BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in collaboration with the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation and the Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, today announced that more […]
Currents Q4 2017
Baton Rouge – The Newtron Group and its founder Newton B. Thomas have committed $1.5 million to the Water Campus, ensuring that the 35-acre development is built to the highest […]
A Pointe Coupee couple spent 50 years gathering French Louisiana material culture and putting it “all together” By C.E. Richard C.E. Richard is a writer, filmmaker and English professor at […]
Contact: Mukul Verma, mverma@braf.org, (225) 387-6126 Parents and caregivers throughout Louisiana can now easily find services they need to support their children of all ages with autism and other developmental […]
Currents Q3 2017
By Mukul Verma Librarians are pioneers. Smart and adventurous, they willingly try new ideas and technologies before employees of other government agencies do. Baton Rouge’s library system, for instance, will […]
By Mukul Verma Dyke Nelson and David Weinstein are winning at calculated gambles. They have profited from redevelopments in challenged areas. Seeing the promise in Mid City, for instance, Nelson […]
Currents Q2 2017
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced winners of its annual nonprofit management awards, and that its assets surpassed $600 million to reach a record at year-end 2016. At its annual […]
Frustration is no match for the drive to find out new things.” — DR. WILLIAM HANSEL Editor’s note: this story, written by Mary Ann Sternberg, appeared in the Fourth Quarter […]