Asking for more: According to the latest measure of the Trulia Price Monitor, released today, the average home list price in Baton Rouge increased 5.2% between the first and second quarter of the year—the fourth-highest increase among the largest 100 metros in the country. That was also just 0.5 percentage points behind top-ranked Tucson, Ariz. Nationwide, asking prices increased 1.2% between the first and second quarter. Click here for a summary of the latest Trulia Price Monitor report and access to the full document.
Break out the big scissors: A ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the completion of the first phase of work on South Harrell’s Ferry Road, a Green Light Plan project, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in front of Printing Tech, 11930 South Harrell’s Ferry Road. The project is the 28th to be concluded under the parishwide road improvements plan. James Construction Group of Baton Rouge completed the $13.2 million, 1.8-mile road construction project on South Harrell’s Ferry Road, which included widening the former two-lane, open ditch roadway into a new four-lane configuration that has sidewalks and a raised median from South Sherwood Forest Boulevard to Millerville Road. Click here for more details on the project and the ribbon cutting.
It’s a hard road wherever you go: In its new issue, Ebony magazine profiles and interviews former LSU Tiger and current New York Giant Michael Clayton, calling him “The NFL’s unlikeliest MVP.” “When searching the record books of the greatest LSU Tigers of all-time, Michael Clayton’s name is one that can be found towards the top of nearly each receiving category,” the magazine acknowledges. “Unfortunately, the seven seasons following his rookie year would read like a flash-in-the-pan, and never quite measured up. However, in speaking with the former first-round pick we learned that there’s much more to his story than the numbers would indicate.” Read the full Q&A with Clayton here.
