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Thursday, August 31st, 2023
 
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What's keeping people from moving downtown?

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor​ ​ ​

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

Chris Granger is one of downtown Lafayette’s newest investors, but already tired of hearing about crime.

“It really drives me nuts,” he said.

Speaking inside the newly remodeled The Jefferson — the former Jefferson Street Pub building he bought earlier this year for $2.5 million — Granger admits the amount of concerns have lessened in recent years but remain out there. Their claims that it’s not safe to live downtown is inaccurate at best.

Check out the story here. 

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