Tuesday: Tom Murphy, senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute and the former mayor of Pittsburgh, will deliver the keynote address at the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s upcoming Signature Speaker Series. The event is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Cook Hotel and Conference Center at LSU. Murphy has extensive experience in urban revitalization. His address will detail the allure of attractive cities and the steps to transforming blighted communities. Registration for the event is $35 for BRAC investors and $45 for non-investors. Lunch is provided. Get more information.
Tuesday: The Downtown Development District will hold its monthly meeting this week, where local business owners and commissioners will discuss developments underway, a new hotel tax that will be on the ballot this fall and events in the downtown area. The meeting, at Cane Land Distillery, is at 8 a.m. Admission is free.
Tuesday: The last in a series of informational meetings for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome to pitch her property tax to fund transportation improvements is tomorrow at the Independence Park Theater. Broome’s administration will also be at McKinley Alumni Center tonight from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to discuss the proposal, which is called Better Transportation and Roads (BTR). Tomorrow’s meeting is at 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday: Entrepreneurs will compete for a $1,000 prize Thursday at PitchBR, an event hosted by the Louisiana Technology Park. Cute Nation, Pojman Polymer Products and Noble Wave are slated to make pitches at the event, and executives Bill Ellison of Innovation Catalyst and Mo Vij of General Informatics will judge. The event is at The Pelican House, and doors open at 4:30 p.m. The show will start at 5:30 p.m. and pitches wrap up at 6:30. Register here.
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