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 in 1998 as an initiative of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation designed to infuse Smart Growth principles into the revitalization of downtown Baton Rouge, making it a livable, sustainable, productive regional center.  To read about the original Plan Baton Rouge, visit www.planbr.org
    After a decade of resounding implementation success, CPEX, in partnership with the DDD and City of Baton Rouge, embarked upon the ambitious Plan Baton Rouge Phase II update process in 2008.  
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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

Request for Qualifications Package: Residential Contractor Services
Home Rehabilitation: Contractor Request For Qualifications Package…

Homeowner Rehabilitation Program
The Center for Planning Excellence (C-PEX) is offering a Home Rehabilitation Grant Program to assist in the repair and updating of existing owner-occupied homes within Old South Baton Rouge and Scotlandville communities.… Applications due July 26, 2010!

New Orleans / Baton Rouge Transit and Housing Strategy
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the region connecting them could benefit from an integrated landuse and transportation strategy - including an inter-city rail - and CPEX and partners are stepping up to the task.…

5th Annual Smart Growth Summit
CPEX’s 5th Annual Smart Growth Summit is set for August 19 & 20, 2010…

Great Places in Louisiana Awards Program
The entries are in and the winners will be announced at the Smart Growth Summit, but click here to learn about the award and the judges...…

UPCOMING EVENTS
PARTNERS

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Louisiana Municipal Association

Louisiana Recovery Authority

Northshore Community Foundation

The Downtown Development District

East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

Louisiana Office of Community Development

NeighborWorks America

Ford Foundation

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