It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

When we talk about "the New Orleans business community" we generally have a mental picture of the CBD. We might include spokes that poke out from that center a few miles the Marigny, Mid City, and Uptown. If we re particularly expansive we might even talk about "the metro area" as a way to include Metairie and the North Shore. On this edition of Out to Lunch we re pushing the business boundary out a little further. Both West and South. You re going to be surprised about what we discover and who we meet. Heading west along the I 10 from New Orleans, just past the airport, you can turn off to Luling. It s near Boutte and Paradis. Most of the folks out this way are connected in some way to what they call "the plants." They re not talking about nature. In fact, quite the opposite they re talking about oil and chemical refineries. Kimberley Lipari lives in Luling. But she doesn t work at the plant. Kimberly is Chief of Operations for a company called Valet. Valet has employees across the country, from Florida to W