It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

You probably noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic that people started spending a lot more time enjoying parks, public green spaces and the great outdoors – whether walking, jogging, hosting socially distant backyard gatherings, or riding bikes. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, those of us in south Louisiana were just beginning to enjoy the best of a lovely, cool spring and, based on anecdotal observation and hard data about bicycle sales, a lot of us started took to do it on two wheels, many for the first time since childhood. Not all business have been hit hard by the pandemic. Bike business is booming. Dustin LaFont is owner of Mid City Bikes, which has a large selection of new and used bikes, as well as accessories and bike parts for the DIY biker. Dustin is also Director of Front Yard Bikes, a nonprofit organization that he runs out of his bike shop, dedicated to teaching kids from underserved communities how to work on and build their own bicycles. Dustin founded Front Yard Bikes