For years, residents of a subdivision near Youngsville have complained about water quality. Now, a new operator’s plans ...

We’re focusing on the issues that matter to young voters. Here’s why. Lafayette is losing young voters. Our goal this election season is to get them involved. Young voters often tune out because they ...

I support changes that move us toward a denser, more walkable parish. Higher density, multi-story residences within walking distances of restaurants, stores, and other amenities. However, we do need ...

Throughout her life and as she worked to home school her three children, she connected to the wider world through public libraries. “You know, I was raised in libraries, grew up in libraries, spent so ...

Traditionally, design professionals have been tasked with creating appealing living environments where citizens and businesses can thrive, but today’s complex living environment also requires us to ...

LCG’s budget is a vision statement and an action plan. It sets how much we spend on public safety, infrastructure, recreation, housing, healthcare and more. This guide explains how the budget works, ...

The Undercurrent Awards celebrate the folks working to make Lafayette a better place to live. We call them Wavemakers — a force for good moving under the surface. This year, past Wavemakers selected a ...

There’s no “one size fits all” answer. We need to meet with folks in each neighborhood, find out what they think the opportunities are, and draw from what’s working in other communities to seize those ...

Consuela “Sway” Gaines’ calling is to help uplift the voices of others — those of the thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Louisiana. She spent 22 years in prison herself. In Louisiana, a ...

Wendy Dorfman, co-owner of Downtown’s Sugarwolf Exchange, wasn’t entirely sure what to expect in Lafayette when she moved from D.C. a few years ago. Some warned her to temper her expectations when it ...

The cost of housing is driven by many variables of which the most obvious is supply and demand. Certain areas are in higher demand and homes do not stay on the market for long, hence driving up the ...

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