VP Rotary: Economic development certified sites discussed

By News Staff on Tuesday, May 31, 2022
  • LED CERTIFIED SITES PROGRAM DISCUSSED - Daniel Michel with Louisiana Economic Development was the guest of Rotarian Clem LaFleur during the group’s May 24, meeting. Shown, from left, are Rotary President Jimmy LeBlanc, LaFleur, Michel, and Ville Platte Mayor and Rotarian Jennifer Vidrine. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    LED CERTIFIED SITES PROGRAM DISCUSSED - Daniel Michel with Louisiana Economic Development was the guest of Rotarian Clem LaFleur during the group’s May 24, meeting. Shown, from left, are Rotary President Jimmy LeBlanc, LaFleur, Michel, and Ville Platte Mayor and Rotarian Jennifer Vidrine. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
  • DONATION PRESENTED - The Ville Platte Rotary Club presented a $500 donation to the New Life Pregnancy Center in Mamou during the group’s May 24, meeting. Shown, from left, are Rotarians Eric Gil and Wayne Vidrine, Amy Miller with the New Life Pregnancy Center, Rotary President Jimmy LeBlanc, Connie Landreneau with the New Life Pregnancy Center, and Rotarians Dr. Hosea “Joey” Soileau, Nicole Wenger and Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    DONATION PRESENTED - The Ville Platte Rotary Club presented a $500 donation to the New Life Pregnancy Center in Mamou during the group’s May 24, meeting. Shown, from left, are Rotarians Eric Gil and Wayne Vidrine, Amy Miller with the New Life Pregnancy Center, Rotary President Jimmy LeBlanc, Connie Landreneau with the New Life Pregnancy Center, and Rotarians Dr. Hosea “Joey” Soileau, Nicole Wenger and Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Clem LaFleur invited Daniel Michel, site development program manager with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), to address the May 24, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Michel discussed LED’s Certified Sites Program, noting it began in October 2012 and was in development for several years through studies to help create the program. This was done…

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