Economic Development

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

Ascension and St. James parishes in the running for massive petrochemical project

Saudi Arabia-based SABIC and ExxonMobil Chemical Company are considering building a jointly owned petrochemical...

ExxonMobil pulls Enterprise Zone applications from consideration; efforts underway to review program

(Photo by Tim Mueller) ExxonMobil has withdrawn its Enterprise Zone Program applications from the city-parish. According...

Former CATS CEO Brian Marshall’s application to get old job back rejected by search committee

After having been at the wheel of the Capital Area Transit System and subsequently...

CATS committee to invite 12 applicants to interview for top post

The Capital Area Transit System’s CEO Search Committee narrowed its pool of 17 eligible...

Holden to ask Metro Council for property tax to fund road projects

Seeking to fund one last road project, Mayor Kip Holden will ask the Metro...

‘Business Report’ reveals 2016 listing of Top 100 private companies in the Capital Region

The top five companies on Business Report’s annual ranking of the Capital Region’s largest...
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An emerging workplace produce delivery service in Baton Rouge could be a game changer for local farmers

Regular Red Stick Farmers Market vendor Eric Morrow is among a rising number of...

Expansion of medical marijuana access could lead to an entire new industry, but many questions remain

Alan Pesch says he was prepared to move his family to Colorado if the...

Plenty of lip service is paid to Louisiana’s commitment to STEM education, but there are examples of retreat among the advances

 Cheryl Bella, whose son Luke attends St. Thomas More and is a member of...

Two weeks after Alton Sterling’s death, business, political and community leaders are still searching for tangible solutions to heal a divided city

(Photo by The Associated Press) The protests have quieted down for now and the national...
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