With the economy and the many areas of decreasing property values in certain areas of the city the local authorities have been working to find ways to rejuvenate and encourage renewal of the community. Government St. is an example of some of the low cost improvements with plans slated to add sidewalks, landscaping, and other amenities to encourage more business development to increase the possibility of financial growth to some of these areas. The Metropolitan development is looking at a 30 year span of improvements by building on several unique and district neighborhoods. Included in these plans are multimodal transportation systems that branch out into street car lines, bike paths, and a potential light-rail link to New Orleans. Much of the developments address transit issues to connect areas of the city and spur economic development. Much of the funds for the "FutureBR" developments come from a $2 million federal community development block grant fund allocated to the city parish after Hurricane Gustav. In addition to these plans Baton Rouge officials are diligently working on redeveloping the downtown district and historical buildings therein. With all these plans it is hoped that the State's Capital City will gradually move into the direction of economic stability to encourage more business growth bettering the options for future commercial investments by potential companies seeking to branch out and bring more of thier business to Louisiana. With these issues being addressed the Real Esate industry also should see some improvements over time. For more details on the current plans for developments for our city take a moment to go to http://www.downtownbatonrouge.org/ and http://brgov.com/ which frequently post announcements of plans and improvements approved and slated for our city.
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