CONTRACTORS RESOURCE CENTER – BATON ROUGE
The Contractor’s Resource Center – Baton Rouge (CRC-BR) was established in 2018 as an expansion of the Urban League’s work in small business development for contractors in Baton Rouge. Just as the New Orleans center, the CRC-BR works to provide resources to small, disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) certified, minority, and women-owned contracting firms. Clients in Baton Rouge have access to computer training lab where contractor-specific training programs in electronic estimating, project management, construction safety, compliance, back-office structure, commercial licensing preparation and other related topics are provided.
“The Urban League has assisted me in setting up my accounts in QuickBooks, forecasting, and the Construction Management at Risk procurement process. They have also helped me by introducing me to several prime contractors and even helped me with public speaking!”