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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
 
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'Unusual' $3M to fund substance abuse clinic is gone, but Lafayette businessmen open it anyway

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor​ ​ ​

Good morning, Acadiana business news readers. Let's get right to the headlines.

Three million dollars to fund a substance abuse treatment clinic in Lafayette showed up in the state budget in 2022 — and just as quietly as it came, it disappeared again.

Brad Farmer, the executive director of the local health agency set to receive it, called the initial allocation “highly unusual.” Now, he said the money has been reabsorbed into the state budget as part of this year’s budgeting process, after the board of his organization, the Acadiana Human Services District, decided not to fight for the funds to roll over into the current fiscal year.

“I wish we could have used it in a different manner,” Farmer said of the money.

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Work begins on new Nunu's Market in Maurice

Dirt work has begun on the Nunu’s Market in Maurice, the first full-service grocery store in the growing Vermilion Parish town. Read more

Deadline to apply for One Acadiana's Small Business Challenge is Friday

The deadline to register for One Acadiana’s Small Business Challenge is Friday. Read more

Carencro latest to reach status as development-ready community by LED

The city of Carencro was recognized as a Louisiana Development Ready Community, the 57th community to receive state certification of local investment readiness since the program began in 2008, Louisiana Economic Development officials announced. Read more

 
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