Community honors: The Emerge Center will host their annual Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activists Awards benefit luncheon on Friday, Nov. 16, at the Renaissance Hotel. The 2018 honorees are: Coletta Barrett, Jim Brandt, Nancy Crawford, Staci Deumite Duhe, Alsie Dunbar, Edmund Giering, Wendy Lipsey, Dr. Fatemeh Malekian, Rolfe McCollister (owner and publisher of Business Report), Levar Robinson, Todd Schexnayder, Ann Trappey, and Hailey Junca. Tickets and sponsorships for the event are available online.
SS benefits: Over the past decade, Social Security has been pretty stingy in the cost of living adjustments it gives to retirees. But 2019 could be different, USA Today reports. Early indications suggest Social Security benefits could go up by a greater amount than retirees and other participants have seen since 2012. Social Security calculates each year’s increase by looking at the Consumer Price Index from July through September and comparing it to the previous year’s levels. Read the full story.
Future planning: Forbes just created its first-ever list of the Best Places To Retire In Each State, naming Kenner and Lafayette as the best retirement destinations in Louisiana. The two cities were chosen because of their low median home prices and tax rates. Three-quarters of the 100 places Forbes identified on its list have median home prices below the national average of $269,600. In Kenner, named best place in Louisiana to retire, the median home sale prices is $160,000 and in Lafayette, the runner up, the median price is $163,000. Read the full list.
