Downtown Baton Rouge business owners react to homeless initiative Tuesday, June 15, 2021 An aerial photo of downtown Baton Rouge. (Stock photo) The Mayor’s Homelessness Prevention Coalition’s new initiative, announced at the Downtown Development District meeting today, aims to lower populations of panhandlers and the homeless in the Baton Rouge area. We are glad you enjoy reading Business Report. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now.