DNA Workshop, Kenneth Brown partnering to design North Caicos airport terminal

The Turks and Caicos Islands Airport Authority announced this week it has tapped Baton Rouge-based DNA Workshop to be the consultant architect and provide...

New Schools for Baton Rouge CEO touts benefits of charter schools at DC hearing

Speaking before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education in Washington on Wednesday, New Schools for Baton Rouge CEO Kenneth Campbell...

Could a former restaurant on Perkins Road become a funeral home?

The Planning Commission will consider a rezoning application in April that would allow the former Rock Paper Taco restaurant to be transformed into a...

Curbside Burgers completes significant outdoor renovation

Popular Mid City eatery Curbside Burgers has completed a major overhaul of its outdoor patio space. According to Jeff Byrnes, director of marketing for Hufft...

2024 Company of the Year: Bringing order to the law

Few social institutions feel the pressure of high expectations like law enforcement, and fewer still do it while also juggling a diminishing workforce. If...

What we know about the planned Livingston Parish airport

The Livingston Parish airport plans are progressing, with groundbreaking tentatively scheduled for April. “We’re about to go out and get bids for clearing the area...

These two Baton Rouge apartment complexes just sold for millions

Two apartment complexes in Baton Rouge were sold last week to investment groups in multimillion-dollar deals, according to public records.  Jefferson Lakes Apartments, a 290-unit...

Woodstock Park continues to develop

Mallard Homes of Louisiana LLC has purchased 15 lots in the Woodstock Park Subdivision over two separate transactions. In two deals filed Friday afternoon with...

See what’s moving into the former Kolache Kitchen on Jefferson Highway

Chicky Sandos, a food truck specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken sandwiches, is moving into the former home of Kolache Kitchen on Jefferson Highway. In September,...

These two lots off Highland Road sold for nearly $1.75M

A pair of local investors purchased two lots off Highland Road for nearly $1.7 million, according to public records.  Edward Rotenberg and Lawrence Maestri, through...

What happened to Hive Pizza? Baton Rouge brand seemingly done

Although there was no official announcement, Baton Rouge-based Hive Pizza has quietly closed its last restaurant in the area. Google labels Hive Pizza’s Siegen Lane...

2024 Company of the Year: A prosperous path

In retrospect, 2008 probably wasn’t the best year for the managers of Pala Group to borrow money and begin transitioning into an employee-owned company. The...

2024 Young Businessperson of the Year: All hail the queen

The Rolling Stones' She’s a Rainbow blasts from the speakers of the Raising Cane’s River Center as Jaime Glas Odom glides down a red...

2024 Executive of the Year: Putting people first

Over the course of its storied history, few events have altered Louisiana like Hurricane Katrina. The mammoth storm slammed into the coast in August 2005,...

2024 Hall of Fame: Piloting success

Nannette Noland has always been a bit ahead of her time. Her father taught her how to drive a car once she could see...

Mockler is expanding into southwest and central Louisiana

The executives of Mockler Beverage announced Thursday morning that the company has purchased Southwest Beverage Company, the Anheuser-Busch distributor in Lake Charles, Alexandria and...

2024 Hall of Fame [posthumous]: Open-door policy

A ballroom filled with Hollywood heavyweights was a far cry from the ballfields of the late George A. Foster Jr.’s tiny Louisiana hometown of...

Strictly Business Episode 13: Dr. Curtis Chastain

How important is health and wellness to executive performance? How can busy executives balance their work commitments with self-care routines to improve their overall well-being?...

Marem shifting to online-only sales

The owners of Baton Rouge-based Marem announced they will close their storefront this fall and shift sales of the boutique online.  Marem was launched in...

Understanding the massive LSU-led FUEL partnership

In January, it was announced that a statewide team led by LSU had secured a $160 million National Science Foundation grant in support of...