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ALBEMARLE’S EXIT STRATEGY
I wouldn’t be surprised if it boils down to talent (“Holden to try to keep Albemarle from leaving Baton Rouge,” Daily Report, July 24). For many reasons, both college hire/entry level employees as well as experienced professionals have no desire to relocate to Baton Rouge when there are many other cities that offer a higher quality of life for roughly the same cost of living. Many of us, myself included, were happy to move to a higher cost of living city to take advantage of the higher quality of living.
Randy Culpepper, via businessreport.com
Companies come and go. Albemarle’s business focus has shifted from chemicals to something else, and the key is to have a diversified economic platform not so dependent on petrochemicals. Who’s working on that?
colmustard, via businessreport.com
Have we tried bribing them?
Doug Moore, via Facebook
It will cost Baton Rouge more money to make them stay than what the city would have made with then staying. Let it go, let it go.
Sandra Earles, via Facebook
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HOTEL HOSTILITY
No more corporate welfare for downtown! Enough is enough.
Tom Thumb, via businessreport.com
If the developer feels the development can’t make it on its own, then it shouldn’t be built. Period.
Andrew, via businessreport.com
