Pine Prairie
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islands.com
Louisiana's 'Rice Capital' Is A Charming Southern City With Antique Shops And A Historic Downtown
Tucked away in the Cajun Prairie is Crowley, a charming city that helped shape the Bayou State's early agricultural history. Crowley has a population of about 11,100, but it holds the distinction of being the "Rice Capital of the World." Rice is the beating heart of this city — it's adopted the fantastic motto "Where Life is Rice & Easy," and it hosts the annual International Rice Festival, Louisiana's oldest agricultural festival inaugurated in 1937. Without a doubt, rice is a way of life in this charming southern city.
westernagnetwork.com
Celebrating the Sweetest Farmers in America
This National Farmer’s Day, we celebrate all the sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers who work tirelessly to produce America’s sugar. October marks not only spooky season, but it’s also harvest season for both sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers. While families across the country prepare for a Halloween filled with sweet treats, our family farmers are hard at work producing the key ingredient that makes it all possible.
theadvocate.com
UL Lafayette researcher studies how water behaves on the moon to help future lunar farming
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette biologist's latest research could help scientists determine how to grow plants and irrigate crops on the moon. Karl Hasenstein, a distinguished professor emeritus of biology in UL's Ray P. Authement College of Sciences, has spent more than three decades studying how plants grow in space. His research, including experiments conducted aboard the International Space Station, examines how plants respond to gravity and how to produce vegetables during long space missions.
KLFY.com
theadvocate.com
3 years after a Tennessee group bought this Lafayette commercial property, site work has begun
Site work has begun on the commercial property across Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette. The 27.5-acre property at 4800 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, which a Tennessee real estate company bought in 2023, is undergoing dirt work and other horizontal preparation before construction begins, said Ryan Pecot with Stirling Properties, which is managing the development.
theadvocate.com
LEDA to hold groundbreaking for north Lafayette small business center
The Lafayette Economic Development Authority will hold a groundbreaking for its Small Business Success Center at the Holy Rosary Redevelopment site at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The center, which will be built near the corner of Louisiana Avenue and Carmel Drive, will connect Main Street businesses, microenterprises, and individuals pursuing economic independence through self-employment with the resources and partners they need for their businesses, LEDA officials said.
theadvocate.com
The Lens
Developing Lafayette
New 27-Acre Commercial Development Underway Near STM at Ambassador & Frem Boustany
The recent dirt work happening at 4800 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, at the corner of Frem Boustany Drive in Lafayette, is part of a new 27-acre, 5-lot commercial development by Stirling Properties that could eventually include retail, office, medical, and hospitality businesses. Over the past week, we’ve been flooded with a...
The Center Square
thedailyiberian.com
Developing Lafayette
Inside Look at Southern Heights Townhomes, A New 20-Residence Development in Lafayette, LA
Southern Heights Townhomes, a new 20-residence development at 100 Southern Heights Drive, Lafayette, LA, just off Frem Boustany Drive directly across from St. Thomas More Catholic High School (STM), has completed its first phase of residences. See below for in-person tour info. The new development is being built by the...
theadvocate.com
$1K buyout, potential penalties, few guardrails: See details of SpaceX's deal with Vermilion Parish.
An agreement between SpaceX and Vermilion Parish spells out penalties if the company falls short of its promised job creation but also gives the company broad flexibility to extend deadlines, expand the project or buy out of its portion of the agreement. Parish governments often enter into payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements as...
Plant Services
SpaceX plans to build spaceport in Louisiana
SpaceX plans to build a commercial spaceport in Vermilion Parish, La., the company announced in August, with construction expected to begin in 2027 and the first launch anticipated as soon as 2029. The company, which develops launch systems, spacecraft and satellite communications technologies, plans to invest $100 billion in the project and create 3,000 direct jobs over the next 10 years.
Developing Lafayette
Ashlyn Hanks Watson, founder of Local Love
We are talking with Ashlyn Hanks Watson, founder of Local Love, about how she turned her interest in social media marketing and supporting local businesses into a growing platform. Ashlyn shares how she started Local Love just two years ago, the unexpected growth she’s experienced, and what she’s learned about...
theadvocate.com
2 subdivisions planned for Youngsville area to include over 450 homes
A Lafayette developer is seeking two develop two subdivisions south of the city of Youngsville that will feature a combined 453 homes. Stillwater Development is seeking preliminary plat approvals from Lafayette Consolidated Government’s parish planning commission for a 240-lot development at 720 Austin Road and a 213-lot development in the 500 block of Piat Road, records show.
Abbeville Meridional
Pecan Island residents tell SpaceX their ‘Wish List’
What can SpaceX do to help Pecan Island residents living about four miles from Starbase, Louisiana, transition more smoothly after the company’s planned 2027 relocation south of Pecan Island?. SpaceX officials asked more than 100 Pecan Island residents who gathered in the historic Pecan Island High School cafeteria last...