The 2015 Baton Rouge Business Awards and Hall of Fame winners will be honored at a gala set for Thursday, March 19, at the Crowne Plaza, 4728 Constitution Ave. Tickets for the gala—which is presented annually by Business Report and Junior Achievement—are available for $80 each, with tables of 10 available for $750. Tickets are available online or by calling (225) 928-1700.
As announced last month, this year’s winners, as selected by a panel of six independent judges, are:
- Hall of Fame Laureates: Lane Grigsby, Cajun Industries, founder and board chairman; and Harvey Honoré Sr., founder of Harvey Honoré Construction (posthumous)
- Businessperson of the Year: John Valluzzo, CEO of Valluzzo Companies
- Young Businessperson of the Year: John Jackson, Launch Media president and executive producer
- Company of the Year (100 or more employees): CSRS Inc.
- Company of the Year (fewer than 100 employees): InfiniEdge Software
All of this year’s honorees will also be profiled in the March 3 issue of Business Report. This year’s awards banquet is sponsored by Franklin and Capital One Bank.
