Following the devastating impact of recent hurricanes, leaders in the Greater New Orleans area started to rethink their economic future. The Regional Planning Commission (RPC) of New Orleans, an EDA-funded Economic Development District, in collaboration with a myriad of public and private entities, started to see an opportunity to foster a culture that embraces the knowledge-based economy.
One of the most important steps that regional leaders took was the creation of a strategic plan for growing the biosciences industry within the region. The groups also aimed to establish the Greater New Orleans Economic Development District –a physical economic development district charged with growing biosciences investment.
A geographic cluster of biosciences and healthcare assets is imperative to creating an environment that nurtures innovation through the cross-fertilization of ideas and collaborations, according to the RPC’s thinking. Retention of the healthcare industry and investment in New Orleans ’ medical district are essential in strengthening innovation practices that produce businesses, jobs, and wealth for the region.
The New Orleans Regional Biosciences Initiative—NORBI—is a regional collaborative of public and private biosciences stakeholders who seek to educate the region about the biosciences/healthcare industry. At its core is GNOBEDD a discrete geography responsible for regional biosciences growth and urban-place redevelopment.
To learn more the New Orleans biosciences effort, contact Caitlin Cain, Economic Development Director for the RPC of New Orleans at ccain@norpc.org.
As a resident of Midcity New Orleans and a rebuilder after Katrina I hope that the new Biosciences corridor in which my house resided does not propose to destroy the great neighborhoods and private residences as we saw in the lower Mid City Area, Some one mentioned that you might seize houses in this area in the future . is this true ?????????????