Bollinger Shutting Down New Orleans Yard

I just read on NOLA.com that Bollinger Shipyards is closing its New Orleans ship yard. Bollinger makes and repairs many kinds of ships.

They're closing down because it's very likely that the Mississippi Gulf Outlet, the short cut from New Orleans to the Gulf, will be closed down by the Army Corps of Engineers.

All 80 employees currently employed there have been offered jobs at other bollinger sites.

This is a bummer.

K-Ville in the New York Times

The NYT had a good write up about K-Ville, Cop Show Comes Calling in Battered New Orleans. I don't particularly like NYT because, for many articles, you have to log in. This headline caught my eye though.

I have three hopes for K-Ville.

1) I hope it doesn't get cancelled. I heard that The Sarah Conner Chronicles will be moving to Monday nights and will displace K-Ville. Uhoh, not good.

2) I hope the shows keeps showing more and more of the precinct and the other officers. I like the story line with ex-partner Charlie, too.

3) I hope, keeping #1 in mind, that the series is very successful over the long term. I don't know if you remember Frank's Place but I hope K-Ville is much more successful. I think having a series every week that keeps New Orleans in people's minds could be very beneficial.

The article says that some people are bothered that in New Orleans, people don't refer to the city as K-Ville. That's true but I have read it quite a bit. I read it from people natives and non-natives. I think the title is a non-issue. I mean it's a TV show for christ's sake. It beats reality TV and Dr Phil.

Best Quote: Employment and other economic benefits are at the heart of that welcome. Ms. Day said that 80 percent of the crew on the show is local. “It takes eight days to film an episode,” she said. “Over that eight days a little more than a million dollars is pumped into the local economy.”

Wikipedia has a write up about K-Ville. Short but good. I'm sure info will be added to it over time.

7000 Jobs Coming to the New Orleans Area?

According to CityBusiness, Korean deal closer to fruition in Jeff Parish. According to this story, a deal with Korean firm M.K International to build a new film studio in Elmwood (in Metairie) on a 2.3 acre lot.

This is the same firm that has discussed an interest in buying 200 acres to build a modular home construction facility. This facility could employ up to 7000 people.

That would be very good for the entire region.