By Chris Rosa
The City of Abbeville stopped taking applications Friday for the new parks and recreation director and a total of 19 people have applied for the position.
The applicants are from seven states, including Louisiana, California, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Utah and Florida.
A total of 14 of the 19 are from Louisiana. There are seven from Vermilion Parish, five from Lafayette Parish, one from Crowley and one from New Iberia.
“I am pleasantly surprised,” said Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza. “I was expecting seven or eight.”
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