Capital Assets: The best of Baton Rouge and the Capital Region – Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

Its said that downtown is the living room of any community. Its the place where we host out-of-town guests. Its where we gather to entertain, host a party or simply have a good time.

And here in Baton Rouge, the downtown area serves as a symbolic representation of the city and the larger Capital Region: A semi-vibrant area of rebirth along the Mississippi River thats made a lot of progress over the past 20 years, continues to possess remarkable potential and is a barometer for what we can becomeand the work that remains for potential to become reality.

Yet downtown is hardly this regions only treasure, as detailed in Business Reports latest cover package Capital Assets 2022.

From the splendor of the rolling hills of the Felicianas to the economic might of industrial plants hard against the Mississippi River in Ascension, Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes. From the hamlets of suburban bedroom communities in Livingston and Ascension to the emergence of traditional neighborhood developments dotting East Baton Rouge Parish. From the championship exploits of our high school and college athletic teams to the seeds of our intellectual and economic future found at LSU, the states flagship university, Southern, the nations largest historically black university system, and a host of community and technical colleges across the region. From the remarkable research being done at Pennington Biomedical to the incredible potential of a growing health care corridor.

At its core, however, what makes this place so special is its people. For it is all of us who define our cultural gumbo and our identity. And even when were going through growing pains, its the people of the Capital Region who will determine our future.

Make no mistake, it is all of us who are this regions greatest asset.

Read the full Capital Assets cover package from the latest edition of Business Report.

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Capital Assets: The best of Baton Rouge and the Capital Region - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report