NEW ORLEANS (press launch) – New Orleans-based structure and inside design agency NANO was chosen because the “2021 Small Enterprise of the Yr” on the second annual Morial Awards ceremony hosted by the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Conference Heart on March 16. The Morial Awards acknowledge native companies which have demonstrated progressive progress and financial influence, in addition to distinctive contributions to the sustainability and progress of native communities and small companies throughout the state of Louisiana. NANO was chosen amongst class finalists Gotech, Inc. and VPG Enterprise.
“We really feel extremely honored to obtain this recognition,” stated NANO architect and co-founder Terri Hogan Dreyer. “It reminds us that the work we do for our shoppers can have a broader, constructive influence on our group that continues lengthy after our half in a undertaking is accomplished.”
Based in 2001, NANO holds an in depth portfolio of native and nationwide business, residential, instructional, municipal and industrial tasks, together with a job because the architect of file for The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Conference Heart’s ongoing multi-million-dollar capital enhancements undertaking. They’re additionally the primary structure agency from the state of Louisiana to be invited to the Venice Biennale the place they gained the 2021 ECC Structure Award.
“We want to categorical our congratulations to NANO,” stated Michael J. Sawaya, Conference Heart president. “As a significant financial generator, we’re dedicated to the expansion and prosperity of our area. Celebrating the successes and investing within the well being of native companies is an enormous a part of our philosophy to help small and deprived enterprise enterprises, in addition to native companies.”
The Morial awards have been established in celebration of former Mayor Ernest N. Morial’s achievements and his legacy as a civil rights activist and political pioneer. As the primary Black mayor of New Orleans in 1977, a place he held for 2 phrases by 1986, he championed the Conference Heart’s building and noticed it as a strategy to promote financial improvement, particularly for native and various small companies.
