More awards for the LBTC: The LSU Louisiana Business & Technology Center is a finalist for National Business Incubation Association’s 2009 Incubator Innovation Award. LBTC is up for the award, because of its business incubator on wheels program, which provides training to rural areas and disaster areas. The winner of the award will be announced April 21 at the NBIA international conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Have a cuppa tea: Teavana, which operates more than 80 tea houses at shopping malls across the United States, is planning to open its first Louisiana location in the Mall of Louisiana. The chain has applied for a building permit to open a store in the mall. No opening date has been set, but Teavana is expected to move into The Boulevard, the mall’s open-air expansion. Atlanta-based Teavana specializes in high-quality, loose-leaf teas.
