UL Lafayette create Accelerate Northside program to help spur economic recovery
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and last updated 2021-02-02 12:59:28-05
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and community business leaders are coordinating the Accelerate Northside program to help spur COVID-19-related economic recovery.
UL Lafayetteâs Louisiana Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center and the Greater Southwest Louisiana Black Chamber of Commerce will lead the 12-week initiative.
The entities are enlisting volunteer businesspersons who will provide consulting and mentoring to owners of small businesses and people interested in starting a business on the north side of Lafayette.
Accelerate Northside is part of an 18-month initiative that the LEED Center will coordinate to help bolster economic development in several regions of Acadiana, including rural areas. The center supports small businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development agencies in Louisiana.
ULM mourns passing of Professor and Dean Emeritus Van McGraw, Ph.D.
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For more than 35 years, McGraw’s insight and expertise shaped the university’s business programs into the award-winning ULM College of Business and Social Sciences.
McGraw joined then-Northeast Louisiana Junior College in 1959 as instructor of Business Administration. From 1962-64, he took sabbatical leave to earn his Ph.D. in Business Administration at LSU.
McGraw returned to ULM in 1964, and for the next 12 years served as Professor of Management and head of the Department of Management and Marketing. From 1976 until 1989, McGraw was Professor of Management and Dean of the College of Business Administration. From
St. Tammany Parish government will accept Christmas trees through Jan. 29 for recycling and use in cooperative marsh restoration efforts.
Bare trees can be brought to the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds at 1515 N. Florida St. in Covington and the old Levee Board property at 61134 Military Road in Slidell, during daylight hours.
Trees must be stripped of all decorations. Ornaments, lights, tinsel, and tree stands must be removed completely to be eligible for the program. Flocked trees cannot be accepted at all at the drop-off sites because they cannot be used for the project.Â
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enhances old relationship
Southeast Louisiana University and St. Tammany Corporation have announced an agreement that is supposed to provide enhanced technical assistance and increased collaboration in support of businesses in the parish.