The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association is asking Sen. Ed Murray to adjust the borders of a proposed Hospitality and Entertainment District to exclude the Marigny. Frenchmen Street, the neighborhood’s prime tourist attraction, is currently included in the proposal for a sweeping zone in which new hotel and food-beverage taxes would be controlled by a board largely composed of hospitality industry executives and the mayor.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Zoning out
Some neighborhoods are already rebelling against the Hospitality Zone
CityBiz:
Labels:
Hospitality Zone,
New Orleans,
tourism
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