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A Way Out

They were trapped in their addictions. Then came a woman named Angel. By Sara Bongiorni Every morning for years Rachel Wilson woke with a prayer. Please, God, let me die today. But the Navy veteran who had guided F14s for the Navy in Puerto Rico did not leave the matter to God’s hands. Wilson attempted […]

A time to HEAL

For children in poverty, basic health screenings a gamechanger in classroom learning By Maggie Heyn Richardson Sometimes, it’s the simplest solution that yields the best results. For Health and Education Alliance of Louisiana (HEAL), that means connecting the dots between the health care needs of children in poverty and how they succeed in the classroom. […]

Follow the trail

Lessons from Little Rock’s emergence as the Cycling Hub of the South By Jeff Roedel Imagine riding a bike up Mount Everest. Then down its rocky peaks. Then back up again. That’s roughly the elevation champion rider Rebecca Rusch traversed through Little Rock and across Arkansas, from the Ouachitas to the Ozarks, while setting a […]

The Shape of Water

The Water Institute and Tulane team on a waterfront plan in Argentina By Maggie Heyn Richardson South of Argentina’s cosmopolitan capital of Buenos Aires is the city of Quilmes, a port city with a half million people situated on the Río de la Plata. The widest river in the world, the Río de la Plata […]

BR Bikeshare: Startup Guide

HOW IT BEGAN: Bikeshare in Baton Rouge began as a project of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and turned into a collaboration with public agencies and private companies. Partners on the project are Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the Metro Council, BREC, LSU, Southern University, Blue Cross Blue Shield […]

Foundation Grants to Rework Waterfront in Argentinian City

Contact: Mukul Verma, mverma@braf.org, 225-362-9260 The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has approved a $75,000 grant to Tulane University and The Water Institute of the Gulf to support their work in developing a plan to remake the waterfront in Quilmes, Argentina. Tulane’s School of Architecture and the Institute will provide the needed coastal science and urban […]

Health District fights opioid crisis

Collaboration aims to prevent people from using at all By Maggie Heyn Richardson Brice Mohundro, Opioid Stewardship Task Force chair Brice Mohundro, Opioid Stewardship Task Force chair The opioid epidemic continues to be a challenge for communities nationwide, including the Capital Region, but an effort among partners of the Baton Rouge Health District is fighting […]

Bluebonnet Swamp: A center for warbler research

A charismatic yellow bird worth saving By Sara Bongiorni GeoDad was more or less standard issue as Prothonotary Warblers go. Bright-eyed, blunt-tailed and just five inches long, the songbird with a yellow head and a plump body was a confirmed father by his second breeding season at BREC’s Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center—all standard stuff for […]