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The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) was recently named among the nation’s top ten economic development organizations (EDOs) for 2013 by Site Selection magazine.

While women are accomplishing more than ever in today’s business world, there still seems to be limits on their success, says U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Women in Business Executive Director Roberta Zenn Phillips, who was the keynote speaker at a BRAC Signature Speaker event today.

Coming out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the American Heartland embarked on an extreme makeover from 2010 through 2013.

For the fifth year in a row, Site Selection magazine has named BRAC among the top economic development organizations in the country, and the trade magazine has also singled out IBM’s technology center in downtown Baton Rouge as one of North America’s top nine deals of 2013.

Three South Louisiana economic development organizations were named among the nation’s best, according to a new report by Site Selection Magazine.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber says local schools are making progress, but not enough.

It’s long been noted that some of the most thought-provoking conversations, live-changing initiatives and landmark business deals take place over the dinner table.

A regional analysis of area schools released by BRAC today says the Baton Rouge area “as a whole has experienced significant improvement in its educational system over the past four years, and the continued improvement in letter grades in the face of more challenging standards is an impressive result