Y’all aboard
Trains from New Orleans to Mobile are twice as popular as expected
Mukul Verma
A neighborhood imagines itself
Ashtin McNicoll has written and illustrated a children’s book that suggests Mid City has crossed an important threshold. A neighborhood becomes a place not merely when people live in it, but when it begins to tell stories about itself. Let’s Meet on Government Street does that work for
Potholes meet their algorithm
Waymo and Waze will alert cities about potholes. New Orleans could benefit early from the information.
New BREC superintendent by July
Three finalists will interview, meet locals before one is picked to run the parks system.
Cheap, but not cheerful
Baton Rouge became a little more affordable last year, according to a national study, a reminder that the city still has one of its old advantages even as it struggles with another key problem - the quality of life
Why it matters: Younger people choose where to live on a few
First, do no urban harm
Hospitals and clinics in the Essen-Bluebonnet area long sat in a disconnected sprawl of roads, parking lots and fast-moving traffic. Over time, almost quietly, pieces of green space and safer walking routes began to appear.
Why it matters: An area devoted to health was built mostly for cars.
A taxing district
Baton Rouge may create another economic development district, this time near the Nicholson corridor