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Economic-development office reports large transactions and pipeline of projects for St. Tammany Parish
Summary
The parish’s economic development chief described a busy start to 2026 with multiple corporate transactions and a pipeline of site and expansion projects; he highlighted recruitment efforts, workforce and infrastructure challenges and upcoming outreach to site selectors.
Russell Richardson, president and CEO of the local economic development corporation, briefed the council on recent corporate activity and the office’s pipeline of projects.
Richardson said the parish has seen substantial transactions in 2026 and described ongoing recruitment and retention work. “To date, in 2026, we’ve had $25,000,000,000 in investment into St. Tammany Parish,” Richardson said, adding that recent announcements represent roughly 2,000 jobs and that his office has engaged about 100 companies over the past four months. He emphasized that those headline values reflect company transactions and not all cash flowing directly…
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