Danielle Trahan of Maurice is a mother of four who for five years trekked to either Lafayette or Abbeville on the weekends to buy doughnuts for her children. “I kept saying over and over every weekend, ‘Someone should open a donut shop in Maurice. We need a doughnut shop in Maurice,’ and one day I […]
MAURICE – The once tiny village of Maurice, the proclaimed gateway to Vermilion Parish, is rapidly growing. “At the 2010 census we were about 964,” explains Maurice Mayor Wayne Theriot, “Right now, very conservatively, we’re at 2,000 people.” That number could be closer to 2,000 to 2,800 people by the 2020 census. “We’re basically looking […]
Abbeville, La. – Nov. 1, 2018 – Fresenius Kidney Care, the dialysis division of Fresenius Medical Care North America and the nation’s leading network of dialysis facilities, invites the community to attend an Open House celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at its new clinic in Abbeville. The clinic, which can treat a maximum of 100 patients a week, […]
One of the first things that you will notice as you walk or drive through Abbeville is that it has 3 square blocks in the center of town. According to Charlene Beckett, the manager of Main Street Abbeville, the city’s founder “Father Antoine Megret was from Abbeville, France and so when he purchased all the […]
Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum is located in a hanger on the back side of the Chris Crusta Memorial Airport in Abbeville. This museum is the only one to honor all veterans, both past and present, from Louisiana. While at the museum you will be able to see and interact with several retired […]
Dust off your dreams and work on your business plans: A beloved building in historic downtown Abbeville is for sale. You probably know the property at 319 Pere Megret St. from its previous lives — as the former Black’s Oyster Bar or perhaps as a clothing shop called Landry’s. “The property is in the heart of downtown Abbeville. […]
We’re excited to announce that the Regional Infrastructure Visioning Report (RIVR) has been released. Agencies, local governments, and businesses from around the region participated to reveal, study, and include projects in Acadiana that were of high priority. Although all of the projects highlighted in the report are worthy, we are especially excited about the Highway […]
We are pleased to announce that the enhanced Feature ID & Feature Search tool is now ‘live’ on our online mapping application. This new tool can be accessed by selecting the binoculars icon on the left-hand side of your screen. One of our favorite uses is locating high traffic areas in relation to available buildings […]
BATON ROUGE, La. – Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Chairman Chris Caldwell and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) today announced that DRA will invest $2.6 million to enhance workforce training, help create and retain jobs and improve water and sewer service for rural families. DRA’s investments, along with other public and private partners, will bring a total of […]
GRAND CHENIER – (PRESS RELEASE) The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Task Force, representing Louisiana’s oldest funding program to fight coastal erosion and restore its wetlands, today celebrated six recent coastal restoration and protection projects located in Cameron, Iberia, and Vermilion parishes. The Coastal Celebration was held at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife […]