THE POST-SIGNAL / Steve Bandy
Mayor Chad Monceaux, center, spoke to the Crowley Lions Club earlier this week about his first 15 months in office and some of the ongoing city projects. Welcoming him to the meeting are Tim Mader, left, and Program Chair Patti Lawrence.
Fifteen months into the job, Chad Monceaux is loving his position as Crowley mayor.
This photograph shows one of the hundreds of structures in Crowley that need to be demolished. Blight is a serious problem in so many cities and Crowley is certainly no exception. But the cost of a demolition effort can be completely unaffordable to a great many property owners. At the cost of possibly thousands of dollars, a condemned structure must be torn down, its debris loaded up in a costly dumpster and hauled to the landfill, and the emptied lot must be completely cleaned up. Many families simply don’t have the money and/or know-how to get this done, so they have no choice but to leave the structure there while it continues rotting away. The City of Crowley, CAB (Citizens Against Blight), and the Crowley Post Signal continue to work together to call attention to this problem. Fortunately, the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant office recently began offering federal funding to help address this dilemma. Through this program, owners of dilapidated structures may be eligible to have the city handle the entire demolition effort and cost. Members of CAB are assisting the city in preparing the required grant application. If you or someone you know might be interested in this program, please contact Tomeika Bailly at Crowley City Hall (337-788-4100), or CAB’s Emily Stoma (337-523-6044) or Katie Alleman (337-458-3979).
Photo courtesy Citizens Against Blight
The Acadia Parish Police Jury is set to vote on moving the parish road crew back to a four day work week.
Peter Kirsch
After a decade at the helm of the city’s Recreation Department, Peter Kirsh has announced that he will be leaving the director’s position on May 3.
THE POST-SIGNAL / Steve Bandy
Judges for the Louisiana Garden Club Federation’s Cleanest City Contest were in Crowley Tuesday morning. The four judges were hosted at a brief reception in the Mezzanine conference room at city hall before embarking on their tour of the city. On hand for the reception were, from left, Alderman and Crowley Garden Club President-elect Sammy Reggie III, Crowley Community Development / Marketing Manager Valerie Myers, Cleanest City Judges Desiree Casey, Mary Tietje, Nookie Miller (chair) and Mari Cassidy, and Mayor Chad Monceaux, who also served as chauffeur for the judges’ tour. The judges’ decision in the “District” round of judging had not been released by press time but is expected early next week.
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