Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Smart Port navigation of Mississippi River coming to port of Baton Rouge

Smart Port, a crowd-sourced technology dashboard aimed at allowing ships to better navigate the lower Mississippi River, will soon be coming to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. A major Smart Port center will also be located at the Baton Rouge Water Campus. 

Downtown isn’t where it was, ‘but it’s coming back,’ say business owners

Downtown business owners say the area is nearing pre-pandemic activity levels just over a...

Another firm evaluating south Louisiana for renewable fuel facility

Delta Biofuel CEO Philip Keating today announced the company is evaluating Iberia Parish for...

Some on Ascension council want to remove Cointment from drainage board 

A group of Ascension Parish Council members wants to call an emergency drainage district...

Collis Temple III plans to repurpose former Gerry Lane dealership site on Florida

Collis Temple III has purchased the former site of a Gerry Lane dealership as...

Louisiana lawmakers focus on improving public water supply

Spurred by recent hurricanes and a rare winter storm that demonstrated the frailty of...
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Companies providing wider spaces for workers in post-COVID offices

The coronavirus has already changed the way we work. Now it’s changing the physical...

Child care enrollment increasing as parents head back to work

Enrollment in local child care centers is increasing as the pandemic winds down and parents head back to work, but it may be more expensive and harder to find a spot.

DEQ will add EV charging stations along interstates

The same Volkswagen settlement that is funding more electric vehicle infrastructure in Baton Rouge...

State will pay to retrain workers for in-demand jobs

Louisiana adults will be able to access grants to pay for education for high-demand,...
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