Scenes from Around Town for Sept. 27, 2012

Photo provided by STEPHEN SCHMITZ -- Water Institute open house -- President Chip Groat, right, welcomes guests to the Sept. 10 open house of the new offices of the Water Institute of the Gulf at One American Place. With him are, from left, Baton Rouge Area Foundation Executive Vice President John Spain, Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Executive Director Jerome Zeringue and Water Institute board member retired Maj. Gen. Thomas Sands.

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