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W. Pat Bordes II, Chairman OneAcadia Fezzo’s Seafood & Steakhouse Trenton Leonards, Chairman Crowley Chamber One Acadiana Danny Nugier, Vice-Chair OneAcadia The Southwest Group Melinda Malmay, Vice-Chair Crowley Chamber Home Bank Crowley Chamber & OneAcadia Board Members Christine Benoit Farmers’ State Bank Claire Benoit Rayne Building & Loan Ricky Bonin The Ellington Angelique Credeur ElderRead more

On Monday, May 14, the Acadia Parish School Board opened into special session to hear the three candidates vying for the role of Superintendent of Acadia Parish Schools. With a room full of educators, concerned citizens and central office staff; the three candidates: Alan Blanchard, Scott Richard, and Ralph Thibodeaux fielded questions from the eightRead more

CROWLEY — OneAcadia with One Acadiana and SLEMCO, announced a 17.72-acre site along the new Rice Capital Parkway Service Road in Crowley has been certified under the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Certified Business Sites program. Working with partners across the region, One Acadiana’s site development efforts respond to the needs of site selectors and relocatingRead more

THE POST-SIGNAL / Steve Bandy Officials are hoping that the extension of Frontage Road in Duson will open up economic development that will benefit both the town and Acadia Parish. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on the afternoon of Friday, March 16 at the end of the current roadbed to mark the start of construction. “Hopefully, weather permitting,Read more

Jessica Goff, The Daily Advertiser CROWLEY — A day after releasing study results showing Acadiana’s lack of industrial-ready sites, officials announced the largest development-certified site in the region. “The next step is to find somebody with a shovel,” Acadia Parish Police Jury President David Savoy said during Friday’s announcement. The 536-acre site along Interstate 10, whichRead more