When Patricia Hightower, owner of Bayou Equity Mortgage, first moved into her building on historic Bayou Road, the area was blighted, and loiterers often gathered at the street’s package liquor store.
Inspired by Bayou Road’s economic history, Hightower helped start Gulf Coast Housing and Development Corporation, with the mission of revitalizing [...]
Crescent City Steaks is hosting “Breakfast with Fran,” an opportunity for business owners and supporters to network and discuss relevant and important business topics. Fran Tarkenton, CEO of GoSmallBiz.com, will be speaking via webcast with motivation, tips, and ideas for running your small business. The event will be on Thursday, January [...]
The Aftermath Barber and Beauty Salon was named for its formation after Hurricane Katrina by a group of co-workers from another salon that closed down after the storm. All of the old shop’s employees came together to start the Aftermath, led by owner Akil Mitchell, and many have since started their own [...]
The McHardy’s Chicken & Fixin’ building at 1458 N. Broad Street has a history of feeding the community that goes back further than the restaurant’s opening in 2001.
“This building used to be the Broad Street Mission; they have always fed people from this building,” said Rahman Mogilles, who runs McHardy’s [...]
Many customers are lured through the doors of Petiquette pet store by the terrier mix puppies peering through the window at them on Broad Street. Most stay a while and chat with owner Curtis Anderson, Jr., about fish, aquariums, owning a dog, or anything else, after making their purchases.
“I love the people that [...]
The Castillos at Norma’s Sweets Bakery recently celebrated the business’s one-year anniversary in its location off Broad Street on Bienville.
After experiencing the location for a year, Jose Castillo is thrilled about the Broad Street area. “One thing that’s really gotten me excited is the planning of the future of the neighborhood,” he said. [...]
Crescent City Steaks is hosting “Breakfast with Fran,” an opportunity for business owners to network and discuss relevant and important business topics. Fran Tarkenton, CEO of GoSmallBiz.com, will be speaking with a special guest via webcast with motivation, tips, and ideas for running your small business. The event will be on Thursday, December 13, at [...]
Jonathan Scott loves his business’s Broad Street location–right across the street from the Zulu club—because of the long history his family has with the neighborhood.
Scott’s father-in-law, Felix Figueroa, founded F & F Botanica Spiritual Supply in 1983. The two men have worked together in the store since 1987, with the exception of a few [...]
On 19 March 2010, Jeffrey Schwartz, BCC’s Executive Director, sat down with Krasna Vojkovich, owner of the Broad Street restaurant institution Crescent City Steaks, for a StoryCorps interview. Krasna’s enthralling stories ranged from her life in the former Yugoslavia after World War II, her marriage to Johnny Vojkovich, and their founding of Crescent City [...]
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