BusinessInsider Downtown Baton Rouge business owners react to homeless initiative By Julia-Claire Evans - June 15, 2021 An aerial photo of downtown Baton Rouge. (iStock) FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint The Mayor’s Homelessness Prevention Coalition’s new initiative, announced at the Downtown Development District meeting today, aims to lower populations of panhandlers and the homeless in the Baton Rouge area. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.