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The Louisiana Economic Development opens the Global Black Economic Forum stage at the Essence Festival of Culture. We begin where it all starts: with community. This conversation brings together leading voices from Louisiana Economic Development, New Orleans & Company, and the New Orleans Office of Tourism and Culture to reflect on what it means to build, invest, and lead with purpose—especially in a city as culturally rich and resilient as New Orleans.
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00:00What makes me get up is, and I will take it from a page of essence, I believe that truly as a native New Orleanian as well, that we're made like this.
00:11I like it.
00:12And I'm made to support our culture.
00:15At NLTCF, our motto is culture is our open door.
00:19And what pushes me, not really pushes me, I'm really running out the door, it needs to catch up with me, is the fact that we open the doors to our culture.
00:30Which drives our economy.
00:32I believe the culture drives the economy of the city and the state of Louisiana.
00:37And that is why I do it, because I see the opportunity and the economic impact, such as $350 million into our state.
00:47So that is why I do it.
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