Downtown Community Challenges City Rationale  on Move of Civil District Court

New Orleans Bar Association recently learned that the City of New Orleans had a plan that would result in the relocation of all of the Orleans Parish Civil Courts from their present downtown location to the area of Tulane and Broad near the present Criminal Courts. The legal community is a major economic force downtown, employing over 6,700 lawyers and support staff which occupy over 30% of the downtown office space. Moving the civil courts where most lawyers practice will disperse lawyers away from the downtown area, leaving building vacancies and small ancillary businesses without a substantial portion of their client base.

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Twelve pages of the latest Vieux Carre and VCPORA news, including news on the latest legislative advances, VCPORA opposition to the latest Woolworth building high-rise, the VCC and security cameras, a report from the North Rampart Main Street Project, the closing of King Bolden's, and much more. 12 pages.

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