Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitchell J. Landrieu has asked Pittsburgh’s Bill Strickland, President & CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation to co-chair an advisory board which will guide his administration’s plans to rebuild Louisiana’s tourism & cultural economies.

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By Tony LaRussa, Tribune-Review
The head of the Manchester Bidwell Corp. on the North Side has been tapped by Louisiana’s lieutenant governor to co-chair an advisory board that will help guide the rebuilding of the state’s tourism and cultural industries.

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Pittsburgh, PA - October 7, 2005: - Louisiana’s Lieutenant Governor, Mitchell J. Landrieu, has asked Pittsburgh’s Bill Strickland, President & CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation to co-chair an advisory board which will guide his administration’s plans to rebuild Louisiana’s tourism & cultural economies. Also co-chairing this board are jazz great Wynton Marsalis and the Chairman & Founder of Essence Communications, Ed Lewis.

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