Economic Development

Lyft preparing to launch in Baton Rouge

Lyft, a ride-sharing company that competes with Uber, appears to be laying the foundation...

Film officials ‘bullish about 2017’ despite 93% decline in spending in Baton Rouge last year

Spending on film productions in Louisiana nosedived in 2016, with officials reporting a 65%...

Louisiana has ‘every reason’ to believe it will get more flood aid, state official says

Louisiana’s top recovery official said today he has “every reason to believe” the state...

Chatterkick opens in Baton Rouge a year after local acquisition

Baton Rouge-based The Powell Group has acquired Chatterkick, a Midwestern social media and marketing...

General Informatics acquiring Teknarus

General Informatics is continuing to expand, this time with the acquisition of a fellow...

Riegel: FEMA failures and flaws

While most of us were enjoying the recent holidays from the comfort of our...
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North Baton Rouge’s economic development district is already getting to work

It hasn’t taken long for the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District board of directors...

Broome promises close relationship with Baton Rouge business community

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today pledged to work closely with Baton Rouge’s business community...

Jindal-era economic development deal that didn’t go as planned now costing Louisiana millions

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration “misclassified” a $34.6 million default payment that Northrop Grumman Ship...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Bill Deville, CATS

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: William J. “Bill” Deville Position: Chief executive officer, Capital Area Transit...