Here’s the pitch: Wedding Champ, a Baton Rouge-based business that bills itself as “a bride’s sidekick,” is among five Louisiana companies that will compete for a $10,000 prize package at the Get Started Louisiana pitch competition this week. Presented by Cox Communications and Inc. magazine, the event is taking place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at The Chicory in New Orleans as part of the city’s Entrepreneur Week. The four other finalists are Atlas Therapeutics of New Orleans; BioAesthetics of New Orleans; Gator and Crane Inc. of Mandeville; and Undercover Coatings LLC of Meraux. Each will have two and a half minutes to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience and panel of judges.
Rolling it out: LSU Parking & Transportation Services is partnering with car sharing network Zipcar to place five vehicles on campus for students, faculty and staff ages 18 and older, as well as members of the public ages 21 and over. Zipcar and LSU representatives will be on campus Tuesday to showcase the new service and register new members. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the LSU Union Plaza. LSU says in a news release that the cars will be available at “an affordable rate” 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but no specifics on pricing were given. The Zipcars will have designated parking spots located in a campus lot near the Edward Gay Apartments and West Laville Hall for convenient pick-up and return.
Market forces: Beginning this week, BREADA is expanding its weekly farmers markets to include three additional locations through the end of July. The new seasonal locations will be at the Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to noon; LSU Health Baton Rouge, 5439 Airline Highway, from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays; and the ExxonMobil YMCA at 7717 Howell Blvd. from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays. Year-round markets are held at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, and at the corner of Fifth and Main streets downtown from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Free parking is available at each site. Market updates, recipes, vendor information and a calendar of events are available online.
