Economic Development

Hurricane Ida brought gasoline refining and oil production to a halt along much of...

Robert Owens felt defeated and helpless Sunday as he waited in Baton Rouge for...

Hurricane Ida is sure to take a toll on the energy, chemical and shipping...

Initial unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana dropped to 2,217 last week, despite the ongoing...

With the Metro Council’s approval Wednesday of a cooperative endeavor agreement between the city-parish and the new Cortana Corridor Economic Development District, north Baton Rouge now has three special taxing districts focused on economic development and revitalization:

Though the downtown fall events season is looking pretty bleak right now thanks to pandemic-related cancellations and postponements, businesses are holding out hope that the COVID-19 threat will dissipate enough by late October to make holding large events feasible again, says Gabriel Vicknair, interim executive director of the Downtown Development District.

With the rise of the delta variant, many large companies are delaying their returns...

The Metro Council on Wednesday approved a cooperative endeavor agreement with the newly created Cortana Corridor Economic Development District, which seeks to revitalize the area via an increase in sales tax revenues generated by the redevelopment of the Cortana Mall site into an Amazon distribution facility.

Visit Baton Rouge President and CEO Paul Arrigo says he hasn’t yet heard about many cancellations of conventions due to the COVID-19 resurgence, but fall could be a different story.

Baton Rouge’s two synagogues—B’Nai Israel and Beth Shalom—have announced they are merging  and will become a single congregation, effective Jan. 1.