Originally posted on The Advocate
Since Derrick Perique, 32, got out of prison, he’s been on a mission to help others see more clearly. On Saturday, though, he could have been forgiven if he had stars in his eyes.
Perique graduated with a degree in optician work from a small re-entry …
Originally posted on Richland Today
At the end of 2016, Entergy of Louisiana made an extremely generous gift of $1 million to various organizations with the purpose of improving the workforce of Louisiana.
Specifically $500,000 will go toward Northeast Louisiana, and $250,000 of that gift will be directed to Richland Parish. …
At Entergy, we believe we can only be as successful as the community we serve. In this short clip, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards compliments our Chairman and CEO Leo Denault on his involvement with Louisiana’s Jobs for America’s Graduates. We’re proud to support this non-profit organization dedicated to preventing …
Originally posted on Arkansas Business
The Museum of Discovery said last week that its Girls in STEM program will serve more girls in 2017 and expand to Jonesboro and Pine Bluff thanks to grants from Wal-Mart, Best Buy and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas.
Grants and private donations totaling more than …
Originally posted on Arkansas Business
In Arkansas, a study of the Arkansas Better Chance public pre-K program found meaningful impacts on children’s early language, pre-literacy and pre-math skills. Compared with students outside the program, the at-risk 4-year-olds participating in ABC were four months ahead in vocabulary, had a 37 percent …
Originally posted on The New Orleans Advocate
Regional business leaders are setting their sights in the year ahead on developing and growing local opportunities in advanced manufacturing, an industry that could employ skilled and well-paid workers.
That was the takeaway Monday from Greater New Orleans Inc.’s annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency …
If you’ve ever been responsible for initiating and constructing a new or expanding industrial facility, you probably experienced one or more of these issues in working with your utility: slow response time, generic service solutions, costly infrastructure build-out and impersonal customer service.
This is what happens when estimating and planning teams …
Originally posted on Business Facilities
TINTON FALLS, NJ — January 4, 2017 — The Mississippi Development Authority has taken top honors in Business Facilities’ 2016 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition, winning our Gold Award for Continental Tire’s manufacturing plant in Clinton, MS.
The Continental Tire facility is a $1.45 billion …
