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 — The first workshop of the “Louisiana Land Use Toolkit Road Show” will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales. The Center for Planning Excellence will introduce a new, free online tool that will help elected officials with planning for future growth and development in their communities. For more information, e-mail camille@c-pex.org or call 267-6300.
Wednesday — Kean Miller will host a Labor and Employment Law Seminar at the White Oak Conference Center from 7:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The free event will cover topics such as the legal considerations of reducing staffing, the proposed Employee Free Choice Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. To register, e-mail rsvp@keanmiller.com or call 398-3753.
Thursday — The Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors will hold its annual Trends Seminar beginning at 8 a.m. at BREC’s Independence Park Theatre. Admission is $50 in advance, $60 at the door. For more information, or to register, go to batonrougetrends.com.
Thursday — The League of Women Voters of Greater Baton Rouge will hold a panel discussion about the Employee Free Choice Act at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. Stewart Acuff, a special assistant to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, and E. Fred Preis, chairman of the LABI board will participate in the discussion. Lunch is $20 for league members, $25 for non-members. To register, e-mail lwvbr@lwvbr.org
April 21 — LSU Executive Education will host its first “Breakfast to Business” event at Café Américain on Jefferson Highway. Registration starts at 7 a.m. and the event begins at 7:30 a.m. Robert Newman, chairman of the Department of Economics at LSU, will be the guest speaker, providing an assessment of the economic impact the stimulus plan will have on the local, regional and national level. Registration is $25. To register, click here.
April 23 — The Public Education Project will hold a “PEP Talk” on education reform at 6 p.m. at 333 Bistreaux on Third Street. State Rep. Steve Carter , R-Baton Rouge, and Noel Hammatt, an East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member and president of the Louisiana School Boards Association, will be guest speakers at the event, which will discuss education-related issues that will go before the Legislature in the upcoming session. To register, e-mail educationbr@gmail.com
April 23 — Business Report and Junior Achievement will hold their 26th annual Business Awards banquet at 7 p.m. in the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select). The event honors the top businesses and business leaders of the year, including inductees into the Business Hall of Fame. For tickets and information, go to batonrouge.ja.org or call Junior Achievement at 928-7008.
April 24 — The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana will hold its annual conference and luncheon from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select). Gerald Seib, Washington bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, will be the keynote speaker. There will also be a panel discussion of the upcoming Legislative session. Tickets are $75 for PAR members and $85 for non-members. To register or for more details, call 926-8414.
April 24 — The Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. in 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.
