Durel praised the city's many accolades, including the sixteenth lowest unemployment rate in the country, the sixth fastest growing economy, and the second most optimistic city in the U.S.
A fresh and energized Joey Durel joined "Mornings with Ken and Bernie" today for our weekly "Lafayette Live" segment eager to discuss the many events coming up in Lafayette Parish over the next few weeks.
If the City of Broussard wants to build it's own water plant and discontinue buying wholesale water from Lafayette, Durel said he would be fine with that.
Bellard said the issue of a public vote on the safe-light/speed van cameras will first have to be researched by the City Attorney Mike Hebert before a petition can be started.
Durel hopes to sign papers that will formally transfer the former UL-Lafayette Equine Center to Lafayette Consolidated Government so it can be converted into a public park.
LAFAYETTE — The plan to transform the University of Louisiana-Lafayette's 100-acre horse farm into a park is still very much a work in progress after the City-Parish Council's approval to borrow $6 million to buy the land.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The City-Parish Council has approved an ordinance allowing Lafayette Consolidated Government to purchase the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Horse Farm to convert into a public park.