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For up-to-date news stories about Lafayette visit The Daily AdvertiserThe Times of Acadiana, and The Independent Weekly newspapers' web pages.


01/25/2012 - Louisiana Plating & Coatings' decision to follow Halliburton to Lafayette is a good sign more companies are comingBy Gregg Gothreaux Having an...

01/17/2012 - By Richard Burgess and Skip DescantThe AdvocateA Houston company that makes protective coatings for oilfield equipment is opening a plant in Scott...

01/12/2012 - Houston Plating and Coating CEO William Howard, center, speaks after Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, right, announced that Houston Plating and...

01/12/2012 - Written by Heather MillerThe Independent WeeklyLouisiana Plating and Coatings, a newly formed subsidiary of Houston Plating and Coatings, is building...

10/27/2011 - Written by Leslie Turk     Independent WeeklyThursday, 27 October 2011  Using Census data, USA Today ranked...

09/19/2011 - Lafayette got some good news last week when it was listed among the top 15 cities with the fastest economic growth. The list was compiled by the...

08/08/2011 - Shoot Online  www.shootonline.com  August 8, 2011 Additional Production Space Aids Company's Ability to Spearhead Global Film Projects...

07/21/2011 - The assignment: Start in New York City and wind up in Los Angeles, exploring the best of small-town America along the way.Three weeks and 25,000...

07/21/2011 - Amanda McElfresh amcelfresh@theadvertiser.com  In what is being labeled as a historic announcement in the Acadiana business world, Schumacher...

07/21/2011 - Written by: Leslie Turk   Thursday, 21 July 2011 Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Schumacher Group CEO Dr. William “Kip” Schumacher...

04/25/2011 - Lafayette recognized for economic development efforts and digital media development Lafayette, LA –Southern Business and Development...

04/06/2011 - The Advocate Online www.2theadvocate.com Halliburton picks Lafayette Jindal: 500 jobs to be created By MARSHA SILLS LAFAYETTE - More than 500 new...

04/06/2011 - The Lafayette Daily Advertiser Online www.theadvertiser.com Halliburton to build $65M plant in parish2:27 AM, Apr. 6, 2011Halliburton, one of the...

04/05/2011 - The Independent Weekly Online www.ind.com North Lafayette lands $65 million Halliburton expansionWritten by: Leslie Turk Tuesday, 05 April 2011...

04/05/2011 - The Associated Press State & Local Wire Halliburton to build components plant at LafayetteApril 5, 2011 Tuesday 8:31 PM GMT Halliburton Co. said...

04/05/2011 - The Town Talk Online www.thetowntalk.comHalliburton to build $65 million manufacturing facility in Lafayette3:09 PM, Apr. 5, 2011Halliburton will...

03/26/2011 - The Lafayette Daily Advertiser www.theadvertiser.com March 26, 2011La. economy is looking upBy Connie Lewis11:00 PM, Mar. 26, 2011 The rate of...

03/23/2011 - Lafayette, LA The Independent online www.theind.com Mar 23, 2011Cool Town Lafayette's creative class weighs in on what makes us a vibrant communityBy...

03/20/2011 - The Advocate Online www.2theadvocate.com March 20, 2011 Lafayette bank poised to become largest based in Louisiana By Ted GriggsTen years ago,...

03/17/2011 - The Advertiser Online www.theadvertiser.com March 17, 2011La. economy on riseBy Connie LewisMidSouth Bank President and CEO Rusty Cloutier predicts...

03/11/2011 - Written by: Leslie Turk   Friday, 11 March 2011 The Lafayette metro gained 2,700 jobs in the past year, many of those coming from the oil...

03/01/2011 - Lafayette, LA— Officials from Goldin Metals, Inc., a distributor and manufacturer of metal building components, have announced the opening of a...

02/25/2011 - Written by: Independent Weekly Staff Friday, 25 February 2011 Economist Loren Scott, who left us scratching our collective head when he predicted in...

