TRENDS: Pandemic throws wrench in 2020 Baton Rouge real estate market

While the economy is showing positive signs of recovery, the yearlong pandemic has created uncertainty in the market that makes it difficult to predict the future of the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors in Baton Rouge, according to experts at this morning’s TRENDS Real Estate Seminar.

Baton Rouge loses 12% of constructions jobs over past 12 months

Construction employment decreased by 12%, or 5,900 jobs, in the Baton Rouge area from March 2020 to March 2021.

Amedisys will launch new care program, expand services

Baton Rouge-based Amedisys Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice care, in collaboration with Washington-based Sound Physicians announced this week the launch of the Home Health Advanced Program.

Resilia launches nonprofit platform to boost philanthropic access  

As the nonprofit sector begins to rebuild from the losses and challenges of the past year, Louisiana-based Resilia today announced it has launched a platform to help nonprofits build their fundraising and service capacity. 

Baton Rouge adds TV viewers, but still ranks No. 94 among U.S. markets 

Baton Rouge again came in at No. 94 in Nielsen’s annual designated market areas...

Grön Fuels complex moves step closer as two firms come on board

Koch Engineered Solutions today announced that two of its companies have partnered with Fidelis Infrastructure to work on the highly anticipated Grön Fuels renewable energy complex in West Baton Rouge Parish.

Bill would undo ethics charge on industry appointees to Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission

A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would allow industrial companies to nominate their employees to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission, an 18-member volunteer panel that regulates the Southern Hills Aquifer. The aquifer supplies Baton Rouge's fresh drinking water and provides area industrial plants with water for their operations.

Baton Rouge-area home sales climb 36% in March

Home sales in the Baton Rouge-area spiked in March, as buyer demand continued largely...

Charter operator to begin air service between Baton Rouge and Gulf Shores this summer

Baton Rouge Metro Airport is getting a new direct air service to the beach...

Todd Graves’ ‘Restaurant Recovery’ series rolls out today

Todd Graves, founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s, is hosting a new docuseries called...