City of Monroe, LA

Media Contact:
Christine Rambo, NLEP SVP of Communications
(Cell) 318.537.0703 or (Email) crambo@nlep.org

What: News Conference/Premiere Party to Unveil Efforts to Market Northeast Louisiana

When: April 12, 2018, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Where: Vantage Tower Banquet Room, 130 Desiard Street, Monroe, LA

Northeast Louisiana Opportunity, a branding project to promote Northeast Louisiana, will unveil its latest marketing initiatives to promote communities in our region for economic development, workforce recruitment and to improve pride in place. The event billed as a Premiere Party will rally our community to support a better quality of life and to help share the good news coming from Northeast Louisiana.

Northeast Louisiana Opportunity is a coalition of community partners from Ouachita, Lincoln, Union and Morehouse Parishes that came together in 2013 to develop solutions to recruit and retain a workforce, to support our employers, to combat the misperceptions of our region, to stem the outmigration of our best and brightest and to improve our pride in place.

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

MUNICIPALITIES
City of Monroe
City of Ruston
City of West Monroe
Town of Farmerville

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND CONVENTION & VISTORS BUREAUS
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau
Morehouse Economic Development Corporation
North Louisiana Economic Partnership
Ruston-Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau
Union Parish Chamber of Commerce
West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce

PRIVATE SECTOR/NONPROFITS
CenturyLink
Keep Morehouse Beautiful
Ouachita Business Alliance

HIGHER EDUCATION
Grambling State University
Louisiana Delta Community College
Louisiana Tech University
University of Louisiana at Monroe

PREMIERE PARTY EVENT SPONSORS
Centric Federal Credit Union
Copeland’s of New Orleans
RoeLA Roaster
Texas Roadhouse
Vantage Health Plan