Founded in 1967, Central Private School began with 6 classrooms and 47 students. It now contains 49 classrooms, 2 computer labs, 2 libraries, 2 gyms, a science lab, a cafeteria, and several sports facilities.

While you can recycle many types of cardboard cartons, you cannot recycle pizza boxes, frozen food containers, or takeout containers.

You can recycle glass jars and bottles, but you cannot recycle light bulbs, mirrors, pyrex, drinking glasses, or window glass.

You can recycle aluminum, tin, and metal alloy cans, but you cannot recycle metal hangers, aluminum foil, pie pans, or non-food metal containers, including aerosol cans.

You can recycle plastic containers with the numbers 1 through 7 inside the triangle symbol on the bottom. You may not recycle toys, hangers, plastic packing materials, or plastic bags.

Many people don’t realize or just forget that they can recycle paper. This includes junk mail, coupons, white or colored paper, paper shopping and grocery bags (with handles removed), magazines, newspapers, telephone books, paperback books, and shredded paper. The only paper you may not recycle includes soiled paper, carbon paper, hard back books, and photographs. Be sure to remove rubber bands and plastic delivery bags from newspapers and magazines before recycling.

Accessory buildings (such as tool sheds) in residential areas in Central must be located in the back yard. These buildings must be 1,000 square feet or less, and they may not take up more than 30% of the total yard area. Accessory buildings cannot exceed one story in height. Any exceptions to this ordinance must be taken to the Planning and Zoning Committee and the Central City Council for approval.

East Baton Rouge Parish residents can sign up for Connect-CTY. This is a system that sends voice messages to business and individual telephones when an emergency situation arises that may affect parish residents. Click HERE to register to receive these alerts.

It is illegal to post advertising signs on road shoulders, rights-of-way, and utility poles in Central. The signs may be taken down without notice, and the sign owners can be fined.

Central has a Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the Chamber is to promote Central businesses and economic growth in Central, as well as to lobby for certain government legislation that would benefit our city and its businesses. Central businesses may sign up to join the Chamber of Commerce. For more information on the Chamber or to find out how to join, visit the Chamber Website.

The following streets in Central belong to the city-parish government and are therefore also maintained by the city-parish:

Central Thruway

Dyer Road

Comite Drive

Sullivan Road (between Greenwell Springs and Wax roads)

Joor Road (between Hooper Road and Highway 64).

The following state highways in Central are the responsibility of the state:

Hooper Road

Blackwater Road

Liberty Road

Highway 64

Joor Road

Sullivan Road

Wax/ Magnolia Bridge Road

Greenwell Springs Road

If you are considering starting a new business in the City of Central, you can take a look at the new business checklist on the City Website. The list includes all permits, taxes, licenses, and incorporation information that you will need, along with a list of agencies and departments that you should contact to properly start your new business.

Central became a city on April 23, 2005. Bordered by the Amite and Comite rivers, it contains about 66 square miles and is home to around 27,000 citizens.