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French Quarter Management District

French Quarter Management District Adds Special Projects Manager

Biz NEW ORLEANS — The French Quarter Management District (FQMD) has expanded its organizational capacity with the addition of a full-time Special Projects Manager dedicated to advancing infrastructure and public-safety-related projects throughout the French Quarter. FQMD, a political subdivision of the state created by the Louisiana Legislature, has hired Lorrie Adair for the newly established […]

The French Quarter is the Original Mixed-Use Neighborhood

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 Courseault’s full Biz New Orleans […]

New Orleans Public Safety Dashboard

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

Canal Street revival plan starts with fixing the basics

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.

‘Remarkable’: NOPD shifts strategic gears amid historic drop in violent crime

Nola.com: Violent crime in New Orleans has fallen to its lowest level since the 1960s, and already, the first half of 2026 has extended the dramatic drop in homicides and shootings. NOPD recorded 38 murders through June 25, representing one of the lowest year-to-date totals the city has seen in decades. If that pace holds, […]