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Boy Scouts project could draw thousands to Atchafalaya

By C.E. Richard On a bright autumn morning, we eased our canoes into still waters near Henderson, Louisiana, and paddled a few clumsy strokes before old muscle memories took over. Soon, we were gliding easily across the glassy black surface of the swamp. Navigating our way through a graveyard of gray cypress stumps, I felt […]

EBR’s Emerging Warehouse District

By Maggie Heyn Richardson Anthony Kimble of Kimble Properties is investing in the rise of Mid City. Anthony Kimble of Kimble Properties is investing in the rise of Mid City. Every so often, business owner David Applegate steps out onto the balcony of his building at 14th and Government Streets to look at the world […]

Mid City Studio

By Jeff Roedel The patio fills quickly as residents lean in for better views of poster boards showing BREC’s renderings and proposals for improvements to Spain Street Park. A community garden, a picnic pavilion and playground, and park benches that wiggle and curve like ocean waves are on display. William Doran and Lynley Farris are […]

Ladee Hubbard wins 2017 Gaines Award

New Orleans writer Ladee Hubbard’s novel, “The Talented Ribkins,” has been named winner of the 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Now in its 11th year, the Gaines Award is a nationally acclaimed $10,000 prize given annually by Baton Rouge Area Foundation and its donors to recognize outstanding work from rising African-American fiction […]

Meet Justin Ehrenwerth

A conversation with the new CEO of The Water Institute By David Jacobs Justin Ehrenwerth was named president and CEO of The Water Institute of the Gulf early this year. Founded in 2011, the nonprofit Institute researches coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems to help governments, businesses and residents prepare for an uncertain future. […]

The Newtron Group donates to Water Campus Project

Baton Rouge – The Newtron Group and its founder Newton B. Thomas have committed $1.5 million to the Water Campus, ensuring that the 35-acre development is built to the highest standards in the world for research facilities. Located on riverfront land in downtown Baton Rouge, the Water Campus will number among the best science campuses […]

Tout ensemble

A Pointe Coupee couple spent 50 years gathering French Louisiana material culture and putting it “all together” By C.E. Richard Visitors arriving at Maison Chenal might be left a little disoriented. The 18th century Creole cottage in Pointe Coupee is quite unlike the houses we’re accustomed to these days. Coming out from under the moist […]