Economic Development

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

Welcome to Baton Rouge: Home to nation’s third-highest sales tax rate

Those making purchases in Baton Rouge are paying some of the highest sales tax...

Help reducing lengthy permitting delays in Baton Rouge could come as early as next month

The South Central Planning and Development Commission has been selected to provide expedited building...

Hurricane reconstruction in Texas and Florida will almost certainly increase Baton Rouge construction prices

While construction workers are flocking to the Houston area to land jobs rebuilding the...

Hola Nola says hello to Houston

Kevin Holden, left, and Rod Olsen came up with the idea of launching a...

Louisiana officials confident feds will fast-track key coastal restoration projects

Nearly 10 months into the Trump administration, Louisiana officials say they are making headway...

Remember the downtown parking plan? It’s still in the works, but behind schedule

In Nov. 2016, then-Mayor Kip Holden’s administration announced it had selected a team of...
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Baton Rouge tech community singing the IBM blues

BLUE BAYOU: The arrival of IBM in 2013 was hailed as a tech sector “game...

A familiar story: IBM has had trouble living up to its incentive-based employment promises in other states as well

State and local economic development officials were quick to defend the state’s renegotiated contract...

ExxonMobil shows off new plant while making case for industrial property tax exemptions

GLIDING ALONG: ExxonMobil employee Dwayne Stanford monitors quarts of jet oil moving down the...

JR Ball: The ‘T’ in TOPS stands for Texas

If there’s one thing Louisiana excels at it’s this: throwing money, tax breaks and...
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