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On Friday, April 30, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will open registration for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a $28.6 billion fund created by the American Rescue Plan with grants available for restaurants, bars, and other similar businesses impacted by COVID-19. Qualifying applicants can register starting on Friday, April 30 at 8 a.m. CT, andRead more

Press Release by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and LED-On Tuesday, April 27, the largest rocket element NASA has ever built-the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS)-arrived at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida on NASA’s Pegasus. Pegasus is the barge used to ship the SLS from Louisiana to Florida. NASA has for decadesRead more

Recently Ochsner Acadia General Hospital was granted Geriatric Accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians. They are one of only four hospitals in the state to receive this accreditation, and they are excited to bring forward information to the benefit of seeking care from a Geriatric Accredited Emergency Department. At Ochsner Acadia General Hospital,Read more

As the work environment continues to change, whether through natural development of technology or due to the recent changes due to the global pandemic, one of the most critical challenges that face organizations is developing leaders with the necessary skills to succeed in that climate. In 2012, members of the ATD Forum explored many ideasRead more

In the past year, employee training (training in general really) was nearly halted with many businesses not opening their physical location and not having many employees needing additional training. As the pandemic went on, and employers brought back more employees, training these new or returning employees was a challenge. Along with so many aspects ofRead more

The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce is accepting Outstanding Young Citizen applications now through May 3, 2021. In conjunction with the Acadia Parish Honors, the Acadia Parish Chamber is honored to have this opportunity to present seven students, one from each of Acadia Parish High School in the 2021 Graduating Class, with the award ofRead more

Do you know if you’re resilient? A lot of people think they either are or aren’t born with resilience or that it’s a result of circumstance. The truth of the matter is that there are some important factors that affect our resilience. Anyone can be resilient to a point, but after a certain threshold there’sRead more

Leadership Bootcamps 2021 Thinking of running for public office? Running, but don’t know where to start? Already in office, and facing serious opposition? LABI’s Louisiana Free Enterprise Institute is hosting their series of Leadership Bootcamps designed to teach, train and launch pro-business leaders to run for office. The session is complimentary and open to theRead more

On March 31, 2021, the Biden administration released the American Jobs Plan, President Biden’s infrastructure proposal. There’s a lot to be excited about in this plan, including massively increased funding for transit and passenger rail-but how we target the funding matters as much as how much we spend. Here is a breakdown of the plan doneRead more

Article written by Amy Webb for the Harvard Business Review on July 30, 2019. I recently helped a large industrial manufacturing company with its strategic planning process. With so much uncertainty surrounding autonomous vehicles, 5G, robotics, global trade, and the oil markets, the company’s senior leaders needed a set of guiding objectives and strategies linkingRead more