One Acadiana moving to new office in Downtown Lafayette

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One Acadiana, the chamber of commerce for Lafayette Parish and a regional economic development agency for Acadiana, is moving from its St. Mary Boulevard location to Jefferson Street after outgrowing its current facility.

“For the past seven years one of One Acadiana’s areas of focus has been urban revitalization and catalyzing investment in the core of our region,” President and CEO Troy Wayman said in a statement. “With the guidance of two of our investors, we will be completing due diligence on the facility and assessing our next steps to renovate a space where we can continue our important work to make a regional impact through business-led programming, advocacy, and economic development in Acadiana.

“We look forward to celebrating our new ‘home’ downtown with our investors, members, and partners across the region.”

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The building was owned by Home Bank and has been vacant for about six years.

The move will offer the “best front door to life in Acadiana” as One Acadiana welcomes businesses to the region, said Anita Begnaud, the CEO of the Downtown Development Authority and Downtown Lafayette Unlimited.

“Want to attract businesses to Lafayette and attract talent and retain talent as students graduate. Downtown is a center point to being successful to doing that,” she said. “(The move) is a statement of the importance of the core of our city and our parish and to the future of our region.”

Lafayette marketing agency supporting Special Olympics Louisiana, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and other nonprofits

BBR Creative, a Lafayette-based marketing firm, announced the nonprofits that it would be supporting during the 2022 CreateAthon — a 24-hour philanthropic event that provides marketing services to nonprofits.

During the event, BBR staff will provide social media strategies and content development, email marketing, event branding, planning and promotion, marketing and advertising campaign development, and a marketing blueprint for the nonprofits.

“We are so pleased to be in a position to offer tailored marketing services to the amazing non-profits working tirelessly to support Louisianians every day,” said Emily Burke, the vice president of account services for BBR Creative. “It’s certainly one of our favorite campaigns.”

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The 2022 event will be September 22 and 23. The nonprofits that were selected were the Special Olympics Louisiana headquartered in Covington, Girls on the Run South Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra based in Lafayette, Foster the Love Louisiana headquartered in Lafayette, and the Northshore Food Bank based in New Orleans.

Holly & Smith Architects opens office in Downtown Lafayette

Holly & Smith Architects, a professional architecture company with locations in Hammond and New Orleans, opened a new office in Downtown Lafayette.

The firm held an open house Saturday.

The founders of H/S both studied architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette around 40 years ago, Downtown Lafayette Unlimited said in a press release. The award-winning regional firm was founded in 1980.

“We are delighted to be coming back to our university home,” said Michael F. Holly, the principal architect and co-founder of H/S. “Jeffrey Smith, AIA, and I are graduates of UL Lafayette. The Fournet family, of which I am a part, has deep roots in this community, and it is with great humbleness that I can say that we are returning to our roots.”

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