Economic Development

Pondering $10M campaign, Capital Area United Way surveys donors

Capital Area United Way is asking donors for feedback about a potential $10 million fundraising campaign.

‘We are in the business of being essential’

Bernhard Capital Partners, ranking among the 300 largest private equity funds in the world, has its sights set on utility privatization but finding government partners is proving challenging—and controversial.

Louisiana will get additional $134M in federal funding for road projects 

Louisiana is set to receive an additional $134 million in federal funding for infrastructure...

Louisiana’s biofuels market entry energizes timber industry

Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials recently announced the construction of a $110...

CPEX: Update to EBR land use plan must focus on connectivity

Next year’s update of the FuturEBR land use plan should confront how sprawl and lack of connectivity in East Baton Rouge contribute to heavy traffic and flood risk, Center for Planning Excellence CEO Camille Manning-Broome says. 

Boykin Brothers acquired by GKB Management 

Baton Rouge-based precast concrete company Boykin Brothers has been acquired by Louisiana investment firm GKB Management,
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Economic uncertainties have CFOs preparing to cut costs, delay projects 

Finance chiefs are confronting the uncertain economic outlook with plans to trim variable costs...

With one coastal restoration project complete, work continues on larger ones

Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at...

More than half of small business owners say they sacrifice salary at times

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of small business owners say they have at some point not...

South EBR, Burbank could be new nexus of commercial development

As Baton Rouge continues to spread south, land that might otherwise have been considered too expensive to develop might begin to look more appealing.Â