Economic Development

Stephen Moret, former head of Louisiana Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber,...

S&W Wholesale Foods is developing a $12 million multi-temperature wholesale food distribution center near Hammond, according to an announcement from Gov. John Bel Edwards. 

The Metro Council today will take up Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s plan for spending nearly $12.6 million in federal grant money. 

One of the silver linings of “going virtual” during the pandemic, at least for local organizations, was being able to reach a broader digital audience, and, in turn, gathering ideas from experts who might not have been able to visit Baton Rouge otherwise.

An Amedisys-owned business has landed a partnership with Penn State Health and Highmark Health to operate Penn State Health Home Recovery Care, a venture launching in the first half of 2022. 

Baton Rouge-based BBQGuys and Velocity Acquisition Corp. today announced they have agreed to terminate their planned merger due to the impact of global supply chain issues on BBQGuys’ business. 

Work is underway on the mixed-use portion of Harveston, the traditional neighborhood development at Nicholson Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard, developer Mike Wampold says.

The 2020 holiday season saw a huge drop in travel, especially at usually busy airports. But as COVID-19 numbers drop and travel picks back up, the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport should edge closer to pre-pandemic travel numbers.

The nation's commercial casinos took home nearly $14 billion in third-quarter revenue this year, marking the industry's best quarter ever, and pushing U.S. casino revenue past the total for all of 2020, according to figures released Tuesday.

Tourism in downtown Baton Rouge continues to be on the upswing, according to Karron Alford, director of marketing and technology for Visit Baton Rouge, who presented an update at this morning’s Downtown Development District meeting.