02/07/2011 - Lafayette, LA— On March 15, 2011 LEDA will host 1stGear— the inaugural session of the Opportunity Machine (OM) and the Louisiana Small...

01/20/2011 - Dozens of companies have announced expansions or relocations along the corridor in the past two years, launching projects that will create thousands...

12/01/2010 - Opportunity Machine, a new business accelerator spearheaded by LEDA and LITE, hopes to enable the next generation of technology-inspired...

10/14/2010 - UL's business master's program is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review.  The education services company...

09/03/2010 - Written by Nathan Stubbs    Friday, 03 September 2010 The Lafayette Economic Development Authority has hired its first executive director...

08/26/2010 - by Cody Daigle • cdaigle@theadvertiser.com • August 26, 2010 Let’s start with the bad news — I have some friends who have lost...

08/25/2010 - Amanda McElfresh • amcelfresh@theadvertiser.com • August 25, 2010 Six Lafayette-based businesses were named Tuesday to the fourth annual...

04/22/2010 - Jeff Moore • jeffmoore@theadvertiser.com • April 22, 2010 Lafayette has made its pitch to serve as a launching pad for Google's high-speed...

04/20/2010 - Sarah Lai Stirland, Special Correspondent, BroadbandBreakfast.comLAFAYETTE, La., April 20, 2010 - To the extent that the city of Lafayette is famous...

04/18/2010 - Jeff Moorejeffmoore@theadvertiser.com It used to take Golfballs.com an hour and 31 minutes to upload one of its high-definition product demo videos...

04/07/2010 - Corridor Weekly       www.1012corridor.com  After only four months in operation in Louisiana, Pixel Magic...

04/05/2010 - Tina Marie Macias • tmacias@theadvertiser.com  The amount of money UL has attracted through research initiatives has more than tripled...

04/03/2010 - Pixel Magic will hire up to 100 artists during the next year to staff its digital effects studio at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise...

04/02/2010 - From staff reports • April 2, 2010 www.theadvertiser.comThe city of Lafayette has won the Cleanest City contest for District III, Category J,...

03/31/2010 - Written by The Independent StaffLafayette is in danger of turning into Grosse Tete. With all the ego stroking we’ve been getting thanks to our...

03/31/2010 - Amanda McElfreshamcelfresh@theadvertiser.comLafayette's cutting-edge technology and its use in one local high school are helping the city gain...

03/26/2010 - Written by The Independent Staff  Lafayette will soon be the most wired city in the world, and our municipally-owned fiber optic network is...

03/19/2010 - From the Baton Rouge Business Report Lafayette was one of nine U.S. cities to report an increase in construction employment in January from a...

11/11/2009 - Jeff Moore • jeffmoore@theadvertiser.com  Lafayette has cracked the top 10 in a national list that rates cities on job and income...

11/07/2009 - Amanda McElfreshamcelfresh@theadvertiser.com    Claudia B. Laws/claws@theadvertiser.com Pixel Magic Vice President Ray Scalice talks...

11/06/2009 - By Nathan Stubbs    Pixel Magic, a leading 3D graphics and animation firm that works with top Hollywood film studios, is opening its...

10/29/2009 - By Marsha SillsCARENCRO, La. — High-speed fiber optic technology offers a new frontier in computing. Among the explorers: students at Carencro...

10/21/2009 -  Lafayette, LA— Officials from ATC Associates, an environmental consulting firm, have announced the opening of their corporate...

09/23/2009 - LAFAYETTE - Local officials announced to the city and the world via the Web on Tuesday the creation of a technology business lab aimed at incubating,...

10/10/2008 - By Nathan Stubbs    Wednesday, September 10, 2008The Independent Weekly Lafayette has moved up 10 spots to rank 14th in the...

09/10/2008 - With the opening of a $120 million, 70,000 square foot facility located in LEDA’s Northpark Technology Center, FlightSafety International...

