Park Planning
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BREC to Break Ground on City Park Dog Park
December 3, 2019Join BREC on Dec. 12, 2019 for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the upcoming renovations for the Raising Canes Dog Park at City-Brooks Community Park, 1515 Dalrymple Dr. Baton Rouge, La. 70806.
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BREC to Celebrate the Opening of the Ward Creek Bridge
October 29, 2019Join BREC on Sunday, Nov. 3, for a ribbon cutting ceremony and bike ride with Bike BR to celebrate the recently completed Ward Creek Bridge at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove, 10310 The Grove Blvd. in Baton Rouge.
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BREC Commission Approves Master Plans for the Baton Rouge Zoo and Greenwood Community Park
September 18, 2019The BREC Commission approved master plans for the Baton Rouge Zoo and Greenwood Community Park.
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BREC to Renovate North 14th Street Park in Concert with Neighborhood Revitalization
February 8, 2019BREC has begun the first phase of renovations to the Downtown park that houses its Boxing Academy. The North 14th Street Park is located just off of North Boulevard in the newly expanded Downtown Development District and within the neighborhood known as Downtown East.
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Open House Set for BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo and Greenwood Community Park Master Plans
January 11, 2019BREC is pleased to announce the launch of the master planning processes for the Baton Rouge Zoo and Greenwood Community Park. Two nationally-acclaimed design consultants have been selected through a competitive bid process and kickoff meetings were held in late November 2018, allowing the consultants to gain a better understanding of the sites and scope of the projects.
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BREC Broke Out the Hard Hats in 2018 Investing More Than $12 Million
January 8, 2019Continuing steady progress on the implementation of the Imagine Your Parks 2 strategic plan, BREC invested more than $12-million on fourteen completed projects, and fifteen others in the planning phase, in 2018. Dozens of new amenities were introduced to parks throughout the parish with even more underway for the coming year to help residents of all ages play, discover and grow in their park system.
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BREC Takes First Step in Reimagining the Zoo and Greenwood Community Park
June 19, 2018In the first step toward the creation of a reimagined Zoo and Greenwood Community Park, BREC is soliciting proposals from highly qualified and innovative design teams to develop a master plan for the 660-acre park.
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