Old South Baton Rouge

In 2005, Plan Baton Rouge hired RKG Associates and a team of consultants to create a Strategic Neighborhood Revitalization and Economic Development Plan that identified strategies and implementation steps to generate reinvestment in the area, to strengthen and preserve the residential neighborhoods and to provide an effective guide for decision-making through community engagement. The Strategic Plan coordinates and leverages HOPE IV investment, private sector investment, City Parish investment, and ongoing downtown revitalization.

 


Programs in Old South Baton Rouge 


OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGE
HOME REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM

The Center for Planning Excellence is offering a Home Rehabilitation Grant Program to assist in the repair and updating of existing owner-occupied homes within any of the eight (8) Old South Baton Rouge Project Development Areas (PDA). The program seeks to preserve the quality of the OSBR neighborhood, expand the supply of safe, affordable housing, and help homeowners carry out and maintain home improvements Learn More

 


OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGE
COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM

The Center for Planning Excellence is offering a reimbursable, matching grant program as an incentive to owners of buildings and businesses to improve facades within any of the eight (8) Old South Baton Rouge Project Development Areas (PDA). The grant will match dollar for dollar, within the program limits listed in the application, funds spent on improvements to facades of commercial buildings located in the Old South Baton Rouge (OSBR) community. Learn more

 

 
PLANNING IN THE NEWS

LSU Students Paint for MLK event
Over 125 volunteers helped two OSBR residences and one business receive a fresh coat of paint as part of the OSBR Home Rehabilitation Grant program and OSBR Commercial Façade Improvement Grant program…

Request for Proposals
CPEX is currently circulating RFPs for the following two projects: Lafayette Nodal Development Plan and Model Regulations for Coastal and Riverine Development in Louisiana.…

Request for Proposals (RFP)
The Center for Planning Excellence is circulating Request for Proposals (RFP) for two projects:    1. The Lafayette Nodal Development Plan  and  2. Model Regulations for Coastal and Riverine Development in Louisiana

Great Places in Louisiana Awards Program
Nominate your favorite great Louisiana place!…

9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth
CPEX Announces the Elected Official Scholarship Recipients for the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • CNU 2010 Charter Awards Entries Due
  • Submit your work for Urbanism's most distinguished award. cnu.org/awards

  • EBR Parish Master Plan Kick-Off Meeting
  • January 26, 2010 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm Louisiana State Museum
    660 North Fourth Street
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana futurebr.com

  • 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth
  • February 4 - 6, 2010
    Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle http://www.newpartners.org/

PARTNERS

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Louisiana Municipal Association

Louisiana Recovery Authority

Northshore Community Foundation

The Downtown Development District

East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

Louisiana Office of Community Development

NeighborWorks America

Ford Foundation

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