Hut 8 previously announced the construction of a huge, new AI Data center in St Francisville, West Feliciana Parish LA sitting on around 600 acres of prime land. Hut 8 just announced a $7 Billion Dollar contract with Anthropic as the first tenant in the new AI Data center with work commencing immediately! It is anticipated that once the Anthropic servers are in place and running that their contract will generate around $90,000,000/year in additional taxes for West Feliciana

Hood Container has announced a $120,000,000 investment in their existing packaging and paper production plant in St Francisville, 70775! This plant was originally constructed in 1950 and has been an integral part of the St Francisville and West Feliciana Parish's economy since that time. This project will retain 295 existing jobs and is expected to create 819 indirect jobs during the construction/expansion phase. It is also expected that the retained jobs will pay at about

In 2025 the Michelin Guide issued their first ever star and recommended guide listing for restaurants in the American South and the Baton Rouge Area landed not one but two restaurants on the recommended guild - Elsie's Plate & Pie and the St Francisville Inn ! I've written about Elsie's Plate & Pie multiple times as their restaurant is just a few blocks from my home in Mid-City Baton Rouge. It really is one of the very best restaurants in all of Baton Rouge and their inclus