Christiaan Mader
Founder and Editor at The Current Media
Host at It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch
Editor of @thecurrentlaf • Host of Out to Lunch Acadiana on @KRVSmedia • Part-time musician • "Blogging" from my "basement"
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2 days ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Katrena King will resign her post as executive director of Leadership Institute of Acadiana in July, the organization announced Friday. She’ll be taking a position with another organization, not yet announced. King was hired in 2021, succeeding Ashley Mudd. LIA operates several programs but is best-known for Leadership Lafayette, now in its 36th year. Others include Acadiana OnBoard, Intro Lafayette and Community Impact Fellows, which King launched.
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4 days ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Louisiana’s sound recording tax incentive is set expire at the end of this month after Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed a bill that would have extended the program another five years. Designed to stimulate the state’s recording industry, the Louisiana Sound Recording Incentive Program had not been accessed as widely as hoped. But HB 653, authored by Rep.
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4 days ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
To make a fiddle, you start with a rib structure — a thin strip of wood bent into an hour-glass strut. Nearly 40 years ago, Will Whedbee, a Chicago-based instrument maker, started a rib structure in his spare time and got detoured by a cello commission. The rib hung in his shop and ambered into a yellow patina over the years. And every time he reached for it to start a new violin, he couldn’t bring himself to use it — it was too beautiful. It needed a special purpose. In tragedy, he found one.
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5 days ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
A change in state law enables Lafayette Consolidated Government to create a streamlined process for removing blighted property. LCG estimates the updated procedure could cut by 45 days the time to condemn a property deemed hazardous. Currently, condemnations go through the councils one-by-one. Legislation carried by Sen.
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1 week ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
A local builder has bought the Northgate Mall with plans to redevelop the long-struggling property as a mixed-use center anchored by a spa and fitness center. Jacoby Landry, a Breaux Bridge-based contractor, closed his purchase of the 20.8-acre site last week for $2.8 million, . The Lafayette Economic Development Authority announced the deal this week and will serve as a partner on the project.
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