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• EBR Mayor, city leaders discuss Phase 1 reopening plans Friday morning

  May 15, 2020 9:42 AM

  BATON ROUGE - As many of Louisiana's businesses open their doors for the first time since early March, East Baton Rouge Parish leaders are meeting to review details of the reopening plans. On Friday morning, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and members of both RestartBR and BRAC discussed Phase 1... more »

• BRAC releases executive summary, detailing a safe reopening of BR's economy

  April 17, 2020 11:21 AM

  BATON ROUGE — On Friday morning, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) released an executive summary detailing the route to restarting the city's economy in a safe and responsible manner. The executive summary is the result of a collaboration of executives from the health care, manufacturing, automotive, banking, small... more »

• Local organization leads initiative to give hospitals supplies, asks community to assist

  April 9, 2020 9:21 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, also known as BRAC, is working to ensure that healthcare employees have the resources they need to serve the community during the pandemic. One new way BRAC is meeting this need is through its creation of The Sewing Safe Project, which... more »

• Baton Rouge businesses interested in PPP loans can apply beginning April 3 Play Video

  April 1, 2020 10:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The U.S. Treasury issued guidance for business owners interested in assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), on Monday. Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) is encouraging businesses to fill out the application now, in preparation for submission to an SBA-approved lender starting April 3. “Businesses... more »

• Business groups partner to start small business relief fund

  August 24, 2016 11:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry announced the creation of the Louisiana Small Business Rebirth Fund to help small businesses recover from the recent flooding. The Greater New Orleans, Inc., the Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business,... more »

• BRAC: nearly one third of homes in Baton Rouge area received flooding

  August 19, 2016 12:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE – In a preliminary analysis released Friday, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber reports that nearly one third of all homes in the Baton Rouge area received flood damage from this week’s historic flooding. BRAC released a preliminary analysis of the flood’s impact Friday. The organization used geographic... more »

• BRAC addresses Baton Rouge race problem Play Video

  July 14, 2016 7:40 PM

  Baton Rouge- Business leaders in the capital city said Baton Rouge has a race problem. "The business community acknowledges a racial divide in our city," said Ann Trappey, chairwoman of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. BRAC held a press conference Wednesday in response to the Alton Sterling shooting that... more »

• BRAC announces support for renewing EBR library tax

  October 12, 2015 10:59 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced Monday they supported renewing a property tax which covers more than 98 percent of the East Baton Rouge Library system's budget. Voters approved the ten-year dedicated tax in 1995 and 2005. Without it, the library wouldn't be able to stay... more »

• BRAC: Baton Rouge economy & jobs booming Play Video

  September 2, 2015 5:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Area Chamber reports that the Baton Rouge region is experiencing an economic boom with more jobs than ever. The report states that the Baton Rouge region has created 6,600 new jobs in the past year totaling a record of more than 400,000 jobs in... more »