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Inside plans to 'turbocharge' New Orleans' riverfront: New parks, hotels, housing, more underway

Source: https://nola.com/news/business/article_15375634-4778-11ea-99ff-47850086841c.html - Mar 7, 2020

The biggest transformation of New Orleans’ historic riverfront in more than 30 years is underway — with plans to build new parks, hotels, housing and businesses in various stages of development.

Public entities are driving many of the changes planned along the nearly five-mile stretch of riverfront from Poland Avenue to Jackson Avenue, although several major projects have languished or suffered lengthy delays under Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

Sprinkled among the taxpayer-financed plans are a handful of major private developments that are in some cases subsidized by taxpayers.

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