BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD)- Mardi Gras season brings a large economic impact to Baton Rouge.
“Shreveport Mardi Gras generated around $22 million for the city, Baton Rouge could be a little,” said LSU economic professor Dek Terrell.
While Mardi Gras season promotes a lot of revenue, the celebration is not the same as usual. Many business owners and commercial businesses in Baton Rouge are looking for employees.
State and local law enforcement navigate Carnival season amid staffing shortage
According to the President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge, he says “it’s unfortunate what’s happened to our labor force.” However, he said he’s seen employment in the local service industry increase in the last few months.
Local business owner Nelson Maddox says he doesn’t know where workers went.
Maddox said employees who deliver the beads could make $25 an hour plus tips. The problem is he can’t…
