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By Sara Bongiorni Marcus Turner has big plans, even heroic ones. The Broadmoor High School freshman hopes to study technology in college to prepare for a career as a cybersecurity expert for the U.S. Army—either that or a pilot for the U.S. Air Force. Military service runs in the Turner family. The ninth-grader’s grandfather was […]

Staging a comeback

By Jeff Roedel With every step clacking across the cool concrete quicker than the last, it is easy to see Renee Chatelain is elated. She should be. She’s walking through walls. “I’m so excited, I haven’t seen this yet,” says the executive director of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, half whispery confession, half […]

Housing isn’t enough

By Maggie Heyn Richardson The 50-year-old Baton Rouge public housing development Ardenwood Village is slated to eventually be decommissioned, but what will replace it is unlike any other public housing experiment to date in the Capital City. Ardenwood Village’s 93 families will move in phases into four newly built clusters of modern, mixed-income housing. The […]

Plank Road Progress: Master plan to revive corridor is being implemented

By Maggie Heyn Richardson Last year, residents of Baton Rouge’s Plank Road corridor were invited to do something they’re rarely asked to do. Dream. The inaugural project of the Plank Road master plan will be an $8 million building with apartments, a YWCA early learning center and headquarters for Build Baton Rouge. A BREC pocket […]