The Solomon family and the Emeril Lagasse Foundation announce $2 million gift to NOCCA
 

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The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts*(NOCCA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and today one of its alumni, partnering with the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, gave the school a hearty gift to say congratulations. Gary Solomon Jr., with the support of the Solomon family, teamed up with Lagasse to grant $2 million to the new NOCCA Forum building, which will house an expanded culinary arts program and a full-day academic curriculum.

The gift will fund not only the building, but the programming that will happen inside of it.? [ Read more ]

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