Earlier this year, Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration unveiled an ambitious plan to transform Louisiana into the most innovative, high-growth economy in the Southeast.

Now, Louisiana Economic Development says it has a game plan to get there.

LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois, at a meeting Tuesday, outlined more than a dozen concrete steps her agency plans to take over the next 18 months to attract new investment, grow existing businesses and reshape how state government thinks about economic development.

That to-do list includes creating a database of Louisiana businesses to help connect out-of-state companies with local vendors, launching a media campaign to promote the state’s economic opportunities, recruiting C-suite executives to serve as LED advisers and increasing the amount of

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