Baton Rouge North Economic Development District

08/28/2026

TOMORROW, join our board chairman at a fresh food market in Baker, Louisiana!!!

08/28/2026

This Tuesday a health event is coming to North Baton Rouge!

08/25/2026

Great work from the team at UREC!!!

08/11/2026

This weekend we had the pleasure to serve educators and staff of the school system at Senator Regina Ashford Barrow 'Educators R Essential' event. It was great to continue our investment into young people and the people who support their growth and development!

Over the last few weeks, we've supported:

✅️ School-aged students by contributing to over 250 school uniform pants
✅️ 167 Student-parents with supply filled backpacks to help with their post-secondary education
✅️ Teachers, administration, and staff members who are vital to the future of our youth

Thank you to our Board Chairman Kermit Johnson, IV for coming out and serving our table & board commissioner Terra Barrow-Williams for supporting Senator and our table as well! For everyone who was able to attend, thank you for allowing us to serve and we are looking forward to a safe and productive school year for everyone!

08/04/2026

Let's talk about measurable impact! We are proud to provide a brief summary of our impact for two back to school events that we sponsored with Fashion Stop LLC, Restore Church, and Study n' Play. It is our pleasure to serve the families of student-parents who often don't take care of their own school needs as they try to care for their children's back to school needs, and school age children who needed uniform pants. We've heard the community feedback about children often staying home from school because of the lack of having an adequate uniform and we were happy to contribute to a solution!

07/29/2026

There's A LOT planned for the scenic highway area!

Baton Rouge’s Scenic Highway getting road and safety improvements. See the details. bit.ly/3TjOmo8

A busy Scotlandville thoroughfare is getting a new look as community leaders focus on pedestrian safety.

07/28/2026

Here's an article that came out today about Study N Play! We are proud to invest in two back to school events in which we help them provide school supplies for students-parents who are in post secondary education! Often those students-parents will go without the things they need to provide for their kids, we are happy to support the effort to close that area of need gap! Please read the article about their work here:

https://www.newamerica.org/insights/studynplay-preserving-parent-child-connection-while-supporting-persistence/

07/28/2026

As a member of the North Baton Rouge Community Advisory Panel, we participate every year in selecting a Karen Domingue scholarship award winner. This year's winner was Mr. Maurice Brown, who graduated with a 4.2 GPA from Southern University Laboratory School 💚💛. During his award dinner, his parents asked if we could provide additional support and last Friday we were able to fulfill that request by providing him a laptop and accessories to support his journey as an engineer major!

He and his family were kind enough to come and show community support at events like Kid's Fest 2026 to speak on stage and provide encouraging words to others. We are proud to provide support and invest in the youth and young adults in our community. Great things often start from believing and doing a little bit to invest in someone's future. We look forward to providing updates as we follow his journey.