Internationally renowned firm will meld best practices with unique local needs to develop comprehensive plan for downtown. Baton Rouge, LA – Internationally renowned planning group Sasaki has been selected to lead Plan Baton Rouge III, a planning initiative focused on advancing downtown Baton Rouge. Planning meetings began in earnest yesterday (February 17th), with consultants visiting Baton […]
By Sara Bongiorni The YMCA of the Capital Area will open an early childhood education program at its A.C. Lewis branch in early 2022—a first for the YMCA in Baton Rouge. Christian Engle | Photo by Tim mueller It’s a notable early step in a wide-ranging effort to expand the YMCA’s role in promoting community […]
Baton Rouge, La., October 26, 2021 – We are proud to announce AT&T’s contribution of $375,000 to the Hurricane Ida Relief Fund. These dollars will support critical response and recovery efforts being made by community foundations across Southeast Louisiana. The Hurricane Ida Relief and Recovery Fund makes grants to community foundations in Southeast Louisiana. The […]
Currents Q4 2021
By Gary Perilloux Broadway fans will remember the musical Fiddler on the Roof and the battle cry of Tevye the Dairyman: “Tradition.” Dairyman: “Tradition!” Yet tradition without change, as Tevye discovered, can bar growth. In the early 21st century, Baton Rouge leaders recognized that truth. A 2011 master plan, FuturEBR, identified 11 million square feet […]
Stephenson Stellar, a plucky science startup, focuses its cyber vision on space By Gary Perilloux In the six score and eight years since a stroke of Abraham Lincoln’s pen established the National Academy of Sciences, rarely had the society of scholars issued so dire a warning. The year—1991—found them raising the alarm in Computers at […]
A clear majority of Baton Rouge residents want the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office merged. They support a fee to clean up trash from waterbodies and believe that the parish has a very serious litter problem. And six of 10 parents want their children to leave the parish to live […]
Ardendale will blend services with a mix of housing By Sara Bongiorni Upcoming construction of a vital new roadway and groundbreaking on the first phase of $100 million in planned housing highlight the Ardendale project’s focus on transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods in Baton Rouge. Ardendale is being developed on 200 acres of raw […]
Government Street’s redesign has drawn businesses and residents to Mid City. Planner Camille Manning-Broome says the success is a beginning. By Mukul Verma With a reworking, Government Street has become a destination, and no longer a fast road to some- where else. The state spent $12 million to turn four lanes into two lanes and […]
By Sara Bongiorni A pandemic shakeup has restructured the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge into a regional organization focused on serving more children, and with new services that include mental-health counseling for kids coping with loss and upheaval. There is a new name for what is essentially a new organization. The Boys […]
Currents Q3 2021