Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Recent News About Baton Rouge Area Chamber
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Baton Rouge Area Chamber announces Placid Refining, Baton Rouge, Port Allen, Louisiana
Placid Refining, an independent petroleum refining company, plans to relocate its headquarters to Baton Rouge and modernize its existing facility in Port Allen, Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge Area Chamber Announces Unemployment Rates in Baton Rouge Decrease Over Past Two Years
Louisiana’s unemployment rate has seen a decrease for two years consecutively and data released by the Federal Bureau of Labor statistics show that the adjusted number of people employed is approaching historic levels.
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Baton Rouge Area Chamber announces Leads Peer Metros in Year-over-year Percentage Job Growth
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today released its monthly economic indicator dashboard that examines and analyzes the state of the regional economy.
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BRAC Launches Capital Region Economic Metrics Dashboard
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today launched Progress by the Numbers, a Capital Region community dashboard tracking key metrics outlined in BRAC’s five-year strategic plan, BRING IT!, that are often used to understand the economic vitality of a region.
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Talent Attraction, Public Safety, Transitional Energy Top BRAC’s 2023 Priorities
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) Friday announced its 2023 strategic priorities and reviewed its 2022 outcomes at its Annual Meeting presented by Kean Miller.
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School of Nursing Ranked Among Top 10 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in 2023
Nursing Degree Search, an independent online resource for students seeking nursing schools and programs, ranked Southern University School of Nursing as one of the top 10 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana for 2023.
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LSU, Southern Buck Declining Enrollment Trend, Here’s How
The Capital Region’s public colleges and universities are growing their student bodies even as state and national enrollment trends point in the other direction.
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As Support for Minority Entrepreneurs In Baton Rouge Expands, Optimism is Growing with it
It was hard enough for Evon Roquemore when Brightside Clinic in Denham Springs flooded right after it opened in 2016.
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BRAC Announces Promotions and New Hires
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today announced updates to staff, including a promotion and two new hires.
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Baton Rouge launches new public-private coalition for public safety: ‘We’re all impacted.’
Baton Rouge elected officials, law enforcement, business owners and nonprofits are launching a new coalition to improve public safety in Baton Rouge called SafeBR.
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Downtown Development District and Baton Rouge Area Chamber Partnering to Fill Vacant Storefronts
A project to revitalize downtown Baton Rouge is in the works.
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Kindle Energy Breaks Ground on $750 Million Power Station in Iberville Parish
Kindle Energy announced it is building a $750 million, 700-megawatt electric generation plant in Iberville Parish that will produce enough electricity to power more than 500,000 homes per year.
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Baton Rouge Recovers All Pandemic-Era Job Losses
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today released its monthly economic indicator dashboard that examines and analyzes the state of the regional economy.
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BRAC’s Business Intelligence Team Announces Riverbend Research Firm
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today launched Riverbend Research, an offshoot of its Business Intelligence department. Riverbend Research is a standalone analysis and consulting firm conducting research for private and public clients.
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BRAC’s New Consulting Firm Will Work with Clients Beyond Capital Region
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today launched Riverbend Research, a stand-alone analysis and consulting firm conducting research for clients beyond the Capital Region.
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One Year After Launch, BRAC’s Online Job Board Continues to Evolve
BR Works, the online job portal launched by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, has garnered 81,500 page views and 13,900 users since it went live one year ago, BRAC announced this morning.
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BRAC: Capital Region Ranks 13th Nationally for Economic Diversity
The Capital Region’s economy is the 13th-most diversified among 384 metro areas nationwide, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.
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Baton Rouge Area Chamber: John B. Cade Library celebrates National Library Week
John B. Cade Library celebrates National Library Week