Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech

Place Covered: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2011-07-25

Duration: 00:27:04

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Holden, Melvin "Kip" | BONDS | Infrastructure (Economics)

Contributors:

• Holden, Kip Speaker

A speech by Kip Holden before the Baton Rouge Press Club on July 25, 2011. Holden is the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish. He talks about the upcoming $748 million capital improvements bond package he hopes to put before voters and the needs that the money will address, including: infrastructure needs, a new juvenile service facility, a public safety complex, city hall consolidation, traffic signal replacement, and downtown development.