Howell Community Park to receive $12M for children's 'Inspiration Center'


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WBRZ— BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge leaders and business owners announced Tuesday that a children's "Inspiration Center," is planned to be built at Howell Community Center.The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Foundation hopes that the center will decrease crime in Baton Rouge. Leaders say the purpose of the center is to provide resources and opportunities to children to stop the crime before it starts. They believe that children turn to crime when they don't have a healthy environment, such as...

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