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Jamel Brinkley, Gaines Book Award winner

Jamel Brinkley won the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his debut collection A Lucky Man. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation started and oversees the $10,000 book […]

A Tale of Two Streets

By Maggie Heyn Richardson To the south, there is Nicholson Drive, Louisiana Highway 30, a major corridor that runs from downtown Baton Rouge past Tiger Stadium and continues southward to […]

Pennington Biomedical’s Next Act

By Maggie Heyn Richardson Few public health problems are as complex as obesity. Forty percent of adults in the United States now struggle with the condition, the highest rate on […]

The G-word

Gentrification is improving neighborhoods in Mid City. By Sara Bongiorni The Economist magazine calls gentrification the dirtiest word in American cities. Used to describe an influx of middle-class, often white […]

Foundation’s community in NC includes working farm

By Maggie Heyn Richardson In the world of planning, greenspace is a priority. Neighborhood residents and users of mixed-used developments place a premium on parks where their children can play, […]