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‘CANAL STREET RENAISSANCE’
Quarter businesses impacted by S&WB get grants Small sums greeted with tepid response
BY MARCO CARTOLANO and KASEY BUBNASH Staff writers
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Mayor Helena Moreno has launched a new plan that aims to reverse the decadeslong decline of Canal Street and breathe new life into the historic commercial corridor. The Canal Street Renaissance Initiative, as the plan is called, will take a multiphased approach to revitalizing the thoroughfare, with an immediate focus on public safety and quality-of-life improvements and broader efforts to attract
new businesses and cultural programming in the future. A key element of the plan will be the appointment of a dedicated City Hall staffer — Moreno’s former chief of staff, Sayde Finkel — to lead the effort and coordinate various initiatives among city departments and outside organizations. Once a bustling retail district and economic beacon of the South, Canal Street has been the subject of at least six studies over the past four decades,
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New Orleans city officials announced on Monday that $97,500 in grant funding will go to 26 businesses impacted by ongoing construction in the French Quarter along Decatur and St. Peter streets — to mixed reaction from local shops. Applicants approved for the Business Stabilization Fund were notified late last week and will receive either $5,000 or $2,500, according to a document provided by Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration. “It’s a small fraction of what our costs are for one week,” said Katerina Sutton, the owner of Gazebo Cafe at 1018 Decatur St., which was approved for a $5,000 grant. For Sutton, the grants feel almost like an “attempt to appease everyone.” She said she’s already lost both business and potential employees, who would rather work elsewhere in the city where they could make more. Moreno and other city officials announced the financial lifeline last month after businesses and residents pushed back on the Sewerage & Water Board’s prolonged effort to replace the 115-yearold water mains below Decatur between Esplanade Avenue and Dumaine Street. The project is approaching its second year and has led to some permanent business closures. Moreno said in June that several nonprofits and public bodies
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Netanyahu pleased with Trump meeting BY ERIN CUNNINGHAM, MICHELLE L. PRICE and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had an “excellent” meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, their first sitdown since launching a joint war ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO against Iran that offered Netanyahu a chance to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks smooth out strains in their to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, and Secretary relationship. of State Marco Rubio before the funeral of Sen. Lindsey The closed-door meeting Graham on Tuesday. lasted nearly an hour and a
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half and was “positive and productive,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. The ä U.S. says W h i t e it knocked House did down Iranian not immediately of- missile fer more attack. PAGE 10A details. It comes as both leaders face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and is embattled in part because
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