UL, OM, Underpin Development Talks with Senator Cassidy

[CajunFun]

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy on Wednesday met with leaders of the Lafayette Regional Technology Council to discuss their efforts to encourage the growth of high-tech businesses in their community.

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana...50ee40668.html

[RaginCajun77]

UL should absolutely be at the table when it comes to growing tech businesses in the Lafayette Region. The university is known for having a great computer science program. However, this is only one part of a complex puzzle. Lafayette must make investments to improve schools, roads, and further develop areas outside of the Ambassador Cafferey/Kaliste Saloom corridor to attract the next Amazon, Google, or SpaceX. In addition, efforts to beautify the gateways to Lafayette along I-10 would be a nice start.

[60swerethebest]

Hope the funding to expand fiber is released. We can expand out from small existing clusters without it. And LA doesn’t have the cash to do it without the feds help.

[HoustonCajun]

UL should absolutely be at the table when it comes to growing tech businesses in the Lafayette Region. The university is known for having a great computer science program. However, this is only one part of a complex puzzle. Lafayette must make investments to improve schools, roads, and further develop areas outside of the Ambassador Cafferey/Kaliste Saloom corridor to attract the next Amazon, Google, or SpaceX. In addition, efforts to beautify the gateways to Lafayette along I-10 would be a nice start.

Whatever happened to the Silicon Bayou concept from several years back?

[ZoomZoom]

UL should absolutely be at the table when it comes to growing tech businesses in the Lafayette Region. The university is known for having a great computer science program. However, this is only one part of a complex puzzle. Lafayette must make investments to improve schools, roads, and further develop areas outside of the Ambassador Cafferey/Kaliste Saloom corridor to attract the next Amazon, Google, or SpaceX. In addition, efforts to beautify the gateways to Lafayette along I-10 would be a nice start.

Don’t forget that eyesore known as the Evangeline Thruway.

[RaginCajun77]

Don’t forget that eyesore known as the Evangeline Thruway.

Where houses randomly burn, panhandling is a way of life, and we won't move forward on the I-49 connector project in this life time.

[Cajunrunner]

Where houses randomly burn, panhandling is a way of life, and we won't move forward on the I-49 connector project in this life time.

We just need one more stuff. ONE MORE.

Then we can start.