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BREC earns national award for parks and recreation services
Baton Rouge’s parks and recreation agency, BREC, has been named one of the top parks systems in the U.S. by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration.
Essay: Building a Baton Rouge that competes above its weight class
An excerpt from Baton Rouge Area Chamber President and CEO Adam Knapp’s essay, in which he discusses how Baton Rouge can build long-term economic success.
What will change when LSU’s student clinic transitions to OLOL management?
Following the announcement that Our Lady of the Lake will assume management of LSU’s Student Health Center in January, questions are arising as to...
Essay: Renewing the American dream in Baton Rouge through education
For Business Report’s 40th anniversary edition, we asked nine community leaders and young professionals how Baton Rouge can fulfill its potential as an economically...
The Meatatory butcher shop opens in Prairieville
New butcher shop The Meatatory, a portmanteau of “meat” and “laboratory,” opened Sept. 9 in the Oak Grove Village shopping center on Airline Highway in Prairieville.
Meet the LSU students who take care of Mike the Tiger
Being a caretaker for Mike is a two-year, 365-day-a-year commitment.
Essay: Making Baton Rouge a creative epicenter of the South
For Business Report’s 40th anniversary edition, we asked nine community leaders and young professionals how Baton Rouge can fulfill its potential as an economically...
LSU attracts two top cybersecurity professors
LSU today announced it has hired two of the country’s top cybersecurity experts as part of its strategy to expand cybersecurity and military studies.
In...
George’s under the Perkins Road overpass sells for $540K; future plans unclear
George’s restaurant under the Perkins Road overpass has sold for $540,000 to Maestri Murrell Real Estate’s Benjamin Stalter, through his company WS Holdings LLC.
Parties...
Five developments in flood hazard areas on Planning Commission agenda
The Planning and Zoning Commission for East Baton Rouge Parish today will consider advancing five developments that are partially or fully in federally designated flood hazard areas.
How to know if you are paying your employees fairly and competitively
Getting compensation right is hard, especially when it comes to the most junior staff on payroll. While some of your company’s early employees may...
H&E Equipment Services acquiring Illinois industrial provider
Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Illinois-based One Source Equipment Rental.
Baton Rouge added 1,900 jobs in August from July
Baton Rouge added 1,900 jobs in August, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, bringing the total number...
Protecting Capital Region’s aquifer could include reducing industrial use by 90%
Efforts to protect the aquifer that provides much of the Capital Region’s drinking water could include working with industry to reduce its groundwater use to about 10% of the current level.
Louisiana in top 10 nationally for most workers quitting their jobs
A higher percentage of workers are quitting their jobs in Louisiana than in most other states in the country, according to a new study...
Raising prices may be inevitable, here’s how to break it to customers
Businesses are still feeling the pain of inflation and precious few entrepreneurs have managed to avoid boosting prices.
It's a decision that retail businesses don't...
Fred’s Bar in Tigerland partners with Sugarfield Spirits to create new vodka
Fred’s Bar in Tigerland is getting into the spirit of alcohol making by producing a branded vodka with Gonzales-based distillery Sugarfield Spirits.
Baton Rouge combined riverboat casino earnings fall 1.5% from July to August
The latest report from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board shows Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos earned a combined $19 million in August, or 1.5%...
Long-vacant downtown Baton Rouge building under contract for apartments
A Florida developer is planning to develop and own 10 loft apartments in a long-vacant building in downtown Baton Rouge, the developer’s local agent says.
Football expected to drive Louisiana sports betting revenue toward goal line
This is the first full season of football since Louisiana legalized sports betting last year, and the state’s top gambling regulator said he expects...
