Vendors, performers have seen a crackdown on Bourbon Street. Will it continue?
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 […]
NOLA.COM: Long a U.S. ‘murder capital,’ New Orleans is on pace for 50-year low in killings in 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.
New Orleans Reaches Tourism Milestone: 19 Million Visitors for the First Time Since COVID
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 […]
Governing.com: How New Orleans Is Leading the Nation in Violent Crime Reduction
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 […]
Biz New Orleans: New & Notables
Read the full Biz New Orleans article where Michelle Courseault discusses taking on her role as the new Executive Director of the French Quarter Management District. “My work with FQMD […]
Street Markings Project: May-June 2025
FQMD in partnership with the New Orleans Department of Public Works, began work May 2025 for the Street Markings Project, following MUTCD guidelines for approved street markings to clearly identify where illegal parking is prohibited in the French Quarter.