Economic Development

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

Nearly a dozen Baton Rouge companies receive at least $5M from PPP

Eleven Baton Rouge-based companies received between $5 million and $10 million in Payroll Protection...

Virus roundup … 

• Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced the federal government is setting up four additional...

Under mask mandate, businesses to get three warnings before summons

It will be up to businesses, initially, to enforce Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s new...

Virus roundup …   

• U.S. companies added nearly 2.4 million jobs in June, according to a private...

BRAC’s latest COVID-19 economic indicator finds lagging small business revenue 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines...

Report: Pandemic exacerbates housing crisis, especially in Louisiana

Some 7 million households nationwide—including more than 20,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish—could face...
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With 3 of its 4 restaurants closed for now, Juban’s Restaurant Group ponders cloudy future

With the closure over the weekend of Beausoleil—a shutdown that is billed as temporary,...

Launch date for Main Street Recovery Program to be announced soon 

Local small businesses unable to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program or Economic...

Baton Rouge gyms see slowdown in workouts, increased membership

After being shuttered in the spring, Baton Rouge-area gyms are seeing steady, albeit slower,...

Governor: State to give businesses ‘courtesy visits’ to enforce phase two compliance

Louisiana officials will begin doing “courtesy visits” to restaurants, bars and other businesses in...
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