Making Waves in Mid City
THE YMCA’S MODERN TRANSFORMATIONBy Amy Alexander | Photos by Collin Richie Tammy Abshire learned how to swim one sultry New Orleans summer when she was a kid. There was that […]
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Crisis stabilization center opens
By Sara Bongiorni Strangers began calling Charlotte Claiborne in the weeks before the opening of the Bridge Center for Hope, sometimes late at night, always frantic with worry. Each caller […]
New Kids on the Block
By Maggie Heyn Richardson Photo by Tim Mueller In 2017, Dustin LaFont stood in front of the former Sarkis Oriental Rugs building at Government and Wiltz streets and dreamed. The […]
Currents Q1 2021
Currents Q1 2021
2022 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report
Double Down
By Sara Bongiorni Marcus Turner has big plans, even heroic ones. The Broadmoor High School freshman hopes to study technology in college to prepare for a career as a cybersecurity […]
Staging a comeback
By Jeff Roedel With every step clacking across the cool concrete quicker than the last, it is easy to see Renee Chatelain is elated. She should be. She’s walking through […]
Housing isn’t enough
By Maggie Heyn Richardson J. Daniels, EBR Housing Authority | Tim Mueller Photo The 50-year-old Baton Rouge public housing development Ardenwood Village is slated to eventually be decommissioned, but what […]
Currents Q4 2020
Currents Q4 2020
Plank Road Progress: Master plan to revive corridor is being implemented
By Maggie Heyn Richardson Last year, residents of Baton Rouge’s Plank Road corridor were invited to do something they’re rarely asked to do. Dream. The inaugural project of the Plank […]
Green Machine: How data and design are nourishing Baton Rouge Green’s growth across the region
By Jeffrey Roedel Staff of Baton Rouge Green, from left, Director of Operations Robert Seeman, Executive Director Sage Roberts Foley and Program Specialist Chris Cooper | Photo by Tim Mueller […]