The Business Report Calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region businesses community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. E-mail tboone@businessreport.com with information.
Tuesday — State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. in the Baker Branch Library. This is part of a series of meetings Weston Broome will hold around her district to get citizen comments on legislative issues.
Thursday — The Baton Rouge Growth Coalition and Business Report will hold their annual Good Growth Awards at 6 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Hilton Capitol Center.
Friday — Eli Jones, dean of LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration, and Donald Andrews, dean of the College of Business at Southern University, will be the guest speakers at the Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce’s executive lunch. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. Admission is $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Click here to register.
March 9 — Adam Knapp, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, will speak at noon at the City Club on Baton Rouge’s growth and how to accelerate it. The lunch is $18.95.
March 12 — The LABI Legislative Issues Conference will be held at 7 a.m. at Boudreaux’s on Government Street. Dan Juneau, LABI president, and Jim Patterson, director of LABI’s employee relations council, will present the organization’s priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Admission is $20. To register, click here.
March 18 — Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson will present a panel discussion on new state ethics laws at 8 a.m. at the Hilton Downtown Baton Rouge. The discussion will be moderated by former Gov. Mike Foster. Participants include Kathleen Allen, deputy general council for the Louisiana Board of Ethics, and Bernard E. Boudreaux, a partner with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson. Deadline to register is March 11, contact susan.freeman@bswllp.com to sign up.
March 24 — The Southern University Center for Rural and Small Business Development will hold a day long procurement opportunities conference March 24 in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union. Officials from agencies such as the U.S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development, and the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, will be on hand. For more details, e-mail gloria_london@suagcenter.com..
April 24 — The Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select). Jackie Beauchamp, CEO of Nerjyzed Entertainment, will be the guest speaker at the event, which also marks the 5th anniversary of the BRBCC. For tickets, click here.
