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April 2021 e-Edition

The electronic, page-turn version of the April 2021 BIZ. Magazine.

David Specht: What is a “Money Maker” anyway?

In 2019, I saw an edition of New Orleans CityBusiness and they were touting their "Money Makers" honorees. I'm always looking for interesting things...

David Rockett: Setting priorities for economic development

Locally, there are many factors which can impact the further growth and success of our community and surrounding areas. Business leaders are not the...

Lisa Johnson: Let’s go “back to the future” in 2021

While there are many aspects of 2020 that we would all like to put behind us, we all know that there are lessons we...

Locals encouraged to celebrate people, businesses that make tourism work

Brandy Evans | Special to BIZ. Magazine Tourism is unlike any other industry. It isn’t a behemoth of a factory cranking out widgets or oil...

Les Guice: La. Tech making tremendous strides amid pandemic

Our area – along with our state and nation – continues to make strides in the battle against COVID-19. From moving classes online to...

Larry Clark: As we march on…

As we round the corner of the Covid-19 crisis, the international conversation has shifted towards a safe and steady economic recovery, buttressed by the...

Rick Bateman: Flexible. Transferable. Affordable…The BPCC Way!

Flexible.  Transferable.  Affordable. These three words have been used to describe the BPCC experience.  Over the last year, I’ve written about BPCC’s ability to be...

Teri Haynes: What You Tolerate

This Spring, my clients want customer service, not business attire classes as usual.  How odd, until I place the requests in context.  We do...

Money Makers Class of 2021

BIZ. Magazine announces it's inaugural class of Money Makers, as honored in the print edition. BANKING Jana Freeman Forrest BOM Bank Jana Freeman Forrest is a Vice President...