Northside grocery stores have disappeared. Here’s a plan to bring them back.
A local food desert initiative is developing a fund to put grocery stores back on Northside neighborhood blocks.
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Stephen Marcantel
Vermilionville foundation, board feud over grant money
Tension between the organizations, simmering over the last two years, could end their cooperation.
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Community fridges, gardens sprout in Lafayette’s food deserts
Grocery stores big and small have vacated Lafayette’s urban core. Local organizations are stepping in to fill gaps in the food supply chain and address the central challenge: access at the neighborhood level.
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What does the T.M. Landry scandal say about American education?
Before the New York Times made it infamous, the Breaux Bridge ‘miracle school’ was a beacon. A new documentary, filmed as a scandal broke, puts T.M. Landry’s students in focus.
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