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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🔒 Baton Rouge-area hospital updates in the aftermath of Ida

As Hurricane Ida swept through Baton Rouge Sunday evening, many hospitals, already strained with...

🔒 Emergency declarations declared ahead of strengthening Hurricane Ida

Ida strengthened into a hurricane this afternoon and is expected to make landfall in...

🔒 Food preservation company proposes $35M chemical plant in Ascension Parish  

Louisiana Economic Development today announced that food preservation company 1,4GROUP is considering Ascension Parish...

🔒 Wetlands mitigation bank looks to partner with St. Gabriel on nature center

What do you do with a wetlands mitigation bank when it’s running out of...

🔒 Alcohol sales increased during pandemic, staying high as restrictions loosen

Drinking is something of a well-practiced pastime during the best of times in Baton Rouge, but during the pandemic—with its isolating stay-at-home orders and social distancing restrictions—people apparently took it up a notch … or two.

🔒 Ascension moratorium has homebuilders worried for their future

The recently passed nine-month moratorium on development in Ascension Parish has builders in the area feeling let down as they wonder what it will do to business. 

🔒 Some on Ascension council want to remove Cointment from drainage board 

A group of Ascension Parish Council members wants to call an emergency drainage district...

🔒 Meet the local entrepreneur behind Chicly Brewed Tea

Terica Toliver wants you to know that tea not only has health benefits, but...

🔒 Ascension Parish to vote on 12-month building ban tonight

As the Capital Region braces for a weekend of potentially heavy rain, the Ascension...

🔒 Louisiana earns 2021 Silver Shovel Award for economic development

Area Development magazine has recognized Louisiana for one of the nation’s best economic development...
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