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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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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Redeveloping adjudicated properties in Lafayette is slow — that’s by design
Lafayette’s pace of moving hundreds of orphaned and blighted properties back into commerce has some convinced LCG isn’t really trying.
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Lafayette is chipping away at a mountain of adjudicated properties
Bit by bit, LCG is tackling a frustrating and costly problem that has festered for decades. With well over 1,000 adjudicated properties on the rolls at any one time, there’s a long way to go. And for those who live next to the properties, resolution can’t come fast enough.
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SOLUTION BRIEF: What can we do about Lafayette’s spike in violence?
The numbers are grim. Lafayette has sustained two consecutive years of rising homicides and gun violence. There aren’t any easy answers, but here’s a quick roundup of approaches
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BIG ANSWERS: Should Lafayette subsidize golf?
We asked readers to weigh in. Here’s what they had to say.
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Conversation: What will be Lafayette’s biggest headline in 2022?
Looking back and looking ahead as 2021 winds down.
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Building Alliances: How rural St. Landry Parish gave its Covid vaccination effort a boost
Compared with other rural communities, St. Landry Parish mounted a better pandemic response and has rivaled wealthier, urban peers. It has the second highest vaccination rate in Acadiana, sneaking up just behind Lafayette Parish.
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Hey nonprofits! Could you change Lafayette with One Big Project?
We’re proud to announce One Big Project, a platform for nonprofits to pitch transformative ideas.
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What if Lafayette could forecast floods? UL test drives a way to do that.
Ahead of Nicholas, UL launched a beta version of a river stage forecasting model.
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What can Lafayette learn from Colorado Springs about its homelessness response?
Coordination and public resources have fueled a scaled-up approach in Colorado Springs, a city on the radar of those working on the issue Lafayette.
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Conversation: Is Lafayette better off since the 2016 flood?
It’s clear most locals think stormwater management is our most pressing need. But do you think we’re on the right track? Is Lafayette tackling rising waters the right way?
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