Economic Development

Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and industrial manufacturing. 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has announced the second cohort of the Drive Minority Business Accelerator. 

East Baton Rouge Parish is working on a major traffic signal overhaul meant to make drivers’ commute times consistent and predictable. 

The Planning Commission, during its October meeting, will consider Capitol City Produce’s plans for expansion. 

Some 8% of young children in Louisiana are in families in which someone quit, changed or refused a job because child care is hard to find and even harder to afford, according to a June report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  

Hammond-based Stoa Group submitted its final development plan for an apartment community at Materra, the 100-acre planned community fronting Airline Highway near Woman’s Hospital.

Three organizations that reside inside the beating heart of commerce in the Bayou State—the Committee of 100; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; and Louisiana Economic Development—will all have new leadership installed over the next five months.

Registration is now open for Louisiana Economic Development’s 2023 Louisiana Small Business Summit, an annual event that connects small business leaders with an array of resources available to them from across the state.

Houston-based SunGas Renewables plans to revitalize the shuttered 1,300-acre International Paper mill in Pineville...

From home services to arts and entertainment, every category of business grew during the first half of 2023, according to the latest breakdown from Yelp.