It was a haven for good paying jobs for decades, so could 2018 be the year the closed Avondale Shipyard is returned to commerce in Jefferson Parish? There appears to renewed optimism that word could come soon on a possible sale of the sprawling shipyard along the Mississippi River.
“Putting that shipyard and that property back into commerce has been our number one priority for a couple of years,” said Jerry Bologna, President and CEO of JEDCO, an economic development entity for Jefferson Parish. Read more >>