Reflection for 10-12-05
Reflection for Oct. 12, 2005In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina downtown Baton Rouge has seen an influx in residents and business owners. For the most part I believe that it will be good in the longrun, but at first it seemed almost as a disruption to normal live around here. Traffic became a mad house. Any housing left on the market was gone in a second, and lots of evacuees are still hanging out in the river center and therefore concerts and other events designed to bring people to the downtown area had to be either cancelled or postponed to a later date. I don't believe that all the business people will stay in Baton Rouge forever, but I do believe they will leave a positive impact. Hopefully it will help bring more people to the downtown area that have never visited it before, and help the businesses that were currently there.
Many of the businesses that had to relocate to Baton Rouge may decide not to move back into New Orleans or may make Baton Rouge a "twin" city of New Orleans by keeping the headquarters in Baton Rouge. I think that if either some sort of rail system between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, or a loup around Baton Rouge could help more people decide to stay here if it becomes time efficient for them. Right now it is hard to get across town in under an hour, and if a loup was designed it could help redirect non Baton Rouge bound travelers to by pass the area and allow more road room for the local residents and workers. Time is very precious in everyone's lives and cutting down driving time and the inevitable "parking lot" on roads could help in keeping companies in the area.
posted by liz @ 7:50 PM
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