BATON ROUGE - On Monday, residents gathered at the Shaw Center for the Arts to listen to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Sasaki present proposed projects for Plan Baton Rouge III, a master plan for the downtown area.

BRAF said in order for Plan Baton Rouge to be successful, it will require investment from public, private and philanthropic dollars. Proposed projects included solutions to bring people to the riverfront like a riverwalk loop which would connect the riverfront to housing and retail and also connect to the USS Kidd Veterans Museum and Shaw Center for the Arts. Another proposal included a sports complex north of the Queen Casino. A different proposal saw connectivity projects to link Mid-City to downtown.

"It definitely looks like they're going to cater to a true demograph

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