Kenner, Louisiana
Population: 70,517
Located in Jefferson Parish
Water, water everywhere! Kenner is surrounded on all sides by water, and is unlike any other city in Louisiana. "Laketown" was the term given to the previously underdeveloped lakefront on Lake Pontchartrain. A new Convention Center named the Pontchartrain Center began construction and opened to rave reviews, a waterfront park and boat launch was developed and riverboat gaming came to the area with the opening of the Treasure Chest Casino (which boasts the best numbers of any such boat in the Southeast Louisiana region). Mega super stores chose Kenner as sites for stores as more upscale residential developments bloom. In November 1996, Kenner's Mayor, Louis Congemi, took the city's history on the road to "show and tell" how Kenner grew to become Louisiana's sixth largest city. Rivertown continues to attract lots of news media attention through the opening of new exhibits and special programs. Rivertown now features six museums, three theatres, art gallery, restaurants, shops and the only life-size prototype of the NASA Space Station. Included in Rivertown are storytellers, magicians, puppeteers and music-makers. There is a massive collection of toy trains, working models and visitor activated trains which are just a part of one of the museums. There's also a children's "play scape" designed for early elementary and preschool visitors that feature a half scale caboose playhouse. Outdoors is a red clay dirt race track for radio remote controlled model cars. Kenner offers residents a wonderfully warm climate with temperatures in the high forties during the winter months and soaring into the nineties during the summer time. Such weather is wonderfully accommodating for colorful gardens and lake homes. Architecture in Kenner homes and buildings features the best of all the international influences that are seen throughout this region of Louisiana. There are plenty of Spanish and French styles. Homes range greatly in pricing. One can purchase a beautiful, yet affordable three bedroom, two bathroom home with over 1,700 square feet on a sizable lot for only $75,000. However, if you are looking for the splendor of the south, you can also find a beautiful home with three bedrooms, and four bathrooms with a luxurious square footage of over 7,000 feet, situated on the waterfront, with over twenty acres of land to enjoy, plan on spending about $2.5 million dollars. Want to dance the night away? How about enjoy Mardi Gras? New Orleans, of which Kenner is a part, is the city to do it in! With so much to do and see, you'll never have the change to say you're bored. Come and explore Kenner, you'll never want to leave!
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