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The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce is accepting Outstanding Young Citizen applications now through May 3, 2021. In conjunction with the Acadia Parish Honors, the Acadia Parish Chamber is honored to have this opportunity to present seven students, one from each of Acadia Parish High School in the 2021 Graduating Class, with the award ofRead more

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

The 2020 Acadia Parish Honors Annual Banquet & Awards Ceremony is slated for Thursday, July 16th at the Grand Opera House of the South where they will honor the Business of the Year and Humanitarian of the Year and an Outstanding Young Citizens from each of the seven Acadia Parish High Schools. These distinguished scholarsRead more

Leadership EXCEL, a joint program between the Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce and the Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce the members of the 2020 Class. The selected participants represent a cross section of the community’s business, civic, and non-profit sectors. Joann T. Blair – Registrar of Voters, Jennings Jena Bordes –Read more

Leadership EXCEL, a joint program between the Acadia Parish and Jeff Davis Chambers of Commerce, is pleased to announce the members of the 2019 Class. The selected participants represent a cross section of the community’s business, civic, and non-profit sectors. Alisha Babin, Camelot Place Christi Batiste, JD Bank Shelia Charles, SLCC-Acadian Campus Buffina Crochet, HamptonRead more