News + Notes

May 1, 2019

VISION 2020: Tear down the parish jail and courthouse to make room for Lafayette’s future

To regain the ground our economy’s lost, we need to take bold swings at projects with catalytic potential. That potential exists in a waterfall hidden under the parish jail and courthouse.

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May 1, 2019

$1 million left to Downtown’s Main Street project

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April 30, 2019

Accusing library of overspending, Robideaux asks council to increase fund balance transfer

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April 29, 2019

The charter trial will go on

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Line chart increasing until arrow breaks

April 24, 2019

Lafayette metro area shrinking for second straight year, according to latest census estimates

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April 24, 2019

Must do, must see, must eat, must hear at Festival International 2019

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April 23, 2019

Holy S***, a grocery store is coming Downtown

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Business + Innovation

April 22, 2019

Lafayette retail sales have best start to the year ever for almost everyone

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April 22, 2019

Internal LCG review finds Bruno loan deficient, unusual and likely in default

The Community Development Department’s monitoring review of the 2016 loan to Robideaux aide Marcus Bruno found it in likely default for lack of compliance with federal requirements and recommends the nonprofit board that awarded it either modify the loan agreement, call in the loan or pursue legal action.

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April 19, 2019

Elmhurst Park residents intervene in Charter suit, arguing it’s too late to challenge election

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April 17, 2019

Lafayette Travel headed Downtown. Thruway Visitors center to remain ‘until the bulldozers come’ on I-49

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April 17, 2019

LUS exploring EV infrastructure

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