Economic Development

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

2019 Forty Under 40

Business Report's 2019 Forty Under 40 honors the Capital Region’s brightest young leaders, innovators and business professionals.

Trahan Architects named nation’s top design firm; nixed downtown ‘pencil building’ could pop up elsewhere

Trahan Architects—the New Orleans-based global architecture firm founded by Baton Rouge native Trey Trahan...

Louisiana seeks federal dollars for $258M fisheries disaster

Efforts to prevent flooding this year caused Louisiana’s fishing industry to lose about $258...

Riding the Baton Rouge industrial construction employment lull

A slowdown in commercial and industrial construction work around the Baton Rouge region has contractors looking for work in other markets.

Why are Louisiana coastal restoration projects bogged down?

A better, faster way to jump start coastal restoration projects has been on the books for more than two years now, so why isn’t anything happening?

Opportunity Zone tax breaks are proving to be a tough sell

Opportunity Zone tax breaks meant to spur development in distressed communities are not attracting Baton Rouge investors—at least not in low-income areas.
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Baton Rouge restauranteurs are expanding their foodie brands.

Each has their own style and game plan, but collectively these restaurant owners are expanding their local brands across the state, the country and, in one case, the world.

Vacations need not be long to have impact

You don’t need a budget-busting two-week trip abroad to feel refreshed.

No comment from St. George on Broome’s lawsuit against incorporation

Organizers of the proposed city of St. George declined to comment this morning on a suit filed today by Mayor Sharon Weston Broome.

News alert: Broome sues St. George organizers

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, as expected, files a lawsuit fighting the incorporation of St. George, saying it will hurt Baton Rouge and the parish.
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