Can Lafayette capitalize on Downtown’s success?
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
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Old Federal Courthouse
Council Preview 11/18: A tax break, a city marshal, and four empty directors’ chairs
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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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$1 million left to Downtown’s Main Street project
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Downtown is staring at a residential breakthrough
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After major revisions to old federal courthouse contract, council coming around ahead of final vote
New changes to the contract make the deal an outright $1.4 million sale that requires the development team to pay for sewer upgrades and removing asbestos.
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Redevelopment of the old federal courthouse hits the skids
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Deadlines set for redevelopment of old federal courthouse
▸ The gist: Come Dec. 31, 2020, the old federal courthouse on Jefferson Street will be the site of a 68-unit apartment complex and 25,500 square feet of commercial space, along with a pool, clubhouse and common areas.
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