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Boom Coming Soon in Louisiana

Posted by: Tim Halbur

16 December 2008 - 7:00am

With a new four-lane highway and bridge, West Feliciana Parish in Louisiana is preparing for growth -- despite the economic downturn.

"West Feliciana officials took a lesson from communities in the region that had experienced rapid residential growth that outpaced infrastructure development—Ascension Parish, for instance.

The comprehensive plan attempts to implement a vision of growth gleaned from community workshops. The consensus was that the parish ought to maintain its scenic, laid-back flavor while embracing the economic and population changes that Jones believes are inevitable.

'How do you balance Mayberry and growth in the 21st century? We don’t know, but that’s what we are trying to do,' Jones says.

Between 10,000 to 16,000 residents could be added to the parish by the time the dust settles, Jones says."

Full Story: Expecting to fly
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report, December 16, 2008
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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