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Nicholas Lalla Author Talk
Tue, Jun 10
|The Garden District Book Shop
Join us at the Garden District Book Shop on June 10th for an author talk with Nicholas Lalla celebrating their book Reinventing the Heartland
Time & Location
Jun 10, 2025, 6:00 PM
The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
About the event
The Garden District Book Shop is excited to host author, urbanist, and native New Orleanian Nicholas Lalla on Tuesday, June 10th. The event will kick off at 6:00 PM. Lalla will be joined by Jeff Schwartz, the Director of the Office of Economic Development for the City of New Orleans to discuss his new book and then open up the floor for an audience Q&A. Afterwards, he will be available to personalize copies of Reinventing the Heartland.
REINVENTING THE HEARTLAND: How One City's Inclusive Approach to Innovation and Growth Can Revive the American Dream
Reinventing the Heartland shares the story of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s successful efforts to reinvent itself—a powerful example of the change America needs, and a model for how tech companies, startups, investors, and urban developers can establish new tech hubs and achieve inclusive growth. Lalla founded Tulsa Innovation Labs in 2020 and built northeast Oklahoma’s tech economy from…