Crossroads of the South Tangipahoa Parish, LOUISIANA
Cover Photography by Phillip Colwart
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ith access to key north-south and east-west interstates, Tangipahoa Parish is ideally situated as a distribution hub. Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Winn Dixie, Entergy and Cardinal Health are just a few of the companies who have found this area logistically perfect for their distribution centers.
DRIVING DISTANCE 42 miles to Baton Rouge 49 miles to New Orleans 150 miles to Mobile, AL 302 miles to Houston, TX 338 miles to Memphis, TN 470 miles to Atlanta, GA 615 miles to St. Louis, MO
Dallas
Shreveport Monroe Alexandria
Houston
Beaumont
Galveston
Interstate Barge
Meridian Hattiesburg
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Rail
Jackson
Biloxi New Orleans
Hammond
Transportation INTERSTATE • • • •
I-12 and I-55 intersect in Parish I-10 is 35 minutes south I-59 is 40 minutes east 15 local motor freight carriers
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Canadian National Railroad dissects the Parish north/south All the Class I RRs in North America connect in Louisiana Rail Access on site from 5 acres to 2,900 acres Port Manchac has 3 tracks totaling 6,000 feet of public rail storage
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Port Manchac, a 40-acre intermodal facility, offers: Adjacency to I-55 and CN Railroad Two 30,000 sq.ft. warehouses 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse with 1,000 lbs/sf barge dock Available land for new facilities will consider owed to suit 70-foot DOTD certified truck scale Barge dock that handles 1,000 lbs/sf Three tracks totaling 6,000 feet of rail storage Mainline switching twice weekly Stevedoring services Barge service to Lake Pontchatrain, Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans, provided for this location Shallow draft 9’ clearance New Port Tax incentives available
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Port of New Orleans The only deepwater port served by six Class I railroads Port of Greater Baton Rouge Situated at the convergence of the Mississippi River and the US Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Port of South Louisiana Top ranked in the country for export tonnage and total tonnage
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40 miles to New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport 138 daily flights/38 cities 12 major carriers 42 miles to Baton Rouge Regional Airport American, Delta, Northwest and Continental Nonstop to Atlanta, Chicago, Orlando, Houston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Washington, DC, Memphis Hammond Regional Airport 5,000 foot and 6500 foot runways US Customs Office
Demographics Population: 121,097 Parish: over 1.75 million – 60 mile radius Workforce: 54,137-Parish: 861,931 – 60 mile radius High School or better education: 80% Average Wage: $33,931 compared to US Average: $40,154 Median HH Income: $36,207
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he average wage and salary differential is well below the national average due to the lower cost of living in the area. According to the US Census Bureau, Louisiana ranks #1 in worker productivity in manufacturing in the country. The region offers a well-balanced mix of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
4Q 2010
INDUSTRIES
WAGE/WK
EMPLOYED
Agriculture 86 $669 Utilities 356 $1,031 Construction 1,759 $850 Manufacturing 2,288 $703 Wholesale trade 1,713 $816 Retail trade 6,093 $479 Transportation/warehousing 2,200 $717 Prof/Technical Services 696 $1,106 Management of Companies 282 $1,043 Administration/Waste Services 1,755 $438 Educational Services 5,209 $657 Health Care/Social Assistance 8,958 $710 Accommodation/Food Services 3,799 $246
Education & Workforce Training Southeastern Louisiana University
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ithin an hour’s drive, there are 13 universities, colleges and community colleges that provide Tangipahoa Parish with diverse educational opportunities as well as an energetic and qualified workforce.
Northshore Technical Community CollegeHammond Campus
HEALTHCARE Healthca re requi rements a re provided by multiple public and private medical facilities in the Parish. The larger facilities are North Oaks Medical Center, the largest and best equipped on the Northshore, North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital in Hammond, LSU Regional Medical Center in Independence and Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite, Acadian Ambulance offers medi-vac and ambulance service throughout the parish. These medical service providers offer state-of-the-art equipment, qualified personnel and specialized medical practitioners.
Hood Memorial Hospital
LSU Regional Medical Center
Available Sites & Buildings C
entrally located in the fast growing auto corridor the 2,900 acre Zachary Taylor Mega Site is also in a Congressionally-designed New Market Census Tract offering federal New Market Fox Credits to developers/ investors of this site. The 4.5 square mile site is one of the only 25 certified mega sites in the U.S. With a workforce of almost 968,000 within a 60 mile radius this site is ready for a major employer.
20-Acre Airport Plaza Site on Rail
Zachary Taylor Mega Site
To view all available sites and facilities in Tangipahoa Parish please go to our web site at www.tedf.org
Incentives
Southeastern Louisiana Business Center
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angipahoa Parish is aggressively pursuing smart growth and will customize a program of financial incentives for qualified companies.
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Workforce Training and Development Community Development Block Grants Enterprise Zone Program Restoration Tax Abatement Program Industrial Property Tax Exemption Quality Jobs Program
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Sales and Use Tax Exemption Inventory Tax Credit Corporate Jobs Tax Credit Program Research and Development Tax Credit Program Automotive and Aerospace Industry Tax Credit US New Market Tax Credits
Tangipahoa
Economic Development Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 985-549-3170 Fax: 985-549-2127 e-mail: bob@tedf.org www.tedf.org