The planned Amazon distribution facility at the site of the former Cortana Mall will be larger and will employ more workers than documents filed with the city-parish to date have indicated, according to sources familiar with the project.
Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Fish Fry is gearing up to expand its product line again and recently filed two advance notices with state economic officials regarding planned expansions.
Local supermarkets and their suppliers are slowly getting back to normal this morning after Monday’s ice storm effectively shuttered the entire Capital Region.
Though the city-parish deal to purchase a tire shredder with federal grant money fell through last September, the environmental consulting firm that was planning to partner with the parish in operating the equipment is moving forward with plans to open its own tire shredding facility this spring.