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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.
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From ‘pinky promises’ to reality: SpaceX admits 30 launches a day will block local access
PECAN ISLAND, La. — At the front of a dimly lit cafeteria, a half-dozen SpaceX high-level managers sat before a photo of a rocket. Facing them sat the residents of Pecan Island — fishers and hunters, many of whom could trace their family’s presence here back generations.
The Center Square
SpaceX plans massive wharf, road network on Louisiana coast
(The Center Square) − SpaceX is planning to build a massive maritime shipping complex on Louisiana's Gulf Coast, complete with docking facilities, access roads and extensive cargo-handling areas, according to state records detailing the company's expanding plans in Vermilion Parish. The project would establish a major new industrial shipping hub along Freshwater Bayou, connecting facilities on the Gulf of Mexico to inland waterways through a network of roads and shipping channels. According to a state project database, the development would be privately financed and would accommodate vessels beyond those operated by SpaceX, suggesting the infrastructure could serve commercial maritime operations outside the aerospace company's own activities. Spokespersons for Louisiana Economic Development, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers all declined requests for more information. Preliminary engineering plans show a sprawling construction project involving thousands of feet of waterfront docking space, hundreds of acres of industrial staging areas and extensive dredging to accommodate large vessels. The proposed infrastructure includes approximately 3,500 feet of space where ships could dock to load and unload large cargo. The plans also call for inland docking facilities connected to existing navigation channels, along
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$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...
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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.