Lemonade University - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It s pretty well agreed that the early years of development are
fundamental in shaping a child s future. That extends from
playground to classroom, to career choices. If you want to
Cultivate a culture where kids can see themelves as entrepreneurs
you have to start early. That s what Lemonade Day is all about. It
s a nationwide event with chapters all over the country, including
Baton Rouge, that teaches kids the basics of starting their own
business. What better way to do that than with a Lemonade Stand
Jordan Piazza is executive director of Lemonade Day Louisiana,
which has grown steadily over the past few years and now reaches
thousands of school children around the state. Jordan knows a thing
or to about entrepreneurism. He is the business manager for the
Baton Rouge office of one of Baton Rouge s most successful
entrepuerial companies Raising Cane s Chicken Finger. Along with
his brother, Jordan is also getting ready to open a new restaurant
a remake of classic Phil s Oyster Bar that their father owned and
operated for many years. If Phil and Lemonade Day succeed in giving
kids the entrepreneurial bug, will those kids when they re grown
have options to turn enthusiasm into education Given the current
disarray in Baton Rouge and dismal fiscal condition of the
continually threatened State education budget, that is a great
unknown. Rachel Kincaid is tasked with turning the unkown into the
known. Rachel is Vice President of External Affairs for the
Univeristy of Louisiana system. Rachel is in charge of developing
and overseeing the management of a comprehensive legislative and
federal relations strategy that will support the academic and
research mission of the System s nine campuses, which include
University of New Orleans, the University of Louisiana in
Lafayette, Southeastern Univeristy in Hammond, and Louisiana Tech
in Ruston. This conversation is a unique, candid, and cautionary
insight into one of Louisiana s universal questions, "What s going
on in Baton Rouge " Photos at Mansurs On The Boulevard by Ken
Stewart.

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