News | February 2020

LAFAYETTE, La. – Today, Broussard Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) and St. Martin Economic Development Authority (SMEDA) with One Acadiana (1A) and SLEMCO announced that a 49.74-acre site located at the Spanish Trail Industrial Park has been certified under the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Certified Sites program.

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Stephen Waguespack on Thursday set before One Acadiana his organization’s game plan for seizing the moment for business interests during the 2020 legislative session, which opens March 9 and ends June 1.

LAFAYETTE, LA (February14,2020) —This morning, legislators and business leaders from across the region joined the United Way of Acadiana, Women United, One Acadiana, and United Way of Iberia at an event at Gethsemane La Petite Early Childhood Development Center in recognition of the third annual “Louisiana Early Ed Week” sponsored by Entergy Corporation.

In December 2019, cheers were heard around the state when the Louisiana Department of Education won a competitive federal Preschool Development Grant worth over $11 million a year for three years. In applying for the grant, Louisiana proposed to create 600 new seats in child care and education centers for children from birth to age three.

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LAFAYETTE, La. – Today, One Acadiana (1A) issued a statement congratulating legislators from the organization’s nine-parish region for being appointed to leadership positions within the State Senate and State House of Representatives.

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