Economic Development

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

See how often Capital Region students are using Handshake to find jobs

Students in the Capital Region increasingly are using the recruiting platform Handshake in their job search, a new report from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber finds. 

Metro Council prepares to move ahead on improvements under Perkins overpass

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to move forward with a design...

Legislative task force to examine Louisiana’s disaster response protocols

Efforts to better coordinate and improve Louisiana's resilience to storms and other natural disasters launched Monday with a new legislative task force.

Here’s one way the LSU system is creating a talent pipeline for cybersecurity companies

Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Woodworth, has partnered with LSU Alexandria and LSU Shreveport to educate and train students to build cybersecurity business in and for the state.  

Gonzales officials expect passenger rail to benefit industry, environment

While state officials await word of a $200 million federal grant to make rail...

Newtron Group plans for new office building

The Newtron Group is asking the Planning Commission next month to approve its plans...
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Baton Rouge unemployment unchanged in September 

Seven of Louisiana’s nine metropolitan areas saw their unemployment rates increase slightly from August...

Capital Region leads the nation in construction workforce growth  

The Capital Region surpassed the rest of the country with a year-over-year job growth of 19.4% in the construction sector. 

Marucci CFO expects continued local growth under new ownership

Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports was just sold for the second time in four years,...

Here’s how hard the wildfires hit Louisiana’s timber industry  

Wildfires that engulfed more than 50,000 acres of Louisiana forests during this summer’s record-breaking...
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