Acadiana Business Advocate

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

Less time to pay property taxes?

BY EMMA DISCHER | Staff writer

Welcome back to another edition of Acadiana Business Today.

Property owners in Lafayette might have less time to pay property taxes this year.

Here's everything you need to know about what happened.

A new report confirms that Lafayette isn't building as many apartments as other communities. In fact, only 1.0% of the new housing units authorized in the Lafayette metro area were multi-family.

Read more about the study here.

Finally, in case you missed it, two former KATC anchors will officially join another channel. Recap the move here.

Lafayette Parish Council's failure to override veto may mean less time to pay property taxes

There are no Lafayette Parish millages in place for Lafayette Consolidated Government to collect property taxes in December for things like drainage, fire protection, the jail, roads and libraries. Read more

Report: Lafayette is building 4th fewest multi-family homes in the U.S.

If it feels like Lafayette isn't building apartment complexes at the same rate of other communities, the numbers bear out that fact. Read more

60,000 gloves, 24,000 face masks heading to Israel thanks to Broussard PPE maker

SafeSource Direct, a Broussard-based personal protective equipment manufacturer, has partnered with the American Medical Manufacturers Association to send 60,000 nitrile gloves and 24,000 face masks to Israel to help medical volunteers manage the ongoing fallout of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and the ensuing conflict. Read more

One in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. This October, say #YesMamm to your annual mammogram, to early detection and to care you can trust at Ochsner Lafayette General. Visit ochsner.org/OLGYesMamm to learn more.

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