Economic Development

Developer Nitin Kamath is seeking to create an economic development district at Aztek Cove, his planned business complex along Highland Road near the Country Club of Louisiana

This morning, he accepted an offer to become the next president and CEO of what is arguably the most powerful nongovernmental organization in the state—the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry—which is gearing up for next year with a new, expansive agenda. 

Louisiana’s child care industry is struggling under rising costs for food and supplies and more than two-thirds of providers are concerned about staff turnover, according to a new report from the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.  

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry has selected Will Green as its next CEO, following Stephen Waguespack’s departure to run for governor, sources tell Daily Report. 

Renovations are underway at the old Cook Theatre in Scotlandville, near Southern University, reports...

Crescent Crown Distributors last week purchased 17 acres of land on Oak Villa Boulevard, behind the Cortana-area Walmart. 

Baton Rouge-based infrastructure and technical services firm Arkel International has acquired San Juan Construction’s business line in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 

A handful of Louisiana leaders traveled to Washington D.C. this week to talk about...

The District of Columbia Infrastructure Academy trains workers for high-demand jobs while paying them...

Baton Rouge nonprofit the Walls Project today announced it has received a $6 million grant from the U.S. Forest Services that it will use to launch an agroforestry apprenticeship program.