Economic Development

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

The Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge in 2019

The 50 companies on this year’s Best Places to Work list demonstrate what it means to care about employees, serving as a model for other businesses.

Gresham Smith: Engineering a successful workplace

A ‘relaxed’ environment where employees work and play hard is a key to the success of Gresham Smith, the 2019 large companies Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge winner.

Baton Rouge metro to add 11,700 jobs over the next two years

A series of announced large-scale private and public construction projects should kickstart what’s been...

Top-ranked LSU landscape architecture program is thoughtful by design

Through science and art, students of the top-ranked LSU landscape architecture program are taught to think for themselves.

A rising Mississippi River is raising industrial sector worries

With billions of dollars of investments at risk, industry is adjusting to the reality that Mississippi River water levels are rising.

Entrepreneur: Jacob Jolibois and Matthew Armstrong

Entrepreneur: Jacob Jolibois and Matthew Armstrong are the founders of Block Lawncare, an on-demand lawncare app service with plans to expand beyond Baton Rouge.
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Mandates hit, where does IBM go from here in Baton Rouge?

IBM says it’s committed to growing the tech workforce in the Baton Rouge region despite the end of state employment mandates.

Executive Spotlight: Nick Speyrer

Executive Spotlight: Emergent Method, the Baton Rouge-based management consulting company Nick Speyrer founded in 2012, is has seen its revenues grow 635% since 2015.

JR Ball: Attracting an educated workforce to Baton Rouge

The state needs to rethink TOPS and Baton Rouge must change its economic development mission if we're going to attract and retain an educated workforce.

Riegel: It’s time for some policing questions about St. George

With the election to incorporate St. George just over a month away, the Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and city backers need to tell voters how much police services will cost.
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