Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Aluminum manufacturer to shut down Louisiana plant, lay off 226 workers

Hydro Extrusion USA will shut down its aluminum manufacturing plant in Richland Parish next...

Louisiana reaches 2 million jobs as construction boom fuels economic growth

Louisiana's economy posted encouraging results in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record...

Landry, Meta cast $40B data center expansion as a turning point for Louisiana

Gov. Jeff Landry and Meta executives are framing the expansion of the tech giant’s...

MEP supplier signs lease deal on a 45,000-square-foot industrial facility

Noland Company, a wholesale distributor of mechanical, electrical and plumbing, or MEP, supplies, is...

Oklahoma concrete producer expands into Louisiana, Texas markets

Suncrete Inc. expanded into Louisiana and Texas earlier this spring with the acquisition of...

Livingston Parish’s airport gamble begins to pay off

Livingston is the fastest-growing parish in Louisiana, a designation that carries both pride and...
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Controversial Gonzales subdivision clears a major hurdle

Dantin Bruce Development’s Harvest Fields subdivision in Gonzales is a go. In a meeting that...

Tech firm finds its ‘space to grow’ with move to Towne Center

PayStar has more than doubled its Baton Rouge office space with a move to...

b1Bank acquires local financial consulting firm American Planning Corp.

Business First Bancshares, the holding company for b1Bank, has acquired American Planning Corp., a...

Local construction firm bets on Mid City in buying former Brew-Bacher’s site

Grand Construction is giving one of Government Street's long-vacant restaurant buildings a second life. The...
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