ACHIEVEMENTS

• Provided the leadership to bring back The New Orleans East Hospital.

• Provided the leadership to bring back Walmart in New Orleans East.

• Provided the leadership to establish the Driver's License Office in New Orleans East.

• Saints Training Center Construct Funding (Kept the Saints in New Orleans).

• New Orleans Arena Construct Funding (Brought the NBA to New Orleans).

• Morial Convention Center Expansion (Grew our hospitality industry).

• $10 million in funding to develop Jazzland/Six Flags Theme Park.

• $10.5 million in funding to bring the National Finance Center to New Orleans East.

• $5 million to purchase land/buildings for the New Orleans Regional Business Park.

• $6 million to triple the size of the campus at Southern University at New Orleans.

• Opened a Levee Board police substation in Little Woods.

• Millions of dollars to resurface Chef Highway.

• Created double turning lanes at I-10 and Bullard, Read, and Crowder Blvd.

• Landscaped with shrubbery at Bullard, Read, and Crowder Blvd.

• Developed a Minority Assistance Bonding Program.

• Brought State funding to the New Orleans East Economic Development Foundation.

• Funded the New Orleans East Visitors Center.

• $3.5 million to construct a community Center in Eastern New Orleans.

• Passed legislation to help revitalize the Lake Forest Plaza Mall and Methodist Hospital.

• Over $11 million secured to revitalize Lincoln Beach.

• Funded pre-school, after-school tutorial, retail training, and senior citizen programs.

• Passed Legislation to create the Louisiana Human Rights Commission.

• Passed legislation to create The Small Business Development at SUNO.

• Millions of dollars secured in State Funds to Build Joe Brown Swimming Pool.

• $1.5 Million for Lower Ninth Ward Preschool Program.

• $2.5 Million for Lower Ninth Ward Group Homes and Juvenile Counseling Center.

• Constructed several new single family homes at Dubreuil St. in The Lower Ninth Ward.​