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Capital Market Assessment Released
Thursday, November 06, 2008 (183 reads)

The Rapides Foundation has released a new report, "Assessment of the Capital Market in Central Louisiana."

This report serves as an overview of the region's economy and capital market.
To view the complete report (PDF), click read more below.

The Rapides Foundation Launches New Tobacco Ads
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (437 reads)

A series of powerful ads designed to drive smokers to services that help them quit begin airing today on Central Louisiana radio and television stations.

Meeting Opens Talks 'Beyond High School'
Thursday, September 25, 2008 (440 reads)

Business, education and government leaders on Thursday met in the first of a series of discussions focused on developing more effective education and training opportunities for the future workforce of Central Louisiana.

'Become an EX' campaign helps smokers quit
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 (411 reads)

The Rapides Foundation has joined a new public health initiative called EX® that aims to help those struggling with the difficult process of quitting smoking. EX works to change the way smokers feel about the overall process of quitting and guide them to valuable resources to build a successful quit attempt. The campaign was created by an alliance of national organizations and state health agencies.

CAP hires Jim Clinton as CEO
Monday, August 04, 2008 (447 reads)

Jim Clinton - recognized as one of the nation's leaders in economic development, quality-of-life advancement and regional prosperity - has been named the new chief executive officer of Cenla Advantage Partnership, CAP officials announced today. "This is a major triumph for Central Louisiana," said Mike Madison, CAP board chairman.

AED saves young man's life
Thursday, June 19, 2008 (438 reads)

FLORA - Marcus Collins was working a construction job with his stepdad on May 29 when a freak accident sent a powerful electrical current through his 154-pound body. It was an electrical shock so strong that Collins, 20, a Natchitoches Central Louisiana High School graduate, would be dead today if it weren't for a combination of events that saved his life

Cenla students score big at Saints Camp
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 (453 reads)

New Orleans Saints lineman Tim Duckworth felt like a kid again on Tuesday, May 13, when he ran through football training drills with Central Louisiana students. The students were attending the New Orleans Saints/Gatorade Junior Training Camp at Alexandria Senior High School, held in conjunction with The Rapides Foundation and its Get Healthy Cenla Tobacco Prevention and Control Initiative. The camp was part of the Louisiana Tobacco-Free Sports Statewide Program which promotes physical fitness and sports as healthy alternatives to using tobacco. The Rapides Foundation brought Duckworth to the Alexandria stop on the tour.

Meet Rick Stoddard
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 (454 reads)

Rick Stoddard wanted the world to know that tobacco killed his 46-year-old wife. He was so passionate about it that he insisted her obituary list her cause of death as “cancer caused by cigarette smoking." Those few words – written out of anger, grief and love – turned him into an unlikely champion for a tobacco-free society. “I had no idea what those words were going to stir up,” he said.