The development of cutting-edge institutes such as the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, a future Veterans Administration Hospital and a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Teaching Hospital.

Two of the three primate research centers in the country are in Louisiana. For example,  The Tulane National Primate Research Center is just outside New Orleans.

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, located in New Orleans, is the only school of Tropical Medicine in the Country.

New Orleans is having a growth spurt in the life sciences, expanding already established health centers and developing sparkling new ones.

Tax Breaks!

Getting tax credit for opening a business in Louisiana.  Credit may be forwarded up to 20 years.

An increase in urban development, providing attractive places to live right near work.  Now, you can live in an antebellum house or a modern day condominium.


A better and stronger levee system  to keep New Orleans dry…except on Bourbon Street. A convention center  that draws numerous medical related conferences. Living in a city unique to the world that can overcome anything.