Dafford and Gould pull away from UL Lafayette in mid-November with boxes and boxes of The Public Art of Robert Dafford, photographed and written by Gould. They embark on 2,000 miles of road travel, attending book signings and interviews at venues between Louisiana and Ohio, meandering through West Virginia and Kentucky, and stopping in Vicksburg, Miss., before returning home to Lafayette.
This year’s race for city-parish president is shaping up to be one between south side Republicans. Little surprise there.
Lacy Quinn is her own brand of sultry. The Lafayette beauty has a soft voice and a bold style that is made better by the fact she does it all often on a dime and with an approach that’s unafraid yet subtle.
Getting in shape may not be a fashion show, but finding pieces that go from a good workout to running around town mean one less thing to worry about when it comes time to burn those calories.
Status Quo v. Progress: A Fight to Control Our Schools
The last three years in Lafayette Parish have proven a difficult and tired road for longtime education advocates like Greg Davis, whose hard-fought efforts finally hit a brick wall as 2014 came to a close.
For most, Festival International is something they experience one week out of the year. For Lisa Stafford, it's a year-round affair.
Breakfast-brunch concept has ambitious expansion plans, hoping to have 300 stores by 2030.
Mike Neustrom brought an academic, data-driven approach to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office that has paid dividends in rehabilitating offenders and reducing recidivism. Replacing him this fall with the right candidate is critically important.
ARTIST PROFILE: CONNOR MCMANUS
The Independent set out to peek into the backstory of 23-year-old Lafayette native Connor McManus — bold, successful, ambitious painter, artist and graphic designer now living in New Orleans.
Lower the Confederate battle flag — from the official places of reverence across the Deep South, from your front porch and the back window of your pickup, from your bumpers and dorm rooms and belt buckles and ball caps.
More than a decade ago, Joey Durel and Terry Huval set off on a risky trek — bringing fiber tele-com to Lafayette. The city embraced the journey and has been on a promising trajectory since.
A Lafayette-based, veteran-owned consulting company is the epitome of ‘getting stuff done.’
An unexpected surprise landed on my desk recently, reminding me of a father whose humility matched his talent.
Aria Fowler, lead singer and pianist for Lafayette rock band The Other LA, talks music and Asperger’s Syndrome.
It’s time for the Louisiana Legislature to exert the independence granted it in the state constitution.
In Memoriam: Billy Navarre, 1954-2016
A native of Welsh, Billy had been business manager for a Crowley car dealer and went deep into debt buying what could only be described as a disaster of an old-school dealership on Highway 90 in Sulphur.
ABiz Scene: One Acadiana’s Regional Celebration
The Cajundome Convention Center was the site for One Acadiana’s March 2 Regional Celebration, which shined a spotlight on the progress the economic development group is making on the nineparish region. Addressing the packed room were One Acadiana President and CEO Jason El Koubi, 2016 Chairman Jerry Vascocu of IberiaBank and 2015 Chairman Joe Zanco of HomeBank.
In Love and Respect, for My Mother
When we are children, we love our mothers as a child loves, openly and reflexively. We love oblivious to the complicated paths of their lives before we arrived.
A labor of nearly a decade, Roddie Romero and Eric Adcock’s Gulfstream bristles with hearth and heart.
“Our design process is a collaborative one between myself and the client that starts before the first appointment,” Scurlock explains. “It is my job to create a look that they think is beautiful.”.
Lafayette is poised to appoint a police chief to lead us into a post-Ferguson future. It’s critically important we get this right.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And hackers. We have to fear hackers, too.” — FDR (if he’d been inaugurated in 2017)
Elliot Green took a chance when he transplanted his tech startup from NYC to Lafayette, and he’s not looking back.
Lafayette laid the groundwork for our tech future a decade ago with fiber. Leaders in technology, manufacturing and other fields say it’s time to fully embrace it.
Acadiana’s top source for business coverage has a few changes up its sleeve as well.
Half a Penny for Lafayette Parish Public Schools?
While we’ve been critical of past tax proposals for LPSS, the vote this time is clearly yes.
Allen & Gooch and Whitney Bank Team Up to Present the 2017 ABiz Top 50
This year’s event will also benefit Moncus Park.