Financing (Informational Packet)
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Standard Forms
* Application for Financing, 1983-1984
* Preliminary Agreement, 1982
Box 3
- Industrial Development Board Project Files
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Aftech South, Inc., 1984-1985 (3 folders)
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American Can Company, 1970-1986
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American Clay Products Company, 1980-1981
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Baker Sales, Inc., 1983-1984
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610 Baronne Street, 1982-1983 (2 folders)
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711 Camp Street, 1983
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Capdevielle Associates, 1981-1985 (2 folders)
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Carl Cleveland and Associates (607-609 St. Charles Avenue), 1983-1984 (2
folders)
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Century Graphics Corporation, 1983
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Columns Hotel, 1983
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Cudahy Foods Company, ca. 1979
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Dauphine Orleans Hotel, 1979
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309 Decatur Street, 1983
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Deco Trailer Equipment Company, 1984
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GTS Corporation (Canal Street Project), 1984-1985
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Lone Star Industries, Inc., 1984-1985 (fragment)
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114 Magazine Street, 1980
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Mid-City Self Storage, 1982-1984 (2 folders)
Box 4
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New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, Inc., 1980
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701 South Peters Street, 1983-1984 (2 folders)
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Upjohn National Leasing Company (Pitney Bowes Project), 1981
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606-610 Tchoupitoulas Street, 1983-1984
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