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

A new vision for downtown Baton Rouge is beginning to take shape, and city leaders are turning to the public to help guide the process.

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.

The chairs were set up, music queued, fact sheets and maps printed, and lectern and ceremonial red ribbon wheeled out. The Wednesday evening production organized by Baton Rouge officials was ...

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 ...

You can tell it’s lunchtime by the number of people walking up and down Third Street in Downtown Baton Rouge. One of Megan Braxton’s favorite times of day.

The changed nature of downtown is now considered a model for redeveloping neglected parts of Baton Rouge, but the facts on the ground will be very different.

Leaders announced new developments in downtown Baton Rouge during a meeting on Tuesday, September 13.

Only 1,463 people lived in Baton Rouge back then, compared with the 140,000 people who now pass through downtown daily. City limits stretched farther than they were settled, eastward from the ...