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Coconut Beach will break ground in Kenner

Mayor Mike S.Yenni, The Kenner City Council and the owners of Coconut Beach are excited to announce the ground breaking for the New Coconut Beach Volleyball Complex. Read more »

JEDCO Incubator Tenant Receives Angel Funding

The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) is proud to announce that Crescent Unmanned Systems, LLC is the recent recipient of angel funding by the South Coast Angel Fund. Read more »

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Tell Us About Your Jefferson

Request for Photo Ideas

Help us capture your view of Jefferson Parish in words and in photos. Tell us what so special about it--why it's a great place to live, work and play.

If your suggestion is chosen for inclusion in the JEDCO Annual Report, you could win a framed professional photo of your favorite or most intriguing or interesting place. 

We’re looking for recommendations in a number of categories, on both banks of Jefferson Parish. Explain your picks, and why they’re special to you. Photos with exact locations are preferred. This is not a photo contest so actual photo quality isn’t important. 

Go to Jefferson Parish - Opportunity Lives Here 's Facebook page and upload your entry today, or email ljones@jedco.org. All entries must be received by 2/21/11. 

  • Favorite picnic spot
  • Favorite park and specific location there
  • Quiet spot to sit and read a book
  • Coffee spot, and why
  • Place to enjoy the natural bounties of Jefferson
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Shopping experience
  • Most interesting commercial architecture in the parish
  • Favorite office building
  • Farmers Market
  • Item(s) to purchase in Farmers Market
  • Favorite bar
  • Place to eat lunch
  • Most iconic industrial view
  • Best examples of economic development
  • Favorite spot in Fat City
  • Favorite food court
  • Best public art

Tell us what you think

Participate in a beautification competition for innovative ideas and designs to improve the aesthetics of the parish’s open drainage canals. Design solutions that can be implemented to make Jefferson Parish canals more visually appealing are the goal of this competition. Read more »

Jefferson Life Magazine

Jefferson Life Magazine

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