An economic action plan for advancing the community's vision
The Evangeline Corridor Economic Action Plan builds on a year-long process of targeted stakeholder and community engagement, economic and technical research, and urban design and planning, along the proposed I-49 Connector in Lafayette. It integrates key components of multiple previous plans, engagement efforts, and ongoing investments along the corridor to develop a comprehensive strategy for economic development. An outcome of the Evangeline Corridor Economic Action Plan is the identification of and conceptual plans for several “catalyst sites” within the corridor. Most of these sites are under private ownership. Accordingly, the ideas and recommendations within this plan are derived from community and stakeholder input, integrate market conditions and economic opportunities, and are intended to initiate conversations with landowners and prospective project partners, with the hope of realizing new developments which are beneficial to owners, surrounding neighborhoods, project partners, and Lafayette as a whole.
