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b1Bank acquires local financial consulting firm American Planning Corp.
Business First Bancshares, the holding company for b1Bank, has acquired American Planning Corp., a Baton Rouge-based financial consulting firm that has served community banks...
Local construction firm bets on Mid City in buying former Brew-Bacher’s site
Grand Construction is giving one of Government Street's long-vacant restaurant buildings a second life.
The Baton Rouge-based commercial contractor purchased the former Brew-Bacher's property last...
It’s another record year for the Capital Region’s top 100 private companies
Editor's note: The Top 100 Private Companies list has been updated since its original publication to incorporate financial information that Brown & Root and...
A ‘microdrama’ just wrapped filming in Baton Rouge. Are more on the way?
A short-form vertical drama series wrapped photography in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, and local film industry consultant Patrick Mulhearn says it could be the...
Meet the 500: Richard Lipsey
Richard Lipsey, Founder, Lipsey’s
Richard Lipsey’s influence in Louisiana has run through both commerce and public institutions. He bought S&S Wholesale Sporting Goods in 1977,...
Five tips for building wealth at any income level
John Paul Caswell, president and managing principal of Baton Rouge’s Iron Horse Financial, says effective wealth building has less to do with income level than with intentional...
Amazon drone delivery service takes flight in Baton Rouge
Amazon has launched its Prime Air drone delivery service in Baton Rouge, making the Capital Region the first area in Louisiana where customers can...
New details: What we know about Meta’s Baton Rouge workforce academy
Meta’s America’s Workforce Academy is coming to Baton Rouge, and the program’s local details are beginning to come into focus.
Announced in June, the $115...
What a tightening supply across the local commercial real estate market means
The Baton Rouge commercial real estate market is entering the second half of 2026 with strong fundamentals as limited new construction continues to tighten...
New government relations firm Frontline Strategies is becoming a powerful force in a rapidly...
With the stroke of a pen, a single bill can reshape an industry overnight.
A new government relations firm is positioning itself at the center...
A new speakeasy is set to open inside Circa 1857 this month
Hearsay Social Club, a new speakeasy-style cocktail bar tucked inside the Mid City antique shop Circa 1857, is set to open July 17.
Circa 1857...
Landside gaming is giving Baton Rouge’s casino market a successful second act
Not long ago, the Belle of Baton Rouge was pulling in somewhere between $600,000 and $700,000 a month—respectable, perhaps, for a riverboat casino rocking...
The surprising factors that convinced this boomerang to return to Baton Rouge
John Musso is the kind of boomerang that Capital Region economic developers dream about. The 41-year-old moved back to Baton Rouge after a successful...
A family-owned shop built on neon, grit and personal service succeeds one sign at...
Scott Jones was born in 1975, the year his father, Buck Jones, officially opened the doors of Jones Signs in Baton Rouge. “This is...
A new restaurant is planned for the former BR Furniture Outlet site on Florida
A new Cajun restaurant and lounge concept is in the works for Florida Boulevard, as local entrepreneur Dejon Dunbar and business partner Kedrick Taylor...
Local leaders visited the Netherlands to talk water. What did they learn?
A Louisiana delegation that included leaders from The Water Institute, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and state coastal protection and economic development agencies returned...
Meet the Capital Region man who bought Exit 19
Just south of the Interstate 12 exit at Satsuma, an F4 Phantom U.S. Navy jet sits near a turnoff for a row of recently...
How Peter Ranzino went from pitching the internet to building two Inc. 5000 companies
In the late ’90s, Peter Ranzino would walk into Baton Rouge boardrooms carrying a projector and a PowerPoint presentation about a technology many executives...
Livingston Parish fabricators are betting big on the energy and data center boom
The last six months have brought a whirlwind of job creation to Livingston Parish. Nearly in tandem, a handful of large fabrication facilities have...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
A look at the latest issued permits and property transactions in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
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