Rob Franklin wins Ernest J. Gaines Award
Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced that Rob Franklin’s debut novel Great Black Hope has won the 19th annual Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary […]
News & Publications
2016 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report
Health District Master Plan
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today released a master plan for the Health District, a prescription for a thriving but congested area where more health care assets will be under […]
Currents 4Q 2015
Currents 4Q 2015
Consultant Hired to Write Plan for EBR Mental Health Treatment Center
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has hired consultants to write a business and implementation plan for a behavioral health crisis center in East Baton Rouge Parish. By December, Health Management […]
EBR Survey: Crime worries down, medical marijuana OK
East Baton Rouge Parish residents are less worried about crime than they were a year ago. They would ride a train to New Orleans and its airport. More of them […]
Baton Rouge Lakes Master Plan
Designers hired by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation recommend dredging the lakes to improve water quality, installing a sediment bypass system to sustain the lakes for decades, and building shoreline […]
Currents 3Q 2016/AR 2015
Currents 3Q 2016/AR 2015
Economist: Mental Health Center would save EBR millions
If residents with mental illness and substance abuse problems were treated instead of jailed, East Baton Rouge government would directly save millions of tax dollars and accumulate secondary benefits, an […]
Economist: Mental Health Center would save EBR millions
If residents with mental illness and substance abuse problems were treated instead of jailed, East Baton Rouge government would directly save millions of tax dollars and accumulate secondary benefits, an […]
Currents 2Q 2015
Currents 2Q 2015