Going live: Baton Rouge River Center officials announced the launch of a newly revamped website today. The website is meant to reflect the entertainment venue’s updated brand, and is responsive across multiple platforms, according to a news release. Tulsa-based Cubic Advertising Agency received the contract to redesign and develop the website. In addition to the new design, functionality and overall experience of the River Center’s website, a new URL is slated to be announced on Thursday after an announcement by Mayor Kip Holden regarding a new name for the Baton Rouge River Center. The old domain, www.brrivercenter.com, will automatically redirect patrons to the new website. Today’s announcement is the third in a series of four announcements highlighting improvements to modernize the River Center. New digital monitors were unveiled on Monday, and the River Center announced two new food outlets on Tuesday.
Taking part: The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is again urging businesses and community leaders to take part in a survey that will help the chamber craft its annual economic outlook for the Capital Region. The deadline to take the survey is midnight on Monday, Oct. 31. The responses to the survey will be compiled in BRAC’s 2017 Economic Outlook, a forecast for the nine-parish Capital Region for the upcoming year. The survey consists of 13 questions and can be taken online. BRAC’s 2017 Economic Outlook will be delivered at its Regional Stakeholders Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Nov. 17 at Ruffino’s at De La Ronde Hall, 320 Third St. The unveiling of the annual economic outlook will take place in conjunction with Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week.
Another energy source: Renewable energy accounted for more than half of the additions to the world’s energy capacity last year, and it overtook coal in terms of its ability to generate power, the International Energy Agency says. FuelFix.com reports that renewable energy in 2015 reached a record high of 153 gigawatts, propelled by a growing number of onshore wind farms and solar grids. Most of the additions to renewable power systems are wind farms, according to the IEA’s Renewable Energy Medium-Term Market Report for 2016. By 2021, if the United States stays its course on renewable energy development, it will have the world’s second largest capacity for renewable energy production, the report says. China—the “indisputable leader” of the world’s growth in renewable energy—accounts for 40% of the additions to renewable power capacity. Read the full story.
