Quote Originally Posted by HoustonCajun View Post
Boomer is so right! Lafayette is a nice city, but is always an eyesore when driving through it. It makes a very poor impression on any visitor whether exiting on Evangeline Trwy, Ambassador Caffery - Bertrand Drive going to the athletic complex, or University Ave. Time for a city-wide clean-up. Especially Evangeline Trwy to the airport. And, the athletic complex needs a major dressing up. The facilities have no landscaping, grass un-cut, weeds, buildings need to be washed. I went to the UL v. Florida softball games. A nice stadium inside. Outside, not so attractive. How about some landscaping, plants, pressure washing, dress up the exterior entrances. Take a little more pride in the product. Think about the public's impression when they attend an event. The APC is really nice, but the exterior entrance with dead plants, cracked sidewalk, and nothing done to complete the attractive building that it is. To use real estate terminology, we have Class A facilities inside, but Class C facilities outside. An exterior dress up of all facilities is needed. Use students from the horticulture department for an on-going project. Find alumni who own landscaping companies and work with them to really dress up the complex. Sometimes we go to work and don't see the forest for the trees. Don't recognize the obvious. This has been one of my pet peeves for a long time and is all correctable by UL and the City! BTW, I wrote to Dr. Maggard about a visitor's impression of our athletic complex following my visit for the Florida series. No response from him on that or anything I have ever sent him. I haven't been back since then, so I don't know if anything has been done. Judging from Boomer's email, it doesn't appear so.
I agree 100%, HC! We really need to do something about that aspect of the campus & city.