French Quarter Management District
Biz New Orleans: For more than 300 years, the French Quarter has been that place — people living above businesses, churches beside hotels, building community one block at a time. It evolved around people living, working, investing, celebrating and belonging in the same place. To read FQMD Executive Director Michelle
French Quarter safety is improving and response times are decreasing, thanks in part to the efforts of the FQMD, the Task Force Safety App and citizens like you. Open the Public Safety Dashboard External Link Budget to Actuals Dashboard Open the Budget to Actuals Dashboard External Link
AXIOS NEW ORLEANS: A newly announced initiative formalizes work already underway, including public safety efforts and infrastructure repairs, while laying out longer-term goals for redevelopment. Read the full Axios article here.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Local voters return to the polls Saturday, Nov. 15, for runoff elections and ballot proposals, including the renewal of a sales tax some say is critical for the French Quarter. Impacts of the “quarter for the Quarter” sales tax are visible. Streetlights are one example. Outside
NOLA.com – As the clock ticked toward 8 p.m. one recent Friday, the entertainers of Bourbon Street began to scatter. Drummer kids hoisted stacks of buckets and sticks; brass players slung trumpets and trombones over their shoulders; and singers, dancers and stunt performers towed speakers, props and tip jars. Read
NOLA.GOV – The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW), in partnership with the French Quarter Management District (FQMD), has completed a series of upgrades to make N. Rampart Street and N. Peters Street safer and more welcoming for everyone who walks, bikes, or drives through the area.
September 15th, 2025
NOPD data for the first half of 2025 suggest the city is on pace for its safest year statistically since the 1970’s. To read the full article, click here.
Signaling a major milestone in our city’s economic recovery, New Orleans & Company is announcing that in 2024, visitation to the city exceeded the 19 million mark, crossing this important threshold for the first time since the COVID19 pandemic and for only the second time ever. Read the full New
The FBI’s quarterly data shows there has been a 23 percent decrease in murder nationally. New Orleans, however, has seen a sharper decrease, with a 39 percent drop in murders and less than 100 murders so far this year. Read the article