Economic Development

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

State of the City: Broome touts MovEBR, declining murder rate  

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome celebrated the accomplishments of her second year in office today...

Metro Council agenda: ExxonMobil ITEP requests, opportunity zones

Two Industrial Tax Exemption Program applications from ExxonMobil are among the items to be...

Council to consider reduced funding request for controversial tire shredder  

The budget for a proposed tire shredder program that would be run by the...

H&E Equipment Services to acquire Texas company for $100M

H&E Equipment Services has reached an agreement to acquire We-Rent-It for approximately $100 million...

Historic district designation for Downtown East incentivizes development

A 60-block area in Downtown East has been designated as the Eddie Robinson Sr....

Coalition committed to fixing Louisiana roads jumps into action

A coalition of business and economic development groups from across the state has announced...
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Shell’s new $717M chemical unit in Geismar begins production

Production has started at Shell’s new alpha olefins unit at its Geismar chemical manufacturing...

Topgolf opens in Baton Rouge Friday

Topgolf Baton Rouge is opening on Friday, the company announced this morning. “The excitement and...

Baton Rouge area unemployment at 4% in November

The unemployment rate in the nine-parish Capital Region fell by 0.2 percentage points to...

Baton Rouge looking at Viking River Cruises docking options

City-parish officials and the Downtown Development District are exploring several options to accommodate Viking...
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