One of the developers of a North Baton Rouge grocery store said the project will move forward, a day after Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed $18 million in state funding for the retail center.
Richard Preis said he was surprised by the veto of the capital outlay funding for the BLVD at Harding. The governor’s office reached out to him about a partnership with the state, and Landry participated in the groundbreaking for the shopping center, which took place on Martin Luther King Day.
“We have no idea what went on,” Preis said. “The thing flew through committee, it flew through the House, it flew through the Senate, and you know we wouldn’t even know who to call to find out.”…