07/28/2008 - A partnership between the city of Youngsville, the Lafayette Parish School Board and the Lafayette Economic Development Authority has something for...

07/28/2008 - The public is invited to attend LITE’s August Open House any time between 3:00pm and 6:00pm on Wednesday, August 6. Several new projects...

06/27/2008 - By Mary Tutwiler   Friday, June 27, 2008              Photo: a scene from...

11/01/2007 - Lafayette, LA— The 2006-07 fiscal year marked the highest total construction valuation in Lafayette’s history. At $493,768,778, the...

09/26/2007 - Lafayette, LA– The Lafayette MSA is ranked 24th out of 200 metro areas in the Best Cities Index, compiled annually by the Milken Institute....

09/24/2007 - LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK (September 24, 2007) - FlightSafety International announced today that it is significantly increasing its support of the...

08/13/2007 - Foreign Direct Investment magazine (fDi), a London-based publication, named Lafayette in its North American Cities of the Future issue (April/May...

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07/24/2007 - Lafayette, LA—The Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE™), one of the most comprehensive and tightly integrated data...

05/08/2007 - Lafayette, LA–With two months left in the state fiscal year, Acadiana businesses will receive more Incumbent Worker Training Program grants for...

04/19/2007 - Lafayette, LA - The creative class is on the rise in Lafayette. Citing Lafayette’s “wildcatter mentality” and entrepreneurial...

02/14/2007 - T-shirts, hamburgers, hotel rooms, dinette sets. No matter what a business was selling in Lafayette in 2006, someone wanted to buy it. Retail sales...

01/22/2007 - Four months after its official grand opening, Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise, LITE, launches its monthly open house program for tours...

01/13/2007 - Ill winds blew thousands of jobs Baton Rouge's way in the past year-and-a-half, but no Louisiana city has benefited from post-hurricane job growth...

12/14/2006 - Orlando, FL – LEDA's marketing efforts for Lafayette Parish were recognized at the Southern Economic Development Council's (SEDC) Annual Conference...

09/27/2006 - If a 15-foot storm surge washes over parts of New Orleans, experts can predict how high water will rise, how long it would take to pump water out and...

09/21/2006 - The state's $27 million investment in the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise center will pay dividends well into the future, Gov. Kathleen...

08/07/2006 - (St. Catharines, Ontario): NuComm International, Canada's leader in outsourced contact center solutions, has chosen Lafayette, Louisiana as the site...

07/15/2006 - The LITE center glows violet blue Tuesday night. The grand opening for the center has been scheduled for Aug. 14. The grand opening of the...

06/07/2006 - Lafayette is No. 6 on Worldwide ERC's list of best relocation sites for families among the nation's mid-sized metro areas. The moving company...

06/05/2006 - Home Furniture Company recently purchased Auto Zone's 440,000-square-foot building in LEDA's Northpark Technology Park, but its Surrey Street store...

05/22/2006 - (Lafayette) – GAMECAMP!, a career and college preparatory summer intensive program returns to Lafayette. The week-long camp will be held...

05/10/2006 - When Congress passed the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act sponsored by Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott late last year, it aimed to help victims of hurricanes...

03/15/2006 - Since the groundbreaking ceremony last April for the Louisiana Immersion Technology Enterprise, or LITE, construction has proceeded on a building...

03/01/2006 - It's been six months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. From the devastation emerged stories of strength, survival and courage. Many of...

02/21/2006 - The giant, nationwide network infrastructure -- known as National LambdaRail -- came online Monday with its more than 15,000 miles of fiber-optic...

02/01/2006 - Thomas Settles came to Lafayette with a purpose. Settles, president and CEO of Omega Paving based in Atlanta, is looking to set up a satellite office...

01/31/2006 - Construction is under way on the $27.5 million Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise building located at the corner of Cajundome Boulevard and...

12/31/1969 - Halliburton plans manufacturing facility in LafayetteExcerpt from 10/12 Corridor Weekly e-newsletter www.1012corridor.comHalliburton is building a...

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