Nonprofits

Nonprofit organizations, foundations, and community initiatives making an impact across the Capital Region.

Nearly 30% of EBR still in the dark; see BRAC’s latest power outage tracker

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has been tracking all available data related to power...

Small businesses need big shop-local effort to survive

Small-business advocates always urge consumers to shop local, but it’s been particularly important during...

Baton Rouge Food Bank expanding efforts to surrounding parishes following Ida

Following Hurricane Ida, parts of Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes were left without...

Capital Region restaurants busy feeding first responders, utility crews

As the extent of Hurricane Ida’s impact is revealed, restaurants are getting busy cooking,...

LABI in ‘triage mode,’ with eye toward long-term recovery

Business owners affected by Hurricane Ida right now primarily are concerned with “primal needs” such as water, ice, fuel and electricity, says Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Survey shows most Baton Rouge businesses impacted by power outages

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released an analysis of responses to its Hurricane...

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Will Baton Rouge see a post-Ida boom like it did after Katrina?

Anyone who lived through Hurricane Katrina will remember what life was like in Baton Rouge for several chaotic months after the storm, when thousands of residents and businesses from New Orleans and surrounding parishes temporarily relocated to the area.