Caitie Burkes, Author at Baton Rouge Business Report

BREC gets $4.7M for Cypress Bayou flood mitigation project

BREC has secured funding for a Louisiana Watershed Initiative project to help reduce flood...

Seeking new life for Mid City’s Garden District Nursery property

The new owner of the former Garden District Nursery space wants to rezone the Government Street property for restaurant and neighborhood commercial use.

‘Chelsea’s Live’ venue wants to occupy 1010 Nicholson Drive space

Chelsea’s, the once-popular Perkins Road overpass area restaurant and live music space that shuttered...

Local foundations increased grantmaking, charitable giving in 2020

Local foundations increased their grantmaking as well as its giving to charitable organizations throughout 2020, a phenomenon buoyed by large-scale gifts and support toward pandemic relief.

Louisiana’s weekly initial unemployment claims drop 3.5%

Last week, 4,129 initial unemployment insurance claims were filed in Louisiana—a roughly 3.5% decline...

‘Selfie museum’ coming to Baton Rouge

A “selfie museum” is moving into the St. George Square Shopping Center on Perkins...

Bourgeois Freel Plastic Surgery replaces Plastic Surgery Center of Baton Rouge

A longtime plastic surgery facility on Bluebonnet Boulevard is changing hands, with the new...

Amedisys acquiring Nashville-based Contessa Health

Amedisys Inc., a Baton Rouge-based provider of home and hospice care, has entered into...

Year-over-year city-parish sales and use tax collections up 42% in April

For the city and parish combined, recurring city-parish sales and use tax collections totaled...

LSU players can profit off ‘name, image and likeness’ starting tomorrow

LSU, like the rest of the U.S. college sports industry, is on the verge...