re: Industrial boom to result in 24,500 new jobs through 2025 in Baton Rouge area- Economist

With all this construction.....

....can we expect new restaurants? I'd like to see more Mexican restaurants, Tex Mex, and maybe some new SE Asian restaurants. Where are all the workers coming from?

It's Louisiana, they'll find a way to frick it up. Lots different than Huntsville, AL.

This is good news.

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You know the only in thing to do is shite on Baton Rouge and Louisiana as much as possible.

Good news for local economies! Love it!

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tRant is probably absorbing a lot of the doom and gloom right now. Because the football team's defensive coordinator has actually given something huge for them to complain about. It's so bad that a competitive high school team could probably put 20+ points on the Tigers right now.

Lesson from a guy who learned it the hard way: Life is what you make of it. You can be a miserable prick anywhere. You can be happy anywhere your needs are met. A lot of people in their 40s and 50s get frustrated with Louisiana because they are watching their children leave for Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, DC, and Nashville right now because there were not enough jobs locally for all of them. That's devastating to see as a parent, so the bitterness is understandable. And in that state of mind, it's hard to see anything positive anywhere.

Biden’s economic policies getting ready to start bearing fruit. Good job Joe!

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The report said New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles have $154 billion worth of industrial projects in the queue. However, about $120.6 billion of that total represents projects that haven’t reached a final investment decision yet.

A key cog in those investment decisions will be carbon capture and renewable electricity. Many of those projects’ profitability will depend on their ability to secure tax credits through the Inflation Reduction Act, and they will be fueled by renewable electricity, which has left Louisiana utility companies scrambling for solar and wind power

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Both political sides are confused here

Nice. Now rid the welfare parasites from the city and actually make it a decent place worth living in where you don't have to worry about which areas to avoid. Then some of the LSU stem majors might consider staying in state.

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Ahh, the semi-regular “industrial boom is coming” announcement a few weeks prior to an election.

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Most of this has been in the works for several years and indeed will be happening.

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All sizzle and no steak. For something that has been around 10 years now you rarely hear about it and seems to not have really taken off.

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They've hired 800+ people, albeit about a year after they thought they'd be fully staffed.

That's not big enough to be a transformational project for Baton Rouge. But it has made a dent. We need more like that.

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according to the Louisiana Economic Forecast, an annual report published by economist Loren Scott

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So just some obscure economist not the Economist as your title suggests