Business Report
A 93-acre site in Livingston Parish has become the first parcel of land in the parish certified as development ready through a program of Louisiana Economic Development, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Livingston Economic Development Council announced this morning. The land comprises the remaining available acreage in the Livingston Parish Industrial Park, located in Walker. Across the Capital Region, there are 20 LED Certified Sites. LED began the program in 2010, working with landowners and local officials to ensure sites are shovel-ready for major project development. To become a certified site, the property must either have all utilities and infrastructure in place, or have approved engineering plans to provide the utility infrastructure within 180 days. “Certified sites are crucial for the Baton Rouge area to succeed in securing new business,” says Iain Vasey, BRAC’s executive director of business development, in a prepared statement. “BRAC encourages industrial and commercial property owners who are interested in participating in this program to contact us.” BRAC began working to certify sites in the Capital Region at the outset of 2012, with a goal of certifying eight to 10 sites each year through the LED program.