by Michael Lunsford | Mar 16, 2022 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette
If Anita Begnaud has her preference, you’ll never find out that smack in the middle of Festival International, on April 30th, 2022, there will be an election to increase the downtown property tax by fifty-percent (50%) more than allowed by their enabling...
by Michael Lunsford | Feb 16, 2022 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette, LCG
The enabling legislation for Lafayette’s DDA sets forth goals and rewards for achieving them. The goal is to halt deterioration of downtown property values. The reward is getting an annual percentage of those property values as income. It’s ingenious,...