Suzanne Mestayer, Chair of the Business Council of New Orleans, appears on WDSU to discuss the Forward New Orleans platform and the at-large City Council candidates pledges to support its mandates. Forward New Orleans, a … (full story)

The article below was written by By Manuel Torres, and published in Monday’s editions of The Times-Picayune. Eric Granderson, who is temporarily filling a seat on the New Orleans City Council, chose a bad idea … (full story)

Gregory Rusovich, immediate past Chair of the Business Council of New Orleans, appeared on WWL-TV with Dennis Woltering recently. The topic of conversation? Forward New Orleans, a broad coalition comprised of more than 30 business, … (full story)

Forward New Orleans (FNO) announces an extended platform, Forward New Orleans 2012, which expands the seven original initiatives released in 2009. Over the past weeks Forward New Orleans, a coalition of diverse civic, neighborhood and … (full story)

Committee for Economic Development (CED), in partnership with the Business Council of New Orleans (BCNO), hosted a luncheon and panel discussion entitled Postsecondary Education: A Forum for Business Leaders on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The … (full story)

Gregory Rusovich, immediate past Chair at the Business Council of New Orleans, has sent a letter to the editor at New Orleans’ CityBusiness. The letter was sent on behalf of Forward New Orleans, in response to … (full story)

The Forward New Orleans coalition, a group of more than 30 local civic and business organizations, issued its 3rd progress report on the City of New Orleans. The coalition is led by the Business Council … (full story)

Suzanne T. Mestayer, CEO of ThirtyNorth Investments, a New Orleans investment firm, has been named as chairman of the Business Council of New Orleans & the River Region. She succeeds Gregory Rusovich whose term as … (full story)

Garland Robinette, of WWL870-AM radio, talks with the Business Council’s Greg Rusovich, former chair, and Suzanne Mestayer, current chair, about the progress of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Listen to this audio clip.

The Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region today announced that it will donate $50,000 to the New Orleans Crime Coalition for an intensive training and intervention effort in community policing that will … (full story)