My Original Plan Was...

My Original Plan Was...

From It's Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch by ItsBatonRouge.la

April 5, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Norisha Kirts Glover discusses her journey into the commercial construction industry and the importance of representation.

There’s a line I keep hearing from people who run small businesses in Baton Rouge. It goes something like: I didn’t plan this. I was doing something else, I saw a gap, and I walked through it. Norisha Kirts Glover has a degree in mass communication and an MPA. She spent years in nonprofit fundraising in Washington, D.C. and California. In 2015 she walked through a door marked “commercial construction” — an industry where women and people of color were barely present — and decided that was exactly where she needed to be. Norisha is originally from the Alexandria area. She came to LSU for college and stayed. In 2015, an opportunity came along to enter commercial construction. She researched it, noticed that women and people of color were dramatically underrepresented, and decided to launch NRK Construction anyway — or maybe because of that. The firm picked up early traction after the 2016 floods, working through extensive residential renovation before moving deeper into commercial work. NRK is intentionally small — three to four employees, about $3 million in annual revenue, with two major projects at a time. Norisha says that’s…

People in this episode

Guest: Norisha Kirts Glover

Topics covered

  • small business
  • commercial construction
  • entrepreneurship
  • diversity in business

Keywords

  • Baton Rouge
  • NRK Construction
  • women in construction
  • business growth

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Epic, NRK Construction

Books & works: Out to Lunch

Places: Baton Rouge, Washington, D.C., California, Alexandria, New Orleans, Louisiana, Chicago, Hampshire

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