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EUNICE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the City of Eunice, Louisiana, will receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program. The EPA developed the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program in 2011 when it recognized that many communities needed tools to help achieve their desired development goals, improve quality of life, and become more economically and environmentally sustainable. The Building Blocks program delivers quick, targeted technical assistance to communities in order to stimulate a discussion about growth and development and strengthen local capacity to implement sustainable approaches. The program is organized around a serie...

OPELOUSAS - Growth along the I-49 corridor in Opelousas is prompting the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Wednesday June 16, 2021 at the plant’s site next to the Bayou Callahan bridge on the I-49 South Service Road, near the entrance to Clos du Bois subdivision. This project is the result of a partnership between The City of Opelousas and The Central St. Landry Economic Development District (CSLEDD), an economic development district created for the promotion and expansion of the I-49 corridor in Opelousas. The plant, which is located on the south end o...