Get tickets to the 2025 Business Awards & Hall of Fame celebration

    Tickets are now available for Business Report‘s 2025 Business Awards & Hall of Fame celebration on Wednesday, March 19.

    Six honorees will be recognized at the event, hosted by Business Report and Junior Achievement. This year’s honorees, as selected by a panel of independent judges, are:

    Hall of Fame Laureate
    Jay Campbell, Associated Grocers

    Hall of Fame Laureate (posthumous)
    Jairo Alvarez
    Founder, Alvarez Construction

    Executive of the Year
    Kristin Wall
    President & CEO, LWCC

    Young Businessperson of the Year
    Rachel Eggie
    Founder & Owner, Eggie Salon Studio

    Company of the Year (100 or more employees)
    MAPP

    Company of the Year (fewer than 100 employees)
    CORE Boiler & Mechanical Services

    All of this year’s honorees will be profiled in the March edition of Business Report and honored at a gala on Wednesday, March 19, at the Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge. Sponsors of the event are Investar Bank, Genesis 360, Hannis T. Bourgeois CPAs + Business Advisors, Kean Miller and Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge. Get tickets.