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Financial
Institutions:
First
American Bank, New Orleans Firemen's Federal Credit Union, Regions Bank,
River Region Federal Credit Union, Whitney National Bank
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Sales Tax:
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4% |
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School Board----------- |
2% |
| Gramercy--------------------- |
1% |
| Lutcher----------------------- |
1% |
| Unincorporated--------------- |
1% |
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Property
Taxes/ Assessment Ratio:
There
is no state property tax. Only local and parish government
levy property taxes. Industrial property improvement assessed
at 15% of market value, land at 10%. Private residence
assessed at 10% of market value. No property tax on first
$75,000.
Parish Millage: East 104.57, West 104.04,Specail Millage, 8.42
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Labor
Force:
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James Parish |
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Parish Area |
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Orleans MSA |
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Transportation:
Highways:
Interstate 10,
LA 44, U.S. Hwy 61, LA 70, LA 18, LA 20, LA 3125, LA 3127, LA
3213
Railroads:
Illinois
Central, Kansas City Southern, Union pacific
Airports:
St.
James/Ascension Airport Authority
4000 feet of runway, 12 miles from parish line
St. John Parish Airport
4,000 feet of runway, 10 miles from parish line
New Orleans International Airport
200,000 feet of runway, 45 miles from parish line
Bridges:
Two
bridges from the east and west boundaries of St. James Parish,
the Sunshine Bridge on the west and the Veterans Memorial
Bridge on the east
Water:
Mississippi
River and the Port of South Louisiana. The Port of South
Louisiana includes 200 million tons of cargo annually, making
it the largest tonnage port in the US and second in the world.
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Major
Industries:
Air
Products
CLL
CS Metals of Louisiana
Cargill K-2
Chevron/Phillips Chemical
Colonial Sugars
Equilon Pipeline, L.L.C
IC rail Marine Terminal
IMC-Agrico (Faustina)
IMC-Agrico (Uncle Sam)
Kaiser Aluminum
HSPV, L.L.C., St. Elmo Terminal
Motiva enterprise
Occidental Chemicals
Zapp's Potato Chips
Zen-Noh grain Company
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Available
Land:
Most
sites feature easy access to interstate, state &
parish highways and rail services. Several properties
are pre-permitted by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for
dock facilities
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West
Bank |
River
Mile |
River
Frontage/Footage |
Acreage |
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St.
Joe plantation |
W152.0 |
2800' |
1,600 |
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St.
Alice Plantation* |
W164.6 |
800' |
328 |
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Minnie
& St. Louis * |
W164.6 |
2000' |
892 |
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Winchester/Whitney
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W165.2 |
1250' |
784 |
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Winchester/Acadia
* |
W164.4 |
2450' |
1,529 |
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East
Bank |
River
Mile |
River
Frontage/Footage |
Acreage |
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Hester
Plantation |
E152.0 |
6,026' |
888 |
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Welham-Marathon |
E153.3 |
9,550' |
747 |
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Shady
Grove |
E161.6 |
785' |
231 |
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Peabody/St.
Rose/Colomb |
E162.5 |
1,800' |
932 |
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Wilton |
E162.9 |
4,900 |
2,970 |
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Ancient
Domain |
E167.0 |
770' |
234 |
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Stein
Properties |
E167.5 |
800' |
200 |
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