Jerry Strahan has been wrangling Lucky Dog vendors for nearly 40 years and has the stories to prove it. Amy Wendel carries on the family tradition of Hove, the French Quarter’s French Creole perfumery. Amy and Jerry pay it forward with online marketersEmber Networks .

Pete Tompkins and Joel Dondis, the Kings of chocolate city empires Southern Candymakers and Sucre hold court at Commander’s Palace, on the joys and struggles of the candy biz. On the other side of street, the opposite of candy – the new alternative healthy living store, Well.

La State tax credits aren’t just for Hollywood producers any more. Peter Loop introduces eTax Credit Exchange where YOU can buy a credit and lower your taxes. Orleans Parish Assessor Eroll Williams will also lower your taxes, if you can convince him. Want everyone in NOLA to send you money? Click here: FundDat.

Iftikhar Ahmad, Director of Aviation at Louis Armstrong International Airport is ready to take off with an $860m overhaul of the airport. At the Lakefront airport Keith Sisson from new Southern Airways Express will fly you to the beach. Peter Pays it Forward with Clandestine New Orleans.

Greg Ensslen is founder of the Freret Street Market and one of the prime movers in bringing Freret Street from blight to boom. President of the Greater Mid City Business Association Josef Wright presides over the sprawling new hospital district and resurgence of Carrolton Avenue. Plus we hit the swamps with Lost Lands.