Economic Development

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

Louisiana’s lieutenant governor candidates show keen interest in economic development

Louisiana’s four candidates for lieutenant governor all hinted today that they would like to...

Baton Rouge higher education leaders call for increased collaboration to create more educated workforce

As the leaders of Baton Rouge’s higher education institutions gathered at a forum this...

Magpie Café becomes first commercial tenant for downtown Commerce Building

Magpie Café will open a second location next spring in the downtown Commerce Building,...

Drake says EBR school system needs to boost its efforts to address workforce shortages

The East Baton Rouge Parish School System needs to boost its efforts to help...

Baton Rouge investors buy office tower off Bluebonnet for $9.55M

A group of local investors has paid $9.55 million for a towering glass office...

Design work on Baton Rouge city dock under way

A joint venture of GraceHebert Architects and global engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol is...
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Contract for Trinity Marine spares 283 layoffs, Brusly plant closure

Shortly after Dallas-based Trinity Marine Products announced the closure of its Brusly plant and...

Effect of Magellan layoffs in Baton Rouge on Perkins Rowe office remains unclear

Citing the loss of a major contract with the state, Magellan Health will lay...

Louisiana needs 7,000 more nurse practitioners over next 5 years to meet growing demand, OLOL college president says

Within five years, Louisiana will have at least 7,000 fewer nurse practitioners than it...

Executive flight: The recent exit of corporate headquarters from Baton Rouge raises questions about the market’s ability to attract and retain them.

In mid-August, Albemarle Corp. confirmed what had been rumored for months: that it was...
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