The business community today is remembering the late Gov. Mike Foster, whose legacy includes the creation of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System and the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.
OUTFRONT Media Sports, the collegiate multimedia rights holder for LSU, the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia and eight smaller universities, has been acquired by a new, full-service sports marketing agency—a deal that has the potential to increase multimedia revenues for LSU Athletics.
Leaders of Baton Rouge’s beleaguered entertainment industry are hoping for a resumption of activity, now that Hollywood’s major studios and key industry unions have finalized an agreement that will clear the way for TV and film production in the U.S. to resume.
While planners, thinkers and policymakers are talking a lot these days about how the COVID-19 pandemic will change the way we design and build our communities in the future, some of those changes are already taking place, say experts, who spoke at the opening session today of the Center for Planning Excellence’s 2020 Virtual Smart Growth Summit.
A New York-based private equity group, Brand Velocity Partners, is the new owner of Baton Rouge-based BBQ Guys, the nation’s largest e-retailer of high-end barbeque grills, grilling accessories and outdoor kitchen products.
The two sides of the lawsuit have begun what is expected to be a lengthy discovery process. The mayor’s attorneys have asked for documents detailing how organizers of the prospective city plan to provide and pay for every conceivable government service.