4th Annual Animals In Art Festival, December 6, 2024
Come see artists and celebrate the holidays in Folsom.
Folsom Animals in Art Festival
Giddy Up Folsom
82292 Hwy 25
Folsom, LA 70437
December 6, 2024
6pm – 9pm
Christmas Arts and Crafts Show, December 7 & 8, 2024
Enjoy shopping, food, and face painting in Mandeville.
Christmas Arts and Craft Show
Castine Center in Pelican Park
63350 Pelican Drive
Mandeville, LA 70448
December 7 & 8, 2024
Free event!
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Newk’s Eatery to Open First New Orleans Metro Location in Mandeville
A vacant storefront in Mandeville, which has hosted a variety of restaurants over the past decade, will soon welcome a new tenant: Newk’s Eatery. This marks the national chain’s first foray into the competitive New Orleans metro dining scene.
Set to open next spring, Newk’s will occupy a 5,500-square-foot corner location in The Village Shopping Center on U.S. 190, according to Rhonda Sharkawy of Stirling Properties. The restaurant will also feature a 785-square-foot patio, offering additional outdoor seating.
Founded in Oxford, Mississippi, in 2004, Newk’s Eatery has expanded to over 100 locations across 13 states, serving a casual menu of salads, sandwiches, and pizza. The company’s headquarters are in Jackson, Mississippi.
Newk’s was previously owned by Sentinel Capital Partners but was sold in 2023 to FSC Franchise Co., the parent company of Beef O’Brady’s and Brass Tap. While Newk’s already has a presence in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Monroe, this Mandeville location will be its first in the New Orleans metro area.
The Mandeville site has been vacant since last year, following the closure of Felix’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar, which opened in late 2019 but was unable to sustain its northshore location. The space has a history of hosting a series of dining concepts. Before Felix’s, the location was home to N’Tini’s, a popular Chalmette transplant that thrived in Mandeville after relocating in 2007. The space briefly became Due North by Legacy Kitchen in 2017, and prior to N’Tini’s, it housed Rockafeller’s Steakhouse.
With Newk’s set to make its debut in Mandeville, the brand aims to bring its signature casual fare to a bustling dining market and tap into the area’s growing demand for diverse dining options.
Second Home Areas’ Share in U.S. Housing Construction
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that in the second quarter of 2024, second home areas accounted for 17.5% of single-family and 8.6% of multifamily construction. Recent NAHB research shows there are approximately 6.5 million second homes in the U.S., making up 4.6% of the total housing stock. For this analysis, “second home areas” are defined as counties where second homes represent more than 10.3% of the total housing stock, placing them in the top 25% of counties nationwide. A total of 788 counties fall into this category.
Single-Family Construction Trends
The market share of single-family construction in second home areas has increased by more than four percentage points over the past nine years. In the fourth quarter of 2015, second home areas had a 13.2% share of the single-family market, which rose to 17.5% by the second quarter of 2024. This figure is slightly lower than its peak of 18.3% in the first quarter of 2023.
The growth rate for single-family construction in second home areas hit its highest point in the third quarter of 2021, reaching 38.5%. The first decline in growth was recorded in the third quarter of 2022, followed by five consecutive quarters of decreases until early 2024. Between late 2015 and mid-2024, single-family construction in second home areas had an average growth rate of 9.1%, compared to 5.1% in non-second home areas.
Multifamily Construction Trends
While smaller, the multifamily market share in second home areas has also grown, rising from 5.5% in late 2015 to 8.6% in mid-2024—an increase of 3.1 percentage points. However, growth has been less consistent than in the single-family sector, with several periods of decline, including in 2017, early 2021, and the start of 2024. The most recent data shows an 11.8% drop in growth, down from a peak growth rate of 53.1% in the third quarter of 2022, indicating a slowdown in multifamily construction nationwide.
Jazz n The Vines Presents, Pine Leaf Boys, November 16, 2024
Enjoy live music in Bush.
Jazz’n the Vines Spring Concert Series Presents The Iguanas
November 16, 2024
6:30PM
Pontchartrain Vineyards
81250 Old Military Rd.
Bush, LA 70431
Admission: $12 ages 18+, $5 ages 13-17, free ages 12 and under
Cars & Coffee, November 16, 2024
This month Cars & Coffee will be at Pizza Platoon in Slidell.
Cars & Coffee
Pizza Platoon
460 Town Center Pkwy
Slidell, LA 70458
November 16, 2024
9am – 11am
This is a free event!
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