BioDistrict New Orleans
BioDistrict New Orleans is a 2.4 square mile (1500 acre) state-enabled economic development district (with taxing and bonding authority) that was created by the State of Louisiana in 2005 and charged with the responsibility of growing both the programmatic and physical development components of the biosciences sector of the New Orleans economy.
The District is made up of LSU and Tulane University Health Science Centers, Xavier University and School of Pharmacy, and Delgado College specializing in Allied Healthcare Campus. But what truly makes the District unique is that it includes a thriving historic residential community, sports venues, Live Theatre District, and industrial areas, the City and State Complexes and areas that has designated and will be pre-certified as a biomedical research park.
The District will be linked together with a 50.7 TFlops Peak Performance, 680 node, 2 Quad-Core processor Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v4 cluster from Dell with 2.33 GHz Intel Xeon 64bit processors and 8 GB RAM per node. According to the June, 2007 Top500 listing, Queen Bee ranks the 23rd fastest supercomputer in the world.
BioDistrict New Orleans has developed an economic strategy that articulates a vision for encouraging the bioscience industry to locate within the District. It is our intention to take full advantage of the cornerstone developments of a new Academic Teaching Hospital, a new Veterans Administration Hospital, a new Cancer Research Facility and a new BioInnovation Center. The long term vision is to build a globally competitive innovation economy for the New Orleans region by building on aforesaid institutions to: provide the finest 21st century healthcare; teach a new generation of medical professionals cutting edge techniques; perform globally competitive biomedical research; grow and attract entrepreneurial companies; expand employment opportunity for everyone; and to anchor a vibrant urban community in the region’s core area. The goal is to create a 24/7/365 setting that is a workforce friendly community that contains the healthiest, safest, smartest and most sustainable neighborhoods in America.
Concurrent with the development of the specialized facilities, the business marketing campaign and the workforce development and housing initiatives, our next course of business for BioDistrict New Orleans is a comprehensive 25 Year master plan and land use study for the entire BioDistrict New Orleans area that will transition into the City of New Orleans new Master Plan. This will provide both a short and long term physical growth management focusing on a future vision of the BioDistrict New Orleans area. This master plan will weave together the key projects that are of significance to the biosciences industry as well as the existing residential, commercial and government activities.
For more information or a personal tour, contact: James P. McNamara, President and CEO