Economic Development

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

Lamar announces intent to raise $250M to help pay off loan

Lamar Advertising Company intends to raise roughly $250 million through private offerings to help...

Contractors begin hiring BRCC industrial training program graduates

Local contractors sponsoring the North Baton Rouge Industrial Training Initiative have begun the hiring...

Mayor pledges commitment to ExxonMobil following ITEP announcement

ExxonMobil’s future expansion in Baton Rouge was thrown into further uncertainty today following a...

Howell Place apartments go before Planning Commission

Coming before the Planning Commission tonight is a proposed 192-unit apartment complex in the...

Level Homes buys 33 residential lots in Rouzan for $4.7M

Level Construction & Development has bought 33 residential lots in Rouzan, the Southdowns Traditional...

Registrar’s office begins counting St. George petition signatures

Nearly three months after St. George organizers submitted their petition to the East Baton Rouge...
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ExxonMobil withdraws ITEP requests, future Baton Rouge expansion in question

ExxonMobil is withdrawing its pending 2017 Industrial Tax Exemption requests, which were recently rejected...

Bernhard Capital Partners merging Lafayette-based ATC with Texas firm

Two portfolio companies owned by Bernhard Capital Partners—Austin-based Atlas Technical Consultants and Lafayette’s ATC...

Mayor’s administration to issue MovEBR program manager bid by month’s end

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is expected to issue a Request for Qualifications by...

Baton Rouge metro closes year with fewer home sales, higher prices

High demand and limited housing inventory sent Baton Rouge metro home prices higher in...
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