Economic Development

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

Strategies to consider in your post-pandemic planning

Over the past three weeks, Silicon Valley-based advisory firm Constellation Research has fielded hundreds...

Virus Response: Young Fashions Uniforms pays furloughed seamstresses to make face masks

Rather than trying to sell plaid skirts and khaki pants, Young Fashions Uniforms on...

Virus roundup …

• The $349 billion cap for small business loans for the coronavirus stimulus was...

US Sen. John Kennedy: Gov. Edwards will decide how to split $1.8B in federal aid

While Louisiana is set to receive $1.8 billion in federal coronavirus aid, President Donald...

Loren Scott: Louisiana economy will recover, but at slower pace than US

How quickly Louisiana’s economy overcomes the coronavirus pandemic depends on two key factors: how...

City, state budgets bracing for hit from coronavirus crisis

More than 2,400 U.S. cities, large and small, anticipate major budget shortfalls this year...
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US Chamber to award grants to eligible small businesses in economically distressed areas

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching a grant-making initiative today designed to help...

US retail sales plunge unprecedented 8.7% in March

U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, an unprecedented decline, as the viral outbreak...

Startups will have a hard time but should seek opportunities during crisis

As if startups don’t have a hard enough time attracting investors and raising capital,...

Money is finally coming, but when will the Baton Rouge economy recover?

Money is finally beginning to flow into the hands of Baton Rouge business owners...
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