Stephanie Riegel, GBR Business Report (2017)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-11-15
Duration: 00:29:44
Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Riegel, Stephanie | Journalists | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Contributors:
- Courtney, Beth Speaker
- Riegel, Stephanie Speaker
Description
A speech by Stephanie Riegel before the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on November 15, 2017. Riegel is the editor of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. She discusses the problems facing Baton Rouge’s economic competiveness, including the high poverty rate, the tax structure, traffic congestion, the lack of commercial flights at the airport, education, and the lack of quality of life projects, like bike paths. She also answers questions from the audience.