CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Billion Dollar Movie Studio Planned in Baton Rouge

    According to today’s issue of the Baton Rouge Advocate, R.W. Day, a real estate developer, is in the beginning stages of developing a $1.6 billion mixed-use development to be anchored by a $955 million (okay, not quite $1 billion) movie studio on O’Neal Lane and Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge. PJ Production Magazine lists Louisiana as the best place to film a movie outside of Hollywood, and it looks as though people are taking notice. Incentive packages throughout Louisiana, particularly in Shreveport and New Orleans, have attracted a string of big-budget, star-studded Hollywood films. (Incidentally, earlier this week, TMZ reported…

  • Cenla Fiber Optics: “Light It Up”

    By Daniel Smith: New Orleans blogger Dambala inspired me a couple of weeks ago in a post at The American Zombie, titled even zombies dream. It recalls the aspirations of New Orleanians (and indeed, all Louisianans) as possibilities for rebuilding and revitalization were first being discussed after the storms. Now, people are still struggling for the most basic elements of recovery. Dambala’s highly-recommended post concludes with a vision of uniting the Gulf Coast and Northern and Southern Louisiana with bullet trains. Eventually the whole region would get involved, “but we would be the leaders…something we’ve never been. We could develop…

  • CenLa Musicians and Bands

    Introducing a new feature of CenLamar: a blogroll dedicated to up and coming local musicians and bands. If you and/or your band has a website or MySpace page, leave a comment. So far, we’ve compiled links to fourteen local musicians, bands, and event promoters who are helping to build a real music scene here in Central Louisiana. Alexandria Music Project Alexandria Tipitina’s Foundation Border Patrol Camp X-Ray Chris Hamlett Cozy and the Pony Front Street Project Gotta Groove Productions Mark White Music Mustachio Nuts Paragraphic The Homeless Joe Us Wiendahl