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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Economic Development

Stuck in the middle

IS IT POSSIBLE to be friendly with both sides engaged in a battle? Martin Mayer is about to find out.

A tale of two parishes

Fast-growing rivals Livingston and Ascension compete for population and economic dominance.

Team Louisiana

Regional film commissions and visitors bureaus share co-star billing in a unique effort to promote the state’s entertainment industry.

Project Home Run

Baton Rouge hits it out of the park, luring Albemarle’s headquarters with a $7 million incentive package.

Downtown developments

As Third Street’s fledgling nightlife scene grows, city leaders and business owners want to nip potential safety problems in the bud.

Green Light means GO!

Three years after voters extended a half-cent sales tax to fund more than $500 million in road improvements, the first projects are under way.

Walking the Rouge carpet

Baton Rouge seeks a starring role as Louisiana bids to become a moviemaking alternative to that other L.A.

Designs on a museum

Renderings of the Knock Knock Children’s Museum show an attraction that ‘couldn’t be anywhere but B.R.’

Wings and things

Metro Airport leads the effort for more state funding for existing aviation infrastructure.

Adam’s eve

LRA’s deputy director prepares to carry forth the initiatives set by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber as its new president/CEO.

A bridge to the future

Pointe Coupee Parish reboots its land-use plan in advance of the 2010 opening of the John James Audubon Bridge.

A road map for B.R.

BRAF launches a program, CityStats, to show us where we’ve been, how far we’ve come and where we need to go.

The reel deal

After some initial glitches, East Feliciana takes another shot at getting a film studio built in the parish.

Economic timeline

March 11, 2008 issue

What recession?

Storm clouds are swirling around the national economy but Baton Rouge appears to be protected--at least for this year.

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