News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
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During its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, the Planning Commission approved the final development plan for Arlington Marketplace, a shopping center on 14.6 acres located on the south side of Burbank Drive, east of West Lee Drive.
Developing Baton Rouge Exclusive
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** Edit: This article was edited on 1/17/17 to clarify that the Downtown stretch of the Greenway project is only a portion of the overall master plan for the 2.75 mile greenway. Last Saturday, on the coldest day of 2017 (so far at least), Developing Baton Rouge layered up and headed out to explore the newly […]
News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
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Rain delays might have slowed construction in 2016, but the much-anticipated Knock Knock Children’s Museum is expected to open doors on schedule in City Park sometime this summer. Quietly underway since 2010, the museum is the brainchild of a handful of community volunteers and education experts whose intent was to build a ground-up, best-in-class children’s […]
News Source: The Advocate
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The chairs were set up, music queued, fact sheets and maps printed, and lectern and ceremonial red ribbon wheeled out. The Wednesday evening production organized by Baton Rouge officials was attended by heads of agencies, business leaders and elected officials — who briefly diverted a fire engine with sirens screaming — to celebrate the completion of less […]
News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
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A recent federal grant set in motion the infancy of a long-discussed commuter rail project from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, but many of the components of the project are still up in the air, and the state would have to find around $260 million to fund it.
News Source: The Advocate
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This library is for making art, not just consuming it. Tuesday, city officials broke ground on the long-debated, occasionally contentious $14.6 million River Center Library downtown next to City Hall.
News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
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The city-parish is considering deferring for a year its request for $67.5 million in federal funds for the TramLink BR streetcar line that is proposed for a 3.4-mile stretch along Nicholson Drive. Securing the federal money is key for the future of the project, and will cover about 50% of the estimated $170 million total […]
News Source: The Advocate
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Plans are in the works to give Riverfront Plaza a facelift that will refurbish the area between the Baton Rouge RiverCenter and the city dock by redoing the landscape, removing some concrete and modernizing the architecture.
News Source: The Advocate
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Homeless cats and dogs may be able to move into a new no-kill shelter on LSU’s campus next year. The Companion Animal Alliance of Baton Rouge, which runs the city-parish shelter, announced Monday that a campaign has raised $10 million to build a new facility with more amenities and easy access to students at the […]
News Source: The Advocate
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The increasing number of riverboat dockings in Baton Rouge has city-parish officials looking at expanding the city dock to accommodate multiple vessels.