The Business Report Calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region businesses community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. E-mail tboone@businessreport.com with information.
Tuesday -- Interfaith Worker Justice and the Baton Rouge Chapter of the NAACP will hold a prayer breakfast for the Employee Free Choice Act and comprehensive Health Care reform at 8:30 a.m. in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Catholic Student Center at Southern University.
Tuesday -- U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy will hold a town hall meeting on health care reform starting at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Cassidy, a kidney specialist, is a member of the GOP Health Care Task Force and the Congressional Health Care Caucus. For more information, call 929-7711.
Tuesday -- Metro Councilwoman Tara Wicker will hold a hurricane preparedness meeting for constituents at 6 p.m. at the McKinley Alumni Center. Jay Grymes, WAFB chief meteorologist and the former state climatologist, will be the guest speaker.
Wednesday -- Progress Is Baton Rouge, a new grass roots organization, will hold a social with Mayor Kip Holden at 6 p.m. at the 333 Bistreaux downtown. Progress Is Baton Rouge has been formed to advocate for projects in the city, including the capital improvements bond issue, set to go on the November ballot. For more information, visit the Web site progressis.org.
July 8 -- A free seminar on transforming businesses with Customer Relationship Management Systems will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Louisiana Office Supply Conference Center. The event, sponsored by Bascom-Hunter, will teach companies about technology that can automate the sales force, marketing, and contact management. For more details, click here.
July 10 -- Walter Monsour, president and CEO of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, will be the guest speaker at the Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce's monthly executive luncheon, which will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. To RSVP, click here.
Sept. 17 -- Louisiana Looking Up 2009, hosted by the LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Louisiana Chapter, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. This will be the sixth time for the annual events, which celebrates entrepreneurship in Louisiana. Bill Jeansonne, a commercial agent at Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate, will serve as the chair of Louisiana Looking Up 2009. For more information, click here.
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