Lafayette was recently honored as a nominee for Southern Living’s Tastiest Town completion. Selected as one of 10 finalists, Lafayette represents the smallest market to make the finals. Louisiana was the only state honored with two cities nominated. Though voting will continue through January 31, Lafayette has consistently held the top spot followed most closely [...]

Louisiana Small Business Development Center, the state’s largest and most accessible source of small business assistance, launched its new website. The website, www.lsbdc.org, features a new design and intuitive navigation giving small business owners quick and easy access to information and resources needed for starting, growing, and managing a business. “Serving the needs of Louisiana’s small [...]

Twitter is an amazing tool. It allows publishers to get their messages out quickly and allows the public to become publishers. Not familiar with twitter at all? It’s basically a service that allows you to update your status with short messages, of up to 140 characters. Unfortunately, many people find the service entirely overwhelming and [...]

Following the city’s nomination and big win for Rand McNally’s best small town on the road for food, Lafayette’s emerging and flourishing culinary scene has been honored once again with a nomination from the highly respected Southern Living magazine. Beginning December 23, voters can go online to vote for our fair city. Nominated for our [...]

Taxable retail sales grew 15.3% in October 2011 over the numbers achieved in October 2010.  This is the largest month-on-month increase of the year.  Compared to 2010, retail sales in 2011 are currently up 11.2% “The upward trend in retail sales that began in 2010 has continued in 2011, making this one of the best [...]

When Forbes Magazine released their rankings for “Best States for Business” for 2011, Louisiana jumped 14 spots from 44th to 30th.   In 2008, Louisiana ranked 49th and had ranked 49th or 50th every year prior.   In 2011, Louisiana has climbed to its highest ever ranking by every leading publication that ranks states based on economic [...]