LAFAYETTE, LA – Downtown Lafayette is thrilled to announce the grand opening of Oliver Lane Creative Studio and will celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony in collaboration with One Acadiana on Friday, June 7th at 11:30 AM. Oliver Lane Creative Studio offers a...
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1A Announces Small Business Challenge Winner
LAFAYETTE, LA – One Acadiana (1A) is thrilled to announce the winner of the Small Business Challenge, an initiative aimed at fostering small business growth, while bolstering vibrancy and foot traffic in Downtown Lafayette. After an intensive selection process, Korey...
Preliminary Plans for Brown and Moore Super Parks Unveiled
Lafayette, LA – Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory and Parks, Arts, Recreation, and Culture (PARC) Director Hollis Conway unveiled renderings of the new Brown Park Baseball and Softball Super Complex and Moore Park Soccer Super Complex. The improved parks will...
Quality of Life is Calling for Lafayette Residents
For Second Year, Survey to Measure Quality of Life in Lafayette LAFAYETTE, La. – For the second year, Lafayette Parish residents who want to help improve quality of life in the community are being encouraged to “answer the call.” A literal call. Taking approximately...
Who will step up and be the driving force behind a vibrant downtown in Lafayette?
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Businessman and philanthropist Quint Studer had a vision for downtown Pensacola, one that would make it attractive to young people and entrepreneurs. He had the personality and drive to communicate that vision. He also had the resources to get the...
In Pensacola, they are winning the war for young talent. Can Lafayette do the same?
PENSACOLA, Florida — D.C. Reeves walked away from a job covering Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide after he got a phone call from Pensacola philanthropist and businessman Quint Studer. Studer, founder of the Studer Community Institute and a driving force behind...
A Pensacola ballpark spurred downtown growth and retained young talent. Can Acadiana do it too?
PENSACOLA, Florida — Nestled along the shoreline of picturesque Pensacola Bay, the cozy, sun-splashed Blue Wahoo Stadium been honored more than once for having one of the best views of all Double-A baseball parks in the country. And there was an idea at one time to...
CivicCon: Want to Build a Strong Town? Skip the Next Big Project and Start Small
Along Broad Avenue in east Memphis, where a streetcar once ran through the neighborhood that was the village of Binghampton, residents about 15 years ago decided to do something about the decaying neighborhood. The streetcar that ran through the neighborhood had been...
Our Views: One Acadiana offers a discussion of how to build stronger towns in Louisiana
A staggering two-thirds of Americans in a recent poll said that the country is on the wrong track — and the survey is not an outlier. There’s discontent everywhere, but giant and distant actors in our economy and society are out of our control. We can hardly talk...
One Acadiana and Blanco Center Release Regional Data Dashboard
LAFAYETTE, La. – One Acadiana and the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at UL Lafayette (Blanco Center) have partnered to develop a new dashboard that provides an at-a-glance look at regional data on population, employment, education, and well-being. This...