Jul 20, 2017
Tony Ligi, who serves as Executive Director of the Jefferson Business Council, will participate in the 2017 Early Childhood Policy Leadership Institute sponsored by Tulane University. The Jefferson Business Council advocates aggressive policy change regarding the...
Jul 14, 2017
The Jefferson Business Council has joined many other business organizations and businesses in a letter to President Trump requesting that the Administration's FY18 proposal to repeal funding to the Gulf States currently mandated by law under the Gulf of Mexico Energy...
Jun 19, 2017
June 16, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION PRESENTS RESULTS TO SCHOOL SYSTEM JEFFERSON, LA – After six months of meeting and working towards recommendations to better enhance the Jefferson Parish School system, The President’s Task Force...
May 23, 2017
The Jefferson Business Council, an organization of 58 owners and chief executive officers of major businesses in Jefferson Parish, awarded the initial Lucien Gunter Excellence In Teaching Award to Melissa M. Sallinger at the Jefferson Parish Public School System...
Apr 3, 2017
The membership of the Jefferson Business Council has, by unanimous vote, elected to support the renewal of the existing Jefferson Parish Library Millage. The revenue from the millage currently funds 97% of the Library Department operations and maintenance in Jefferson...
Feb 7, 2017
JEDCO has announced the release of the Jefferson Parish Housing Stock Enhancement Strategic Plan which is the product of a joint effort between Jefferson Parish and JEDCO, that arose from JEDCO's "Jefferson EDGE 2020 Economic Development Strategy" and was developed...
Jan 29, 2017
The Coalition For Sustainable Flood Insurance has released a white paper addressing affordability and participation in flood insurance. The Coalition is seeking to insure that in the upcoming re authorization policymakers adopt a stronger policy framework addressing...
Jan 27, 2017
JEFFERSON BUSINESS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2017 PLAN OF ACTION The Jefferson Business Council, an organization of 56 Jefferson Parish major business owners and chief executive officers entering its 25th year of existence, has announced its action plan for 2017. As it has in...
Jan 23, 2017
The Jefferson Business Council, an organization consisting of 58 major Jefferson Parish business owners and chief executives, has announced that it will present an annual award to an outstanding teacher in the Jefferson Parish Public School System in remembrance of...
Nov 18, 2016
In On the Ballot: Jefferson Parish Taxes, December 10, 2016, BGR examines and takes positions on four dedicated taxes up for renewal: a sales tax for parish sewerage, road and drainage projects, law enforcement and municipal governments in Jefferson; and three...
