Economic Development

BREC’s Parkside Pickup initiative gives food truck operators something to contemplate

Since BREC announced it would loosen restrictions on the operation of food trucks in...

Virus roundup …  

• The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation's top disease...

Pandemic pivot: Pressure mounts, but restarting the Louisiana economy won’t be easy

Pressure is mounting to ease COVID-19-related restrictions on business, but restarting the economy won’t be easy—or fast.

JR Ball: Navigating some delicate Baton Rouge balancing acts

Baton Rouge is facing a multitude of life-altering decisions as we tiptoe closer to the end of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virus roundup … 

• Private payrolls hemorrhaged more than 20 million jobs in April as companies sliced...

Lawmakers to consider striking at Edwards’ stay-at-home order 

Republican lawmakers trying to unravel Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' statewide stay-at-home order will...
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Long Farm Village gets Campus Federal Credit Union to anchor office building

A digitally focused Campus Federal Credit Union will occupy a 1,700-square-foot space in the...

Cheri Ausberry: 2020 Influential Women in Business

2020 Influential Women in Business: Cheri Ausberry, customer service manager at Entergy, is one of eight members of this year's class.

Community banks shine in PPP, reap new business as a result

When the first round of funding from the Paycheck Protection Program ran out last...

Virus roundup … 

• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its weekly COVID-19 dashboard that examines...