Economic Development

Baton Rouge startup Speedy Eats installed its 12th fridge unit on Wednesday as the company continues its first phase of expansion in the Capital Region.

Small business optimism decreased slightly in March and marked the 15th consecutive month below...

Ucore North America, a subsidiary of Ucore Rare Metals Inc., will invest $75 million to establish North America’s first modern technology rare earth element separation and purification facility, in Alexandria, Business Facilities reports.

Australian company Element 25 is exploring plans to build an electric vehicle battery materials production facility in Ascension Parish, LED announced this morning.

Inflation ticked down yet again last month, reports The Washington Post, but prices continued...

Baton Rouge-based G2 Net-Zero has scrapped plans to build an LNG export facility with a capacity of about 13 MTPA in Cameron Parish, LNG Prime reports.

The seven-story State National Life Insurance building on Third Street, one of Baton Rouge’s first major office buildings, may be closer to coming back to life.

The new Baton Rouge professional hockey team has signed a three-year lease with the Raising Cane’s River Center, officials announced today. 

Borrowing for small businesses was already constrained due to rising interest rates over the past year. 

Three new businesses are in the works for downtown—two bars for Third Street and a new restaurant on North Boulevard.