New Orleans Regional Business Park

Contact Information

Phone:(504) 254-4603
Email:admin@norbp.net
Website:http://www.norbp.net
Board address:

13801 Old Gentilly Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70129
 

Purpose

The New Orleans Regional Business Park stimulates industrial and commercial development in Orleans Parish and the parishes adjacent to Orleans Parish by developing stable and more extensive employment opportunities, promoting economic development, especially in disadvantaged communities, improving infrastructure, and promoting the overall welfare of the citizens of Orleans Parish.

Composition

Thirteen members.
 

  • One member appointed by the United States Representative who represents Louisiana's second congressional district;
  • One member appointed by the state senator whose senatorial district is defined in R.S.24:35(A)(4);
  • One member appointed by the state senator whose senatorial district is defined in R.S.24:35(A)(3);
  • One member appointed by the state senator whose senatorial district is defined in R.S.24:35(A)(1);
  • One member appointed by the councilperson representing council district E, in which the New Orleans Regional Business Park is located; 
  • Three members appointed by the mayor of the City of New Orleans as follows: one member appointed from a list of three names submitted by the Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training, one member appointed from a list of three names submitted by the East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission, and one member appointed from a list of three names submitted by the board of commissioners for the Almonaster-Michoud Industrial District; 
  • One member appointed by the state representative whose representative district is defined in R.S.24:35.2(99);
  • One member appointed by the state representative whose representative district is defined in R.S.24:35.2(100);
  • One member appointed by the state representative whose representative district is defined in R.S.24:35.2(103);
  • The chairman of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, or his designee; and
  • One member appointed by the board of commissioners for the Port of New Orleans.

 

Term Length

Ex-Officio or two years.

(Created by: La. R.S. 33:4701, et seq.)