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The Heymann Center, with a puddle in the foreground.
Published: April 27 3:25 pm

COLUMN: New Heymann Center location should prioritize impact over convenience

The betting favorite for where it will go is UL’s Research Park. That’s the path of least resistance, not the past of greatest impact.

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News + Notes
Published: April 20 4:49 pm

Election Guide: Downtown Development Authority tax renewal

We answer the core questions that (downtown) voters need to understand before heading into the ballot box to determine the fate of DDA’s millage renewal.

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Hub Citizen
Moussa Sadou
Published: April 20 2:50 pm

How to make Festival International last forever

Ready to take your love of Festival to the next level? Here’s how to support Festival International and give back to an event that gives so much to Lafayette.

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News + Notes
Illustration: Two figures peeking under a giant rug-sized Lafayette Consolidated Government logo
Published: April 18 12:26 pm

4/19/22 Council Preview: Maintaining Duson’s infrastructure, legalizing panhandling, old bars become new

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.

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News + Notes
Published: April 13 4:29 pm

Amid federal lawsuit, Lafayette seeks to repeal panhandling ordinances

Facing a federal lawsuit claiming its panhandling crackdown was unconstitutional, Lafayette is seeking to repeal portions of its panhandling ordinances.

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News + Notes
Homewood Regional Detention Project
Published: April 12 5:10 pm

Will Lafayette’s largest detention project protect many homes? We don’t know.

Homewood’s primary effect is during smaller storms and is localized to the banks of the Vermilion River. That caps the number of homes likely spared from flooding.

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News + Notes
Published: April 6 6:44 pm

LCG says it has a comprehensive drainage plan. Does it?

Legal action on two detention ponds under construction hinge, at least in part, on whether Lafayette has a “comprehensive drainage plan.” LCG’s answer to that question is elusive. 

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Currency
Published: April 6 6:37 pm

COLUMN: Swinging for the fences distracts Lafayette from making real progress

Our history is full of examples of how dreaming big paid off for Lafayette. But big dreams can distract from accomplishing small, important tasks.

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News + Notes
Illustration: Two figures peeking under a giant rug-sized Lafayette Consolidated Government logo
Published: April 4 1:53 pm

4/5/22 Council Preview: Food truck rules 2.0; Drainage lawsuits; LUS Fiber expansion; honoring Phil Lank

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.

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Land of Opportunity
Adjudicated property marked with a planning sign
Published: March 30 3:57 pm

Lafayette has a redevelopment authority. Why aren’t we using it?

Vacant and abandoned properties have metastasized in Lafayette. A robust redevelopment authority ought to be part of the solution, experts say.

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News + Notes
Published: March 30 3:34 pm

Its $60 million detention project in legal jeopardy, Lafayette asks for more state money

LCG is once again at the state trough for the $60 million Bayou Vermilion Flood Control project currently halted by court order. LCG has asked for $23 million in the 2022 state budget, on top of $27 million awarded last year.

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Currency
Published: March 23 3:55 pm

COLUMN: LCG’s ‘new pace of government’ could waste millions of drainage dollars

Guillory’s bureaucracy-busting approach could force Lafayette to spend millions filling holes it just spent millions digging out.

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