As a Mid City Merchant situated on Government Street we have taken great interest in the plans underway to revamp the streetscape and travel lane assignments for this important corridor. This began with a “Better Block” project by CPEX situated west of the intersection of Government with South Acadian Thruway…

Government Street

New York Rising
Franklin Associates staff are working in New York state assisting with super-storm Sandy recovery efforts as part of NY Rising.

Road Home Liaison Services
Franklin Associates is pleased to have been awarded a contract with Louisiana’s Office of Community Development to provide Road Home Liaison Services for both Southeast and Southwest Louisiana. Tasks includes communications & outreach, intake specialization, case management and compliance assessment. Our staff are working with hundreds of citizens to help…

5825 Airline Highway
Franklin Associates is pleased to be among a group of volunteers lending their expertise to a redevelopment site challenge in Baton Rouge. The 14 acre parcel at 5825 Airline Highway is the site of the former Earl K. Long Medical Center, which closed its doors in 2013 and sat vacant…

BREC Master Plan Update
East Baton Rouge Parish Parks & Recreation Commission’s 10-Year Strategic Plan Update The award-winning Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission (BREC) manages 184 parks and numerous recreation programs and leisure activities throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. Franklin Associates is pleased to be a member of the Wallace Roberts &…

MetroMorphosis.net
New website for a non-profit MetroMorphosis is the brainchild of Rev. Raymond Jetson, envisioned as an overarching non-profit to manage and coordinate the operations of Better Baton Rouge, Urban Congregations, and the Urban Leadership Initiative. Rev. Jetson approached Franklin Associates in need of updates to his existing website. Franklin…

Old South Baton Rouge Community Dreaming
Arts & Culture planning for the OSBR Community Franklin Associates is serving on a team led by Lord Cultural Resources of New York to provide examples of how both physical and performing arts can be harnessed to encourage redevelopment in a blighted neighborhood. In December the team completed and…

The Park at the Horse Farm
Lafayette, Louisiana During the fall of 2013 Franklin Associates has had the opportunity to assist Design Workshop with an extremely exciting opportunity to design a brand new hundred acre public park in the middle of Lafayette, Louisiana. Known locally as “the Horse Farm”, the parcel was owned and operated by…

Blue Ribbon Commission Facilitation
In late 2012, a portion of swamp in Assumption Parish disappeared, leaving a ten acre sinkhole in its place. It has since grown to 22 acres and, in conjunction with bubbling gas in the surrounding areas, prompted a community-wide evacuation that is still in place a year later. While local…

Autumn Place, Bayou Ridge and Willow Creek Grand Opening Ceremonies
Franklin Associates recently assisted Partners for Progress, an affiliate organization of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, in organizing and facilitating grand opening celebrations for three newly constructed or renovated multifamily housing communities for low income residents. Two grand opening events celebrating three new stylish yet affordable housing developments…