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Building Resilient Rural Places | 5. Civic Structures

By Jules Broussard | COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 18 January, 2021 | 0

The dispersion of COVID has been uneven from the outset, preying upon preexisting fault lines in our nation’s economic, social, and geographic landscape and systematically disadvantaging already vulnerable people and places. Governmental responses have been similarly fragmented and unequal, with federal, state, and citywide services and relief structures marked by inconsistency and disparate outcomes byRead more

Egan Hotel in Crowley Receives $55,000 State Grant

By Jules Broussard | Economic Development, Member News, News | 0 comment | 15 January, 2021 | 0

The Egan Hotel in downtown Crowley was awarded a $55,000 National Park Service grant from the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development. The grant will fund restoration efforts of the 66 double-hung windows on the second and third floors of the building, located at 306 North Parkerson Avenue. The hotel was one of six projects inRead more

How Local Small Businesses Can Compete with Amazon

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 15 January, 2021 | 0

Amazon is the largest online store and hosts products from some of the biggest brands in the world. They are also known for large inventories and discounts, so competing based on price can be a tall order for local startups. Interestingly, about 50% of the products you encounter at Amazon in the United States areRead more

Can We Pull Off the Biggest Homecoming in History?

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 14 January, 2021 | 0

Our community and many others have lost workforce talent to larger, coastal cities for decades. While the reasons behind it are complex, the steady loss of young, educated workers seemed unstoppable. Much more recently, the COVID pandemic has also seemed unstoppable and even more devastating. However, it sometimes happens that you can use one problemRead more

Building Resilient Rural Places | 4. Bridging Social Divides

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 13 January, 2021 | 0

The COVID pandemic has exacerbated the economic precarity of rural America. Many rural and small towns were still struggling to recover from the last recession, and are now fighting for economic survival amid this one. As these communities grapple with unprecedented job losses, small business closures, and crumbling infrastructure, their recovery requires coordinated relief firstRead more

Building Resilient Rural Places | 3. Necessary Foundation

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 8 January, 2021 | 0

As the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks concentrated in remote rural towns this fall, the geographic isolation once thought to shield them from the pandemic swiftly transitioned into a severe disadvantage. Rural communities and the small businesses and residents within them faced overlapping, systemic challenges entering this crisis. Rural residents—particularly Black, Native American, and Latino orRead more

Why Consumers Resort to “Shoptimism”

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 8 January, 2021 | 0

Shoptimism is a term being used to describe purchases made from home during the pandemic. You are stuck at home and suddenly begin to see every flaw, paint chip and cluttered closet. So, you buy things to fix the situation—or you buy things to make you feel better about it. When consumers buy things theyRead more

Building Resilient Rural Places | 2. Local Solutions

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 7 January, 2021 | 0

The COVID small business crisis and prolonged and uneven, inflicting a disproportionate toll on microbusinesses in underserved communities that are the lifeblood of their local economies. While much attention has been paid to small business closures in urban communities across the country, the same dynamic is unfolding in underserved rural areas, with dire consequences. StillRead more

Building Resilient Rural Places | 1. Main Streets

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | 0 comment | 23 December, 2020 | 0

Months of dispersion throughout the northeast and southern United States has finally seen the COVID outbreak concentrating in rural areas, surging in remote, sparsely populated towns and inflicting a toll on all communities within them. Alongside this rural surge comes doomsday queries: Will rural America be able to survive this storm? Can rural small businesses-theRead more

Questions to Ask Your Local Chamber to Grow Your Business

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, Chamber Announcements, Economic Development, Education, News | 0 comment | 22 December, 2020 | 0

Everyone is looking to grow in the beginning of the year. Individuals make New Year’s resolutions and try to better themselves in whatever way they choose. Businesses are no different! Many of our local small businesses will be taking stock of what they can do to create growth for the next year. What better placeRead more

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