The BioDistrict New Orleans is a 2.4 square mile (1500 acre) state-enabled economic development district (with taxing and bonding authority) that was created by the State of Louisiana in 2005 and charged with the responsibility of growing both the programmatic and physical development components of the biosciences sector of the New Orleans economy. The District is made up of LSU and Tulane University Health Science Centers, Xavier University and School of Pharmacy, and Delgado College specializing in Allied Healthcare Campus. But what truly makes the District unique is that it includes a thriving historic residential community, sports venues, Theatre District, and industrial/manufacturing areas, the City and State Complexes and areas that has designated and will be pre-certified as a biomedical research park.