Baton Rouge is ready to become America’s Next Great City.
The FUTUREBR Vision draft is ready for your input. This snapshot outlines its major themes. Soon, a draft Plan for East Baton Rouge will be available. Stay involved and help us make sure we’ve got it right!
Neighborhoods & Land Use
Baton Rouge, by its history and nature, is organized into unique and distinctive neighborhoods and districts.
One of the fundamental goals of the FUTUREBR plan is to develop a more resilient, pedestrian-friendly, prosperous East Baton Rouge. The Vision describes vibrant, variety-rich districts that retain their best and most cherished aspects while evolving to provide daily needs within walking distance or a short drive. Key neighborhoods and districts were selected based on a range of factors such as strategic location within the parish, neighborhood interest, anticipated redevelopment potential, growth pressures, and likelihood of areas to capitalize on future transit options. At workshops and through other outreach efforts, district residents helped to paint a picture of how these areas can be changed for the better.
Transportation & Transit Options
The FUTUREBR team is prioritizing key strategies to address congestion in East Baton Rouge Parish. Several strategies will be proposed for immediate implementation and consist of a combination of road construction projects and policies. Looking to the future, a growing, thriving parish needs a modern transportation network capable of effectively moving people throughout the area.
Extensive public input has made it clear that citizens want a robust transportation network that includes not only a well-connected network of streets, but also the ability to use other modes of transportation in and around Baton Rouge.
Economy
A strong economic development program will foster economic prosperity, opportunity and sustainability in the parish and the region. The goals, objectives and strategic actions provided in this plan will help provide high quality jobs by retaining and attracting the businesses that supply those jobs, enabling new ventures to emerge and thrive; revitalizing employment centers; and efficiently providing infrastructure, improved quality-of-life, and a well-trained, innovative workforce.
Environmental Resources
Today, loss of sensitive habitat from development has reduced the diversity and density of wildlife in the parish. The FUTUREBR Plan supports greater protection of our unique environmental resources, such as bayous, wetlands, the Mississippi River, the Comite River and the Amite River, and policies to leverage the econ
Housing
The nation’s housing market is in the middle of a major shift. Demographic changes, combined with new market realities, mean that East Baton Rouge Parish has a tremendous opportunity to plan for the housing needs of its future population. If the parish is able to successfully implement housing that builds on emerging market dynamics, it will place itself at a major competitive economic advantage over its peer cities.
Read the Vision!
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