Mayor-President Guillory reorganizes three LCG departments
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and last updated 2021-07-07 20:10:03-04
Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory has called for an administrative reorganization of three Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) Departments with the goal of serving Lafayetteâs citizens effectively.
The administration says they have identified the best alignment for the Community Development, Parks and Recreation, and Development and Planning Departments.
Guillory said, These changes will strengthen synergies and create more internal efficiency, while providing better products and services for Lafayette Parish citizens.
Parks and Recreation is now the Parks, Art, Recreation, and Culture (PARC) Department.
They say their mission is to align arts and culture with parks and recreation. The Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette Science Museum, Acadiana Park Nature Station, and Senior Centers now fall under the PARC department, they say.
Oh, Hoppy Day event celebrates spring with music, planting tips
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and last updated 2021-04-03 18:22:22-04
Several local organizations are holding a spring celebration in Lafayette on Saturday.
Performing Arts Serving Acadiana (PASA), the McComb-Veazey neighborhood, and Habitat for Humanity organized Oh, Hoppy Day, which is taking place until 6 p.m. at 907 St. Charles St. The event includes spring planting tips offered by the Homegrowers Co-op, followed by a concert by vocalist Sasha Massey and pianist Jake Spinella. We ll celebrate Easter and share Easter baskets with children, said Tina Shelvin Bingham, community development director for Lafayette Habitat for Humanity. We expect great weather and hope to have fun.
The Lafayette Science Museum, which has been closed since May, is planning to reopen April 10, the museum announced on Facebook on Tuesday.
The museum s closure, brought on by COVID-19 restrictions, was lamented by Lafayette residents, though the museum remained active through virtual content. Beginning April 10, the museum will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. We have missed our friends within the science community, and look forward to seeing you all once reopened, the museum posted on Facebook.
The museum was also one of many government-funded bodies on the chopping block during the summer of 2020, as Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory sought to cut the budgets of facilities like the Heymann Performing Arts Center, four northside recreation centers and the science museum.
Thomas sworn in Friday as Lafayette City Marshal
LAFAYETTE S NEWEST CITY MARSHAL WAS SWORN IN TODAY.. REGGIE THOMAS TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE THIS MORNING AT THE HEYMANN CENTER. HE WAS JOINED BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. DEPUTIES WITH THE MARSHAL S OFFICE WERE ALSO SWORN IN. THOMAS REPLACES FORMER CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE WHO WAS FORMALLY REMOVED FROM OFFICE LAST YEAR AFTER A STRING OF LEGAL TROUBLES. THOMAS IS THE CITY S FIRST BLACK CITY MARSHAL ELECTED INTO OFFICE. ALSO THE FIRST BLACK PERSON ELECTED TO A CITY-WIDE POSITION. THOMAS WAS THE FORMER INTERIM POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE.
Attorney Dedrick Moore, left, is joined by Michelle Pellerin and Cedrick Pellerin, the parents of Trayford Pellerin, as he speaks to media following a hearing regarding a temporary restraining order on the release of body cam footage related to the August shooting of Trayford Pellerin by Lafayette Police Tuesday, September 15, 2020, outside the Lafayette Parish Courthouse in Lafayette, La.
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