Stepping on the accelerator

Parish small business owners earn certificates in new program
  • The small business owners who completed the Accelerate Evangeline program are pictured here with Dr. Geoff Stewart and Jonathan Shirley from ULL, Dr. Gwen Fontenot, and Anita Fontenot. In no particular order, the participants are Hydie Clark, Trina Orgeron, Kimberly Vidrine, Jessica Evans. Bralin Johnson, Sierra Freeman, Sherry Freeman, Brett McElwee, Phil Lemoine, Charles Tate, Kimberly Freeman, Linda Fontenot, Rachel Bellard, and Jimmy and Leona Doucet. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    The small business owners who completed the Accelerate Evangeline program are pictured here with Dr. Geoff Stewart and Jonathan Shirley from ULL, Dr. Gwen Fontenot, and Anita Fontenot. In no particular order, the participants are Hydie Clark, Trina Orgeron, Kimberly Vidrine, Jessica Evans. Bralin Johnson, Sierra Freeman, Sherry Freeman, Brett McElwee, Phil Lemoine, Charles Tate, Kimberly Freeman, Linda Fontenot, Rachel Bellard, and Jimmy and Leona Doucet. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
Following a six-week training sponsored by the Evangeline Parish Chamber of Commerce and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Entrepreneurship and Development Center (ULLEDC), participants of the Accelerate Evangeline program celebrated with a luncheon held at the Hatchery in Vidrine and received certificates of completion Dr. Geoff Stewart and Jonathan Shirley with the ULLEDC spoke with the…

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