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By Maggie Heyn Richardson The 50-year-old Baton Rouge public housing development Ardenwood Village is slated to eventually be decommissioned, but what will replace it is unlike any other public housing […]

Currents Q4 2020

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 […]

By Jeffrey Roedel Snagging the dry crusty outer bark of a towering pine, the claw hook holds strong as Christopher Cooper wraps his chrome-clad diameter tape around the thick trunk […]

By Sara Bongiorni In Baton Rouge, experienced leaders within our justice system have come to terms with a reality: We can’t jail our way to safety. Their own data showed […]

A majority of Baton Rouge residents don’t want to attend large events during the pandemic. They don’t want to fly from the local airport either. Parents are okay with sending […]

Currents Q3 2020

By Olivia McClure For the past three years, Emily Chatelain and her nonprofit have made sure at-risk kids in South Louisiana get the food they need whenever they’re not in […]

By Sara Bongiorni There is no arguing the role of New Schools for Baton Rouge in the lives of local children. It supported 19 nonprofit schools that enrolled more than […]

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, […]