Good morning, New Orleans.

In May 2027 The Carrollton will mark its fourth year in the restored Carrollton Courthouse, offering tech-enabled senior living with Vayyar fall detection, a Triton Therapy gym, fitness classes five days a week, and restaurant-style dining at 701 S.

Carrollton Ave.

The New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter offers wraparound housing, employment, and child services for intact families, has served more than 5,000 parents and children with under 2% returning to homelessness, and moved into a new Mid-City facility in 2025 as it seeks business partners for its next chapter.

VOA Southeast Louisiana is celebrating 130 years and announced plans to build Oak Plaza, a 46,500 sqft rehab of two historic buildings in the BioMedical District that will house behavioral health, social services, and community support and expand services to the 26,000 people it serves annually across 16 parishes.

Erin Kolb, MSW, LCSW, NFA, was named to this year’s New Orleans 500 after a 21-year career at Poydras Home where she rose from social worker to CEO and led the community through the pandemic, Hurricane Ida, a 200th anniversary and a 2023 Green House Project $22 million expansion.

Gayle Benson bought the Windsor Court hotel at 300 Gravier St.; the sale closed Friday, Oct.

30, returning the 42-year-old luxury property to full local ownership while the Berger Company retains a minority stake. She plans major renovations beginning with a full rooms overhaul, with budget and timeline still to be set.

Glue Clothing Exchange is closing today after 20 years on Oak Street; owner Jeff Nelson will record 20 songs, tour the country, and launch a clothing line in November with shirts + hats, and Mary's Rack will move into the space.

Tourists are flooding the city for Halloween weekend, with ghost tours + haunted attractions and the debut Freaky Deaky festival drawing crowds today and pushing downtown hotel occupancy toward 90% for Saturday night.

Sixteen women incarcerated at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel earned bachelor’s degrees from Tulane through a partnership with New Orleans nonprofit Operation Restoration during a graduation ceremony this week, raising the program’s total graduates to 29 and highlighting career pathways after release.

Michael Ince, director of the city's Office of Nighttime Economy (the 'night mayor'), works nights to help bars, musicians, and workers with noise complaints, grants, parking, and permits, and has launched programs like discount parking and Tune Up grants since 2023.

French Quarter businesses affected by Sewerage & Water Board construction on Decatur Street between Esplanade and Dumaine can apply for a second round of Business Stabilization Fund grants up to $2,500; applications are open through Nov.

11 for firms operating since Jan. 1, 2025 that can verify construction-related losses.

The Louisiana Public Health Institute received a $20 million Gulf Futures Challenge grant to launch Gulf Hub, a five-year program that will fund solar-plus-storage and resilience upgrades at eight community health centers and build a regional network to serve more than 500,000 residents across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida; clinic winners will be announced in early 2027.

The American Cancer Society GenNow Network will host the ninth annual Shuck Cancer fundraiser on Nov.

19 at Champions Square, with 100 oyster vendors, wine pairings, local restaurants, craft beer, a silent auction, live entertainment, and a Patron Party to raise funds for patient transportation and lodging across Louisiana.

LCMC Health and Ochsner are expanding cancer care in New Orleans, with LCMC launching a Phase 1 clinical trials program and a free Uniquely You genetics screening for 100,000 Louisianans over five years (results link participants to counselors), while Ochsner partners with MD Anderson to bring advanced treatment pathways locally.