American Heart Association and the Downtown Development District will unveil and dedicate four downtown walking paths Wednesday (April 2) for National Walking Day.

A 12.5-mile paved walking and bike path atop the River Road levee will stretch from downtown Baton Rouge to L'Auberge Casino and Hotel by the end of next year, according to a report from the Baton ...

The head of the Downtown Development District wants to turn a 20-acre site across River Road from the Pentagon Barracks into a park, with trails and fishing ponds.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Leaders announced new developments in downtown Baton Rouge during a meeting on Tuesday, September 13. The Spanishtown neighborhood has received a $13,500 grant for a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials are working on plans to improve Third Street to keep businesses here and attract new ones. You can tell it’s lunchtime by the number of people walking up and ...

When Whitney Hoffman Sayal took the helm of the Downtown Development District in June 2022, she had big shoes to fill.

The chairs were set up, music queued, fact sheets and maps printed, and lectern and ceremonial red ribbon wheeled out. Kip Holden's last ribbon-cutting, for a downtown Baton Rouge trail system ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ... Only 1,463 people lived in Baton Rouge back then, compared with the 140,000 people who now pass through downtown daily.

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