Downtown Baton Rouge Wins International Award

BATON ROUGE PLANNING

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    Old South Baton Rouge

    In 2005, Plan Baton Rouge hired RKG Associates and a team of consultants to create a Strategic Neighborhood Revitalization and Economic Development Plan that identified strategies and implementation steps to generate reinvestment in the area, to strengthen and preserve the residential neighborhoods and to provide an effective guide for decision-making through community engagement. Learn more

     

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    Plan Baton Rouge

    Plan Baton Rouge began as an initiative of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to oversee and implement the Master Plan created in 1998 for downtown Baton Rouge, to promote Smart Growth initiatives and to develop the new Strategic Plan for Old South Baton Rouge. Learn more

     

STATEWIDE PLANNING

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    Louisiana Speaks

    Louisiana Speaks is a long-term planning initiative of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) that is supported with private funds provided through the LRA Support Foundation. Learn more

     

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    Louisiana Community Planning

    Center for Planning Excellence initiated the Louisiana Community Planning Program in the fall of 2006 after receiving a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Smart Growth grant, secured by Senator Mary Landrieu. Learn more

     

PLANNING IN THE NEWS

OSBR Land, LLC Announces RFP for Brownfield Remediation Action
OSBR Land, LLC (OSBR) invites interested parties to submit their proposal and qualifications to conduct Brownfields Remedial Actions on a selected Brownfields site located at 1320 Highland Road in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana as part of a Brownfields Cleanup Grant funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).…

Smart Growth Summit - CPEX's 4th annual Summit on Smart Growth set for August 27th & 28th, 2009
Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) will hold its 4 th annual Summit on Smart Growth:  Creating Complete Communities, August 27 and 28, 2009 at the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge.

Plan Baton Rouge Phase Two meeting draws crowd
The second community meeting for Plan Baton Rouge Phase Two was held on Monday, February 9, at the Louisiana State Museum in Downtown Baton Rouge and the meeting attracted more than 160 interested locals.…

CPEX Hosts Traveling Road Show for Land Use Toolkit
In April, the non-profit Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) will hit the road to educate leaders around the state about a groundbreaking new online tool that will help them plan for future growth and development in their communities:…

Walkable Communities
In these days of suburban sprawl, endless commutes, and traffic nightmares, it may be hard to recall, but there was a time when you could get around your neighborhood or town without getting into a car…

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • 4th Annual Summit on Smart Growth - Creating Complete Communities:
  • Wednesday, August 26, 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Opening Keynote Plenary with featured speaker Andrés Duany at the Old State Capitol
  • Thursday, August 27, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm - The Shaw Center for the Arts
  • Friday, August 28, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - The Shaw Center for the Arts
  • Saturday, August 29, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Kids Planning Day at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum
  • Registration Now Open!

PARTNERS

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Louisiana Municipal Association

Louisiana Recovery Authority

Northshore Community Foundation

The Downtown Development District

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