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 — 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.
Thursday — The North Boulevard Town Square Design Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Chenevert Architects conference room downtown.
Thursday — 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.
Thursday — 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.
Thursday — A town hall meeting on Pinnacle Entertainment’s plans to rezone property on River Road will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bluebonnet Library. Representative from the casino company have been invited to attend the meeting, organized by Metro Councilman Chandler Loupe.
Friday — 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.
Friday — 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.
May 1 — Adam Knapp, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, will be the guest speaker at the Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce’s monthly executive luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. Admission is $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-members. To register, click here.
May 5 — A town hall meeting on Pinnacle Entertainment’s plans to rezone property on River Road will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bluebonnet Library. Representative from the casino company have been invited to attend the meeting, organized by Metro Councilman Chandler Loupe.
