Ascension Business Report

🔒 Entrepreneur: Brian Pangburn

Entrepreneur: Brian Pangburn is principal and CEO of The Pangburn Group, which provides recordkeeping for non-qualified benefit plan and employer-owned life insurance.

🔒 Opportunity Zone tax breaks are proving to be a tough sell

Opportunity Zone tax breaks meant to spur development in distressed communities are not attracting Baton Rouge investors—at least not in low-income areas.

🔒 Sam and Cody Carroll are back in Baton Rouge, with plans to open a new Hot...

Sam and Cody Carroll, stars of the Food Network's 'Cajun Aces' are back in Baton Rouge and plan to open a new Hot Tails restaurant.

🔒 Development growth rises flood concerns in Ascension, Livingston

Decades ago, as the nation’s longest desegregation case dragged on in East Baton Rouge...

🔒 Radians shuttering Neese facility in Gonzales

Less than a year after acquiring Neese Industries—the Gonzales-based manufacturer of protective rainwear and...

🔒 State senator urges Corps to push diversion projects to mitigate flood risks

State Sen. Eddie Lambert, R-Prairieville, is calling for the advancement of a roughly $877...

🔒 2019 Company of the Year: DSLD Homes

Lauren Robert can remember the moment she knew she wanted to work for DSLD...

🔒 Bảo Vietnamese Kitchen expands with Prairieville market and deli

The husband-and-wife owners of Bảo Vietnamese Kitchen on Perkins Road have opened an Asian...

🔒 Reilly family owns company that acquired EATEL

While you may not be familiar with the Reserve-based telecommunications company that acquired EATEL...

🔒 Even hot spots—like Ascension Parish—feeling effects of real estate slow down

It’s no secret the greater Baton Rouge real estate market is morphing out of...