BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - People trying to grow or start a business in downtown Baton Rouge can now get free help through a new partnership between LSU’s Small Business Development Center and the Downtown Development District.

Adam McCloskey, Center Director for LSU’s Small Business Development Center, said his team offers free consultations for current downtown businesses looking to grow or new ones getting started.

“From idea to retirement, we help people at every stage of the business journey,” McCloskey said.

The program addresses specific business challenges through research and detailed financial analysis.

“We work with people on saying what’s your specific problem and then we go look and find some solutions that really work for you, whether that’s going back and doing research o

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