# Hour 2: When it comes to economic growth opportunity, New Orleans East is where it's at Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167/hour-2-when-it-comes-to-economic-growth-opportunity-new-orleans-east-is-where-it-s-at Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167/hour-2-when-it-comes-to-economic-growth-opportunity-new-orleans-east-is-where-it-s-at.md Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167) Published: 2026-07-08T16:55:38+00:00 Episode link: https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8497932_2026-07-08-173032 Audio file: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8497932/8497932_2026-07-08-173032.128.mp3?rssID=3856 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newell-normand-2482167/episodes/hour-2-when-it-comes-to-economic-growth-opportunity-new-orleans-east-is-where-it-s-at Duration seconds: 2289 ## Resource This hour, Newell has on Matt Wolfe, Vice President of Communications at GNO Inc., to talk about New Orleans launching the New Orleans East Investment and Job Corridors, Corporate Realty's 2025 office market report calling last year a turning point, pointing to Shell USA's 142,000-square-foot River District headquarters, and more. Then, Commander Andrés Otero, the Officer in Charge at the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic in New Orleans located at LSU New Orleans, joins the show to talk about four naval commands across the Gulf signing an MOA to launch the Gulf Coast Defense Catalyst. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newell-normand-2482167/episodes/hour-2-when-it-comes-to-economic-growth-opportunity-new-orleans-east-is-where-it-s-at/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167/hour-2-when-it-comes-to-economic-growth-opportunity-new-orleans-east-is-where-it-s-at.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.