Geoff Daily: Lafayette’s population growth isn’t sustainable
Recent data suggest growth in Lafayette Parish is primarily driven by residents leaving surrounding parishes, not net migration. That’s not sustainable.
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Development
Insurance crisis could reshape Lafayette’s economy
Tightening commercial and residential development could upend Lafayette’s economy and, in turn, crimp funding for local government.
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LETTER: On I-49 Connector, God is in the details
Architect Stephen Ortego proposes variations on the I-49 Connector plan that he argues are more city-friendly — and cheaper, too.
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1/18 Council Preview: Local redistricting process begins; $1M for golf carts; higher littering penalties; and new regs for scooter companies
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Dredging the Vermilion comes full circle — as a navigation project
The $50 million announced last month took pretty much everyone by surprise — even the Corps of Engineers. If the Corps dredges the river, it will be for navigation, not reducing floods.
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Bill would expand, restructure North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority
The legislation could make it easier to move blighted properties and redevelop economically beleaguered North Lafayette.
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Council Preview: paying for pay raises, Girard Park rezoning, Coca-Cola redevelopment, and daiquiris delivered
Tuesday is the City-Parish Council members’ second-to-last meeting ever, and they’re not phoning it in. Here’s what on the agenda for Dec. 3.
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Extending Louisiana Avenue grows Lafayette the wrong way
Spending millions of city dollars to build a road through a cane field isn’t a new idea. We can’t afford to keep making the same mistakes.
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Lafayette passed a complete streets policy
▸ The gist: Snuck in among some more contentious items on last week’s agenda, a complete streets policy for LCG was formally adopted by the City-Parish Council. The resolution aligns local transportation policy with state and regional codes and will guide transportation and development efforts to include more bike, pedestrian and transit access.
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Geoff Dyer to resign his post as CEO of the Downtown Development Authority
▸ The gist: Dyer announced Tuesday that he will officially leave DDA this August to take a private sector job in Calgary, Canada. DDA will also fill three board vacancies at that time.
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An impassioned appeal failed to stop a controversial car dealership project in a flood-prone neighborhood
▸ The gist: Residents in a neighborhood hard hit in the 2016 floods appealed the approval of plats for a new car dealership parking lot that cuts deep into a mostly residential area. Despite an emotional plea, the City-Parish Council denied the appeal.
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Robideaux sought to avoid a ‘public spectacle’ in selecting an old federal courthouse developer
▸ The gist: Last week, The Advocate broke the news that Mayor Joel Robideaux chose a team led by developer Jim Poche to redevelop the long-vacant old federal courthouse Downtown. Robideaux’s choice and the decision to forego a public process raised some eyebrows, but other applicants and stakeholders say there was nothing unseemly about the decision. ▸ Some background: Five […]
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