It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Conscious capitalism has become a popular buzzword around the country. It refers to companies and businesspeople who are about more than making money they re about making a difference. Like Dave Treppendahl, right here in Baton Rouge. Dave is a real estate broker in the Baton Rouge area with NAI Latter and Blum and has more than three decades experience in the commercial real estate sector. But over the past year, Dave has turned his considerable talents and energies into helping the less fortunate in Baton Rouge, from low income residents of north Baton Rouge to political refugees. Dave s latest project is an example of Conscious Capitalism at work it s the Ardendale Oaks Apartments, a multifamily complex in north Baton Rouge that was one of the worst in north Baton Rouge when Dave bought it for 2.9 million. Some 9 million later it is one of the nicest in the area and Dave is determined to give people on a limited income a decent, affordable place to live. Logan Atkinson Burke is Director of the Alliance for