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2025 Annual Report 








For LP Chamber Members – It was a fantastic year!  Catch the highlights below.  See the pretty version by clicking the image above - 2025 Annual Report    
 
Connections
Bringing together
Overall – we offered 139 Meetings / Events offering  3259 opportunities to connect
Including:
 
Members
  • Constant contact with our members through calls / interactions 
  • Thousands of calls / outreaches / invitations / opportunities to present / etc. 
  • Updating member profiles and transitions in representatives.
  • Announcing member milestones.
  • Assisting members in using the features of membership. 
 
Member meetings – Small Biz Settings
  • 11 – Small Biz Events – roundtables, etc.
  • 16 – Ribbon Cuttings
 
Signature Events
  • Annual Meeting / Awards Banquet
  • “Masquerade” Gala – setting a record in 2025!
  • Women’s Conference / “Bet on Yourself”
  • 30th Anniversary Golf – Party like its 1995
 
 
Behind the scenes
  • 71 meetings / 538 attended / over 1000 hours committed to making Lp Biz Better.
  • Comprehensive Risk assessment – updating policy / that aligns with today’s way of doing business including fundamental approaches.
  • Conferences / Training for our team included:  Louisiana State Chamber Conference, National Conference for Chambers  
  • Industry Training 
  • Conference room usage – set up for members needing this feature. 
  • Industry conferences – AI, membership trends, etc.
  • Technology upgrades.
  • Streamlining operations.  
 
 
Exposure
  • Online – check out the Annual Report for this INCREDIBLE number.  Members are elevated beyond compare!
  • Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Online  /  Hits  / Jobs board / Google  / AI searches / Social media hits
  • Banner ads on our highly regarded website. 
  • Press releases builds SEO even more. 
 
Topics for Small Business we addressed
  • Real Estate Market
  • Leadership Development / Live 2 Lead
  • Headshots at special member only pricing
  • How to avoid needing a restoration team in your home / business.
  • Louisiana’s birthday
  • Small business to job shadowing / internship opportunities.
  • Credit card fraud / cancelled payments
  • New legislation for investments 
  • Travel 
 
 
Education partnership
  • Launched a new Job Shadowing Opportunity for Business / Careers / Local high school students 
  • EXTERN ships in partnership with LPPS Career & Technical department.
  • Our education committee team and chamber president dedicated hours developing this program. 

 
Governmental Affairs - Advocacy - Business Priorities

Building relationships and sharing information that impacts local businesses and our communities. 
Hot topics - 2025: Moratorium /  Zoning, CCS, Insurance reform, Tariff’s, BBB – Big Beautiful Bill,  Announcement of the DS Conference Center
Staying in line with those, we hosted: 

Local items
  • Parish President Randy Delatte, State of the Parish
  • Mayor Gerard Landry, City of Denham Springs
  • Hosted WSP – to line out the zoning and maps
  • Bootcamp for those running for office in partnership with our neighboring chamber.
  • Ballot briefings:  Fire district tax / Pards tax  
 
State
  • Livingston Parish Day at the Capitol – The Chamber assisted the President Delatte’s office on their launch of this event.
  • I-12 Corridor – Day at the Capitol – bringing this back for its 3rd year.
  • LABI’s – State Business Priorities update
  • Insurance reform bills
  • Leadership Class – Day at the Capitol
  • Richard Nelson – LA Department of Revenue / Secretary on the ballot amendment. 
  • Note:  The Chamber supported this amendment which would have resulted in teacher increases in salary, less tax of seniors and the option for local district to eliminate inventory tax, which would have benefited business and especially Livingston Parish.  Although the amendment was defeated statewide, Livingston Parish did support it. 
 Federal
  • DC Economic Development Lunch Event
  • Updates from US Chamber on Trump actions
  • Louisiana represented as Speaker of the House
 
 
Programing
  • Leadership Livingston
    • Alumni reunion
    • Graduation
    • Juvenile detention tour
  • Livingston Young Professionals
    • 10 year milestone of program
    • Completely new council
    • Young professionals conference
  • Women’s Leadership Programming
    • ​Topics for women by women
 
 
In addition, we participated in several big project announcements including
  • Pipe & Steel – LED Expansion Announcement
  • Our Lady of the Lake  - expansion to offer overnight beds.
  • Baton Rouge General  - Juban Groundbreaking

Community Initiatives - Better Lp 

You’ve shown that you want to  be involved here – besides the GALA - which offers funding support both directly to the Chamber Foundation and indirectly supporting the costs of these initiatives  - here is what we announced this year.
Over $80,000 in investments and over 1000 hours of time invested.  We revealed the following project this year and engaged in these initiatives this year. 
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Leadership Livingston Project Reveals:
  • Walker Disc Golf Park –
    • New 18-acre course in Walker. Revealed
  • Sweet Dreams –
    •  Project Reveal / offering beds to help place children in foster care.
  • Dog People of Livingston Parish –
    • Revealed updates to their new facility that spays and neuters pets at low cost helping with the animal control issue in our parish.
  • Bullet Proof Vests for K-9’s at LPSO
    • These dogs enter situations daily where they are at risk of being shot.  The vests were purchased for use in these situations. 
  • Pine Ridge Library –
    • With duct tape holding one of the desks together, the project solved that problem by purchasing new ones.  Plus, carts, seating areas for students and bookcases. 

Plus - Council on Aging-

  • Adopt a Senior Program
  • Thanksgiving Lunch Sponsor
 

2025 - Annual Report - LP Chamber