News and Events

  The 2022 class of Leadership St Landry, which is coordinated by the St Landry Chamber of Commerce, met this week at Dupre, Carrier, Godchaux in Opelousas.  One of the speakers for their session was Bill Rodier, CEO of St. Landry Economic Development.  Bill shared his passion for Economic Development with the class and talked about economic development specific to St. Landry Parish from the basics, up.  Bill also shared some great advice on how members could become more involved in economic development and in doing so help to shape the future of the area.  The class was able to interac...

On Monday December 5th at 1p.m. St Landry Economic Development hosted a groundbreaking ceremony that included local officials and Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores representatives to celebrate the start of construction for Opelousas’s first Love’s franchise location. The new facility is slated to be built in the vacant lot north of St. Landry Storage, located at 4048 I-49 Frontage Rd. and will employ and estimated 65 full-time positions. The 13-acre footprint site will also include a full-service tire center as well as R.V. Parking.  Hungry travelers will be able to dine at the location’s 24-hour Hardee’s and Godfather’s Pizza establishments. The build out on thi...