Ascension Business Report

Welcome to Ascension Business Report, the source for local business news across one of the Capital Region’s fastest-growing parishes. Backed by the team at the
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, it covers the openings, expansions, real estate deals, and people shaping Gonzales, Prairieville, Donaldsonville, and beyond.
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Roundup: GOP leader / Ascension Parish assessor / Noncompete ban

New leadership: Cory Dennis has been appointed as the new executive director of the...

Developer of $750M Ascension Parish plant to apply for Quality Jobs program

Origin Materials, a California-based company planning a large-scale manufacturing plant in Geismar, on Friday...

Sammy’s Grill returns to Ascension Parish

Popular Baton Rouge eatery Sammy’s Grill has returned to Ascension Parish with a new...

Food truck featuring Korean corn dogs shutting down

Tastea, a bubble tea and Korean corn dog food truck business, announced Thursday it...

Baton Rouge-area home sales continued to decrease in January  

Baton Rouge-area homebuyers are starting to see some relief from the strong seller’s market as inventory and the number of days houses stay on the market both climb, according to the latest report from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors. 

Scientists deploying buoys in Lake Maurepas to monitor carbon capture project

Scientists from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond have deployed four research buoys to independently monitor Lake Maurepas while Air Products continues its project to store carbon dioxide under the lakebed.  

Environmental groups oppose $1 billion petrochemical plant in Geismar

Editor’s note: Daily Report on Friday included an update on the Department of Environmental...

DEQ deciding fate of planned Mitsubishi chemical plant in Geismar

The fate of a Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Ascension Parish is now in the hands of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, WAFB-TV reports.

A Plaquemine company is behind most of Baton Rouge’s parade floats 

You might have never heard of Comogo Floats LLC in Plaquemine, but you’ve likely...

Roundup: Ascension Parish development / Fed’s next moves / LSU recruit  

Awards: Ascension Economic Development Corporation today announced it has been named Small Market of...
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