Baton Rouge (January 16, 2012) – On Monday, January 16 from 9am-3pm, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New Ark Baptist Church and an Old South Baton Rouge (OSBR) residence received fresh coats…

The first installation of solar panels in the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood sits atop a new outdoor pavilion at the Baranco Clark YMCA, a long-time community hub and pillar of education, after-school programming, health and senior activities in the neighborhood.

The Baton Rouge Transit Coalition (BRTC) is a diverse group of citizens and stakeholders focused on improving the quality and sustainability of transit in the Capital Region.

The New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas each year waste about $900 million due to traffic congestion, and these cities fall 15 points below the national average in households with access to a bus or rail transit stop, a new policy brief released today says.

Click here to visit the Smart Growth Summit website, where online registration is now open. Center for Planning Excellence will hold its 6th annual Smart Growth Summit, August 18 and 19, 2011 at the Shaw…

In a pilot program this April, three vacant lots in Old South Baton Rouge were transformed through colorful sunflower plantings that will mature into the summer. This community revitalization tool is being implemented through a partnership with the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX), the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority (RDA) and Baton Rouge Green.

The New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas are the economic engines of Louisiana, but traffic congestion and the absence of a regional transportation system cost the region more than $1 billion in 2009 alone in wasted time, productivity and fuel costs, a new policy brief says.

What will it take for greater regional coordination between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in order to develop a truly regional transportation system?

Created over the past three years with input from more than 2,000 Louisiana citizens, the Louisiana Land Use Toolkit, a set of adaptable development standards, is now available as a free resource to communities across the state.

Homeowners to receive assistance with home repairs and Polk Elementary to receive a raised vegetable garden from CPEX, LSU and community volunteers on MLK Day.

A rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans has been championed by mayors, non-profits and urban planners alike, but do the people of this region actually want it? According the findings of a recent poll, 75% of residents along the proposed rail corridor are in favor of the concept of linking the two metro areas by intercity rail.

The all new cpex.org website, featuring a navigation model based on the google maps platform, has already been featured on Google Maps Mania, “An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps.”

Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) is seeking proposals from professional planning consultants to create a Comprehensive Plan for Lafayette.

On Monday, January 18 2010 over 125 volunteers helped two Old South Baton Rouge (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.

The LSU College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology will be implementing the Safe Routes to School program at Polk and Buchanan elementary schools in Baton Rouge this fall semester.

The Louisiana Chapter of ASLA nominated Thomas for the fellowship, which recognizes the significant contributions individuals have made to the landscape architecture profession and the public through their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service.

Building Blocks was an interactive planning experience where children ages 7-10 and their parents and siblings, aided by professional designers, built a small scale version of their ideal city.