Steady rolling: A Mary Bird Perkins mobile medical clinic will begin rolling through Terrebonne, LaFourche, St. Mary and St. Tammany parishes early next year, thanks to a $2 million grant from BRAF. The mobile clinic will provide cancer screenings and related services to uninsured and underinsured residents in the parishes, which have higher death rates from cancer among vulnerable populations than the state average. Mary Bird Perkins already operates one mobile clinic that travels throughout its 18-parish service area. The BRAF grant provides up to $750,000 to purchase a second unit and $1.25 million to operate it for five years.
You gotta be in it to win it: You’ve got little more than a week left to submit an application to take part in a live business pitch competition (picture the popular TV show Shark Tank) that’s a featured event of this year’s Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, set for Nov. 11-17. At stake will be at least $125,000, which will come from five regional business owners who will serve as both judges and investors (learn about them here). The deadline to submit an application is Oct. 12. Five finalists will be selected for the competition. Entrepreneurs and companies interested in taking part in the competition can submit their applications to SeNSE, which is producing the event, here.
Coming back home: Parker Layrisson Law Firm says it’s adding a downtown Baton Rouge office at 453 Louisiana Ave. The firm, which was founded and is led by LSU alum Parker Layrisson, also has offices in New Orleans and Ponchatoula, which is where it’s headquartered. “Baton Rouge is my birthplace, my former home, and a city that is near and dear to me. From LSU Law in 1999 to Tiger tailgating in 2012, I’ve always enjoyed my time in Baton Rouge,” says Layrisson. “The chance to open an office here to better serve Baton Rouge residents is a dream come true.”
Today’s poll question: Who won last night’s presidential debate?
