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A recently hired ambassador group will start working on the streets of downtown Lafayette the week of Festival International.
Block by Block has already arrived in Lafayette and is hiring staffers to be on the streets next week, said Kevin Blanchard, CEO of the Downtown Development Authority.
The crew will consist of four full-time employees walking downtown streets seven days a week doing tasks such as picking up trash, assisting visitors, cleaning graffiti, maintaining landscaping efforts and other duties, Blanchard said during a recent meeting with local commercial real estate agents.
Funding for the program will come from the Downtown Economic Development District and will cost about $375,000 annually for the equivalent of four full-time staffers. Currently the area is maintained by 2 1/2 staffers at a cost of $70,000, with $50,000 coming from Lafayette Consolidated Government and the rest from DDA.
If you can envision it, you can build it. If you can dream it, you can paint it. And when that dream is shared between artists, institutions, and the public, it becomes part of the city’s story.
Walkability is a term often coined like an achievement, something a city either has or does not. In reality, it is a process. And when done well, it requires patience, listening, and thoughtful design.
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Improvements are underway at downtown Lafayette's Parc International, which serves as a main venue for Festival International, the city's largest festival that draws thousands every April.
Downtown Lafayette looked — and smelled — a little fresher Saturday morning as volunteers gathered for 'Downtown in Bloom,' a local beautification event.
The Children's Museum of Acadiana in downtown Lafayette will get a major facelift from muralist Dirk Guidry.
Since the park opened in 2024, residents who use it have been out of luck for a bathroom if surrounding businesses are closed.
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Drainage construction will begin in downtown Lafayette at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Lee Avenue in front of the old city hall building, according to a spokesperson Lafayette Consolidated Government’s (LCG) Public Works Department.
Read Clair Taylor’s article for The Acadiana Advocate here.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricanes Laura and Delta impacted the construction, the developers behind the old federal courthouse redevelopment in Downtown Lafayette knew the project would take a lot of work. J. Dyke Nelson, the architect behind the project, said he had to wear a hazmat suit the first time he came out and saw the property.