Additional Resources

Parish Units of Government

• Acadia Parish Police Jury
• Evangeline Parish Police Jury
• Lafayette Consolidated Government
• St. Landry Parish Government
• St. Martin Parish Government
• St. Mary Parish Government
• Vermilion Parish Police Jury

Acadiana Communities

• Town of Berwick
• City of Breaux Bridge
• City of Crowley
• City of Eunice
• Town of Gueydan
• City of Morgan City
• City of New Iberia
• City of Opelousas
• Town of Palmetto
• City of Rayne
• City of St. Martinville
• City of Ville Platte
• Town of Washington

Assessors

• Lafayette Parish Assessors Office

Chambers of Commerce

• Crowley Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
• Opelousas-St. Landry Chamber of Commerce

Clerk of Courts

• Acadia Parish Clerk of Court
• Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court
• St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court

Economic Development Agencies

• Iberia Industrial Development Foundation
• Lafayette Economic Development Authority
• St. Landry Economic Development District
• St. Martin Economic Development Authority

Education

• Acadia Parish Schools
• Evangeline Parish School Board
• Louisiana State University at Eunice
• Louisiana Technical Colleges
• St. Mary Parish Schools
• South Louisiana Community College
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Newspapers

• Crowley Post Signal (Acadia Parish)
• The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette Parish)
• The Daily Iberian (Iberia Parish)
• The Daily Review (St. Mary Parish)
• The Daily World (St. Landry Parish)
• The Rayne Acadian-Tribune (Acadia Parish)
• St. Mary and Franklin Banner Tribune (St. Mary Parish)
• Times of Acadiana (Lafayette Parish)

Sheriff Departments

• Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office
• Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department
• Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office

Television Stations

• KATC TV 3
• KLFY TV 10

Tourism

• Acadia Parish Tourist Commission
• Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau
• Iberia Parish Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Lafayette Convention & Visitors Bureau
• St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission
• St. Martin Parish Tourist Information
• Acadian Village - A Living History Museum
• Acadiana Trail
• Festival International de Louisiane
• Le Centre International de Lafayette

Other Acadiana Agencies

• Acadiana Small Business Development Center
• Enterprise Center of Acadia Parish Business Incubator
• Enterprise Center of Louisiana
• Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District
• The Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana (MEPoL)
• Port of Iberia
• Port of Morgan City

Louisiana Links

• Info Louisiana
  Useful information on the State of Louisiana including demographics.
• Access Louisiana Sites - Business and Commercial Resource
  Database on available office space and warehouses in the State of Louisiana by region.  Find properties and list properties here.
• Louisiana Assessors Association
  Information on Louisiana Assessors by parish.
• Louisiana Department of Economic Development
  Business incentives, Louisiana Vision 2020, and up to date news on Louisiana's businesses.
• Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
  Information on State of Louisiana health services including medicare and medicaid, as well as information on bioterrorism.
• Louisiana Department of Labor
  Up-to-date labor statistics on Louisiana, employer and employment information.
• Louisiana Scenic Byways
  Visit the Louisiana Scenic Byways
• Louisiana Secretary of State
  Licensing information, incorporating a business, and filing UCC's in Louisiana includes some of the information found in the commercial division of this website.  The office's First Stop Shop helps cut through the red tape of the licensing process.
• Louisiana State Police
• Louisiana Office of Tourism
  Tourist site made available from the LA Office of Tourism and the LA Travel Promotion Association.  Offering information on travel accommodations and festivals.

State Planning & Development Districts

• Coordinating and Development Corporation
  Parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster.
• Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Development Comm.
  Parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis.
• North Delta Regional Planning & Development District
  Parishes: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll.
• Regional Planning Commission
  Parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany.
• South Central Planning & Development Commission
  Parishes: Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John The Baptist, and Terrebonne.

Other Links

• ItsSimple.Biz
  Small business resource and information
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
  Small business information
• Small Business Knowledge Base
  A comprehensive free resource of small business information, packed with guides, tools, and techniques needed to manage a business.
• Minority Business Development Agency, US Department of Commerce
  A guide for minority entrepreneurs to sources of technical, financial, business and market assistance.
• National Chamber of Commerce & Convention and Visitor Bureau Directory
  Directory of chambers of commerce and convention and visitor bureaus in the United States.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  FEMA flood insurance rate maps are now available online.
• U.S. Bureau of the Census
  Detailed 1990 & 2000 demographic information.
• Louisiana Electronic Commerce Exchange System (LACES)
  A searchable business directory of over 85,000 Louisiana businesses, developed at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Gives businesses a free web presence while promoting business to business commerce.
• GreatLouisiana.com
  A comprehensive directory and guide to everything in Louisiana

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