Capital Region Conscious Capitalism - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Conscious capitalism has become a popular buzzword around the
country. It refers to companies and businesspeople who are about
more than making money they re about making a difference. Like Dave
Treppendahl, right here in Baton Rouge. Dave is a real estate
broker in the Baton Rouge area with NAI Latter and Blum and has
more than three decades experience in the commercial real estate
sector. But over the past year, Dave has turned his considerable
talents and energies into helping the less fortunate in Baton
Rouge, from low income residents of north Baton Rouge to political
refugees. Dave s latest project is an example of Conscious
Capitalism at work it s the Ardendale Oaks Apartments, a
multifamily complex in north Baton Rouge that was one of the worst
in north Baton Rouge when Dave bought it for 2.9 million. Some 9
million later it is one of the nicest in the area and Dave is
determined to give people on a limited income a decent, affordable
place to live. Logan Atkinson Burke is Director of the Alliance for
Affordable Energy, a nonprofit organization that since 1985 has
been advocating for an affordable, equitable and environmentally
responsible energy system in Louisiana. The Alliance fights for
consumers through education, and by pushing for clean energy, and
energy efficiency. It s both a consumer advocate and public health
advocacy organization so its policy work meets at the crossroads of
social justice, sustainable economic development and environmental
protection. Sometimes you get the feeling we live in a world where
we re powerless to make much of a difference. Then you meet people
like Logan and Dave. Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at
Mansurs On The Boulevard.

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