Businesses & Associations:
(all area codes 225 unless otherwise specified)



 
American Subcontractors Association 383-1023
Associated Builders and Contractors 752-1415
Associated General Contractors of LA, Inc. 344-0432
Baton Rouge Apartment Association 923-2808
Better Business Bureau 346-5222
The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge 381-7125
Chamber of Commerce-Ascension Parish 647-7487
Chamber of Commerce-Greater Denham Springs 665-8155
Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors 761-2000
Louisiana Home Builders Association 387-2714
Louisiana Real Estate Commission 765-0191
Tourist Commission-Ascension Parish 675-6550
Tourist Commission-Livingston Parish 567-7899


Community Services:
Boy Scouts of America-Istrouma Area Council 926-2697
Girl Scouts Audubon Council 927-8946
Volunteer Baton Rouge! 343-8270


Hospitals:
Ascension Hospital 621-1200
Baton Rouge General Medical Center  
Mid-City (Florida St.) 387-7000
Bluebonnet (Picardy Ave.) 763-4000
Earl K. Long Medical Center 358-1000
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 765-6565
Summit Hospital 752-2470
Woman’s Hospital 927-1300


Postal/Courier Services:
U. S. Postal Service (Rates, zip codes) 763-3700
Main post office & branches 1-800-275-8777
Airborne Express 1-800-247-2676
Federal Express 1-800-238-5355
UPS 1-800-742-5877


Time/Weather :
346-8255, Ext. 8615926-2697


Transportation:
AMTRAK 1-800-872-7245
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport 355-0333
Capital Area Transit System (CATS)  
(Bus Service-routes and scheduling) 389-8282
Greyhound Bus Lines 1-800-231-2222
Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int. Airport 504 464-0831
Passport Agency 389-3950


Emergency Numbers :
Ambulance, Fire Dept., Police 911
Baton Rouge City Police Dept. 389-3800
EBR Parish Sheriff’s Office 389-5000
Louisiana State Police Troop A 754-8500
Baton Rouge Fire Department 354-1400
Child Find 1-800-426-5678
Child Protection Services 925-4571
Crisis Intervention Center 924-3900
Poison Control 1-800-256-9822
Police-Denham Springs 665-5106
Emergencies 667-0000
Sheriff’s Office-Ascension Parish 621-8340
Emergencies 621-8300
Sheriff’s Office-Livingston Parish 686-2241


Entertainment Numbers :
Alligator Bayou Tours 642-8297
1-800-3SWAMPS
Baton Rouge Little Theatre 924-6496
Baton Rouge Symphony 383-0500
Baton Rouge Visitor Inf. Center 383-1825
Blue Bayou Water Park 753-3333
Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center 757-8905
BREC-Recreation & Parks 272-9200
Argosy 378-6000
Casino Rouge 709-7777
Centroplex Arena Box Office 389-4940
Global Wildlife Center 225-624-WILD(9453)
Hilltop Arboretum 767-6916
Independence Park Botanic Garden 928-2270
Library Information Service 231-3750
Louisiana Arts & Science Center/Irene W. Pennington Planetarium 344-5272
Louisiana Old State Capitol 342-0500
Louisiana State Capitol 342-7317
Louisiana State Parks 342-8111
LSU Assembly Center 388-8205
LSU Sports Ticket Office 578-2184
LSU Union Theatre 578-5128
Performing Arts Theatre 389-4953
Reilly Theatre (Swine Palace Productions) 578-3533
Rural Life Museum 765-2437
Shaw Center for the Arts 346-5001
Manship Theatre 344-0334
Southern University Sports Ticket Office 771-2712
State Visitor Information Center 342-7317
USS Kidd 342-1942
Zoo (Baton Rouge Zoo) 775-3877


Government Numbers :
Animal Control Center 774-7700
Assessor’s Office  
Ascension Parish 647-8182
ivingston Parish 686-7278
Building permits (residential) 389-3226
Clerk of Court-Ascension Parish 621-8400
Clerk of Court-Livingston Parish 686-2216
Credit reports-free annual 1-877-322-8228
Crimestoppers 389-3361
Dept. of Public Works-Complaints on sewers,   drainage,    streets,  weedcutting & roads 389-3090
Department of Public Works  
Ascension Parish 621-5730
Livingston Parish 686-3030
1-800-730-3029
Driver’s licenses 922-1175
Fishing & hunting licenses 765-2887
Flood plain (DPW City Engineering Dept.) 389-3197
City limits-Baker 788-0850
City limits-Zachary 654-6873
Ascension Parish 621-5700
Livingston Parish 686-3021
Governor’s Office 342-7015
Highway Safety Hotline 1-800-259-4929
Internal Revenue Service 1-800-TAX-1040
Mapping-Livingston Parish 686-3023
Mayor-President’s Office 389-3100
Permits, addresses, flood plain-Livingston Parish 686-3021
Planning & Development-Ascension Parish 621-5700
Property size & shape (EBRP Tax Assessor Map Room) 389-3929
Property tax information (EBRP Tax Assessor) 389-3920
Recordation (to record any document for public record)  
EBRP Clerk of Court Recording Department 389-3985
Real Estate Commission 925-4771
Sewer permit-Livingston Parish 686-1786
Social Security - General Information 1-800-772-1213
State House of Representatives Hotline 342-6945
State Senate Hotline 342-2040
Street improvements  
City-Parish Planning Commission 389-3144
DPW Traffic Engineer 389-3246
Subdivision restrictions  
EBRP Clerk of Court Public Service Division 389-3979
Traffic fines 389-4836
Traffic signals-DPW Traffic Engineer 389-3246
Vehicle Inspection - Information 225-667-2798
225-667-1927
Vehicle registration 925-6146
Veterans Affairs - Benefits 1-800-827-1000
Workers Compensation 342-8521
Voter registration 389-3940
Ascension Parish 621-5780
Livingston Parish 686-3054
Zoning  
City-Parish Planning Commission 389-3144
Capital Region Planning Commission (outside metro area) 383-5203


School Numbers :
Ascension Parish School Board 473-7981, 621-2300
Livingston Parish School Board 686-7044
Public School Board-EBR-Information 922-5400
Public School Districts-EBR 226-3784
La. State University - Information 578-3202
Louisiana Technical College 359-9201
Southern University - Information 771-4500


Utilily Companies :
Ascension Water Co. 1-800-675-5644
AT&T 1-800-222-0300
ATMOS Energy 1-800-547-4321
Emergencies 1-800-654-6669
BFI Garbage 778-3800
1-800-222-3903
B. R. Water Company 925-2011
Bell South 1-888-757-6500
Cox Communications 615-1000,
1-866-342-5269
DEMCO (Dixie Electric Membership Corp.) 261-1221,
1-800-262-0221
Outages-After hours 1-800-262-1160
Gonzales 622-2549
Diversion Water Co. 673-8560
Eatel 1-800-621-4211
Entergy-Customer Svc. 1-800-368-3749
Outages 1-800-968-8243
Livingston Parish Sewer District 2 665-6070
Louisiana One Call (DOTTIE) Call before you dig. 1-800-272-3020
La. Gas Service Co. 927-9892