Greetings, The U.S. Small Business Administration is conducting two HUBZone education and training events. The Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program Boot Camp is designed to introduce your business to the program, help determine whether your business is eligible for the program, and support your business' efforts to participate in the program. Every year, ... Read More
Deadline Approaching to Sign Up for Lemonade Day!
The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce is a partner with Lemonade Day scheduled for Saturday May 5, 2012. Please mark your calendars. Lemonade Day is a FREE, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business using a lemonade stand as well as fundamental lessons about life, success and themselves. Your kids, grandkids, nieces ... Read More
LA Women Leaders Conference on Small Business Entrepreneurship
Conference Mission To provide information that will enhance life-altering decisions affecting the economic well being of women. To this end, sessions will focus on legal, credit, financial and technology issues. Keynote speakers will add insight into organizational political competence, reinventing oneself and nontraditional business opportunities. Honorary Co-Chairs Mary ... Read More
Join the NOCVB in Celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week
Every year in mid-May, the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau joins cities across the United States to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week and the industry that employs more than 74,000 locals and brings $5 billion to our city annually. Please join us for the parade on May 8 and luncheon on May 10 to represent our city's economic engine, tourism. Travel ... Read More
Get the First Look at the Car ‘Last on the Lanes’
On Tuesday, April 24 at Nacho Mama’s, 1000 S. Clearview Pkwy. in Elmwood beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Jefferson Coalition of Emerging Leaders (JCEL) will unveil what will be the last vehicle to traverse over the old lanes of the Huey P. Long Bridge. In celebration of the Huey P. Long Bridge Widening project, the Jefferson Chamber is promoting the “Last on the Lanes, First to ... Read More