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Meet this year’s Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist honorees
Ten of the Capital Area’s most noteworthy volunteers—including several who have been featured on inRegister’s pages—have been named 2021 Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist award honorees by Emerge.
Downtown Development District hoping for late-October return of events
Though the downtown fall events season is looking pretty bleak right now thanks to pandemic-related cancellations and postponements, businesses are holding out hope that the COVID-19 threat will dissipate enough by late October to make holding large events feasible again, says Gabriel Vicknair, interim executive director of the Downtown Development District.
CEOs concerned about return-to-office delays, retaining talent
With the rise of the delta variant, many large companies are delaying their returns to the office until early next year, according to a...
Check out this summer’s hottest new local restaurants
Even as restaurants battle a multitude of issues in the COVID-19 era, a flurry of fresh culinary concepts opened this summer in Baton Rouge.
Expect...
Early registration closing Tuesday for 225 GIVES
Early registration closes Tuesday for Capital Region 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations to participate in the second annual 225 GIVES fundraising event, presented by Capital Area United Way.
A community center as economic development? It’s top priority of Cortana Corridor EDD
The Metro Council on Wednesday approved a cooperative endeavor agreement with the newly created Cortana Corridor Economic Development District, which seeks to revitalize the area via an increase in sales tax revenues generated by the redevelopment of the Cortana Mall site into an Amazon distribution facility.
Convention activity over next 60 days will be key for Baton Rouge tourism
Visit Baton Rouge President and CEO Paul Arrigo says he hasn’t yet heard about many cancellations of conventions due to the COVID-19 resurgence, but fall could be a different story.
LSU board member allegedly pressured Eunice campus official to admit student
The director of LSU-Eunice’s nursing program says a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors pressured for a specific student’s admission to the school on multiple occasions, despite the student falling below the cut-off for the program.
Fiery Crab expands into grocery stores
Louisiana seafood restaurant Fiery Crab is expanding its products into area supermarkets thanks to the LSU AgCenter’s Food Innovation Institute.
Requiring or helping your employees get vaccinated can have payoffs
Helping your employees get vaccinated or requiring them to do so, isn't just good for the overall health of your workplace, it may also...
LSU details how it will enforce new vaccine rules
LSU announced this week that students would either have to get the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine or officially opt out of being vaccinated and submit to regular testing by Sept. 10. The consequences for not doing so are steep.
Volunteers of America GBR moving into Bon Carré
Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge is consolidating its operations at Bon Carré Business Center, representatives of the organization and the property say.
Churchill’s relocating from longtime Jefferson Highway shop
Churchill’s, a local cigar and spirits retailer with a smoking lounge and cocktail bar, is relocating from its longtime home on Jefferson Highway near Bocage to a new location.
Local watch brand goes national, gets nod from ‘GQ’
Local luxury watch and lifestyle brand R. Burnett Brand was born during a time of uncertainty for its founder, Richard Burnett Jr.
When he conceived...
B’Nai Israel, Beth Shalom to merge
Baton Rouge’s two synagogues—B’Nai Israel and Beth Shalom—have announced they are merging and will become a single congregation, effective Jan. 1.
Some local restaurants cutting days due to staff shortages
Some Baton Rouge restaurants are cutting their days of operation due to the strain from increased sales but decreased staffing.
Garbage collection getting better? Metro Council wants answers at today’s meeting
Has garbage collection around the parish gotten better in recent weeks, since media reports first surfaced about the impact the latest surge in COVID-19 cases is having on sanitation workers?
CityStats poll finds support for merging BRPD and sheriff’s office, stormwater fee
Most respondents to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s annual CityStats poll think the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office should be merged and say they would be willing to pay a $10 monthly fee to keep trash out of parish waterways.
Keeping the nursing pipeline flowing
The demand for nurses is so strong that academic institutions are adjusting to more targeted curriculum and hospitals are upping incentives to attract and retain these health care professionals.
Proposed Florida Boulevard taxing district going before Metro Council
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration will ask the Metro Council on Wednesday to approve a cooperative endeavor agreement with a new taxing district created to support redevelopment and economic activity along Florida Boulevard.
