TramLinkBR

December 15th, 2016

TramLinkBR is the proposed modern streetcar system linking downtown Baton Rouge with the LSU Campus and serving the neighborhoods and businesses between th...

DIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ON 3rd St.

October 20th, 2016

Diversity of Development on Third Street Map

TEMPORARY LIBRARY LOCATION

September 30th, 2016

Library books, computers and other materials have been relocated to a temporary facility which is now open at the Kress Building 447 Third St., across from...

DOWNTOWN HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

September 30th, 2016

Owners Holly Chaney, Liz Eure, Dr. Michael Duplechain, and Dr. Thomas Guillot cordially invite you to the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Downtown Hea...

CHEF CELESTE BISTRO NOW OPEN!

September 30th, 2016

Chef Celeste Bistro is an open-air café and is now open inside the Main Street Market (corner of Main St. & 5th St. inside the Galvez Garage). Chef Cel...

DOWNTOWN GREENWAY GROUNDBREAKING

July 15th, 2016

Construction began May 5, 2016 on the North Boulevard section of the Downtown Greenway, a multi-phase 2.75 mile interconnected network of bike/pedestrian p...

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS

July 1st, 2016

Here is a quick look at some of the new developments and new construction taking place Downtown!Downtown areas under construction:Downtown Greenway (North ...

MATHERNE'S MAKING A MARK

February 22nd, 2016

Located in the heart of downtown, Matherne's Market at 440 on Third is the first full service supermarket downtown in over 50 years! Only 9 months after op...

BARTRAM TRAIL MARKER

February 22nd, 2016

WILLIAM BARTRAMTRAIL MARKER DEDICATIONSEPTEMBER 10TH A trail marker dedication to William Bartram, an American Naturalist, was held this Thursday, Septembe...

2016 Development Toolkit

February 12th, 2016

The Downtown Development District has released the 2016 update to their Development Toolkit - a document offering demographics, statistics, and other resou...

COMING SOON: WATERMARK

October 21st, 2015

One of Baton Rouge's first skyscrapers was built in 1926 and was originally the home of Louisiana National Bank. It was recently purchased by developer Mik...

EPA Bike Share

October 12th, 2015

In early 2015, Baton Rouge received a U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) grant through its Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program to investig...