Young Voters: Help us build a candidate questionnaire for Lafayette
Help us give you a voice on the campaign trail. Tell candidates what issues matter to you.
Help us give you a voice on the campaign trail. Tell candidates what issues matter to you.
Elections are about the future, and Lafayette’s young voters have the greatest stake in it. Our goal: Engage young voters in Lafayette’s elections.
People leave for life and love. Mostly, they leave for jobs. Wherever they are, they stay in touch.
Downtown is enjoying important momentum. We can’t afford to let that stop.
A new initiative will partner with nearly three dozen corner stores to provide forgivable loans for produce and prepared meal equipment and a dollar-to-dollar match for customers.
Some communities are paying folks to relocate. It’s a novel way to win workers and potentially win back expats. Would it work here?
Lafayette is spending a lot of time thinking about people like you, and especially why you aren’t here. Talk to us!
Native plant gardens are restoring health to local ecosystems — and neighborhoods, too.
Lafayette’s efforts to deal with adjudicated properties have seen slow but steady progress since adjudications peaked at 1,560 properties in July 2019. In the years since, LCG has brought hundreds of properties back into commerce.
Lafayette’s median-cost ratio — how much of their income renters spend on housing — is roughly the same as Houston’s and higher than Austin’s.
Finding a job that’s right for them is a key reason young people leave Lafayette. What’s your experience?
Are Lafayette’s leaders listening? Young voters say their concerns are falling on deaf ears.
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