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Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Since inception, the Foundation has granted over $650 million.
History of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to about 8000 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [ 1] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. [ 2]
Old South Baton Rouge. Old South Baton Rouge ( OSBR) [1] is a project aimed to help revitalize the area between Louisiana State University and Downtown Baton Rouge. The area encompasses about three square miles. The project/initiative was launched by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation with a goal to form a long-term strategic plan and help the ...
South side of the capitol. The Old Louisiana State Capitol, also known as the State House, is a historic government building, and now a museum, at 100 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. It housed the Louisiana State Legislature from the mid-19th century until the current capitol tower building was constructed from 1929-32.
Website. www .brla .gov. Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætən ˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; [4] it is the seat of ...
Plan Baton Rouge now has the opportunity to focus its efforts on another study area, Old South Baton Rouge. This is a natural extension of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation ’s participation in on the Hope VI grant.
Brave Cave. Unofficially known as the Brave Cave, lacking any official documented name, is a former inmate processing center, and more recently off-site interrogation facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that had been run by the Baton Rouge Police Department's street-crime squad, Brave (Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination) until August 2023. [1]
The state of Louisiana is served by the following area codes: 225, which serves the Baton Rouge area and parts of south central Louisiana. 318, which serves northern Louisiana. 337, which serves southwestern Louisiana. 504, which serves the New Orleans area. 985, which serves the sections of southeast Louisiana which are not within the 504 area ...