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Friday, February 27, 2009

CONTACT:
Denise Quezaire
(225) 342-0958
dquezaire@crt.state.la.us

WHERE: Corner of North 3rd and Green Streets

WHEN: Monday March 2, 2009 at 1:30pm

WHO: Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu
Mayor Charles Caillouet
Scott Hutcheson, Assistant Secretary of Cultural Development

BACKGROUND: Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu and Mayor Charles Caillouet will announce Thibodaux as a new Main Street Community, Monday March 2nd at 1:30pm.

The Louisiana Main Street Initiative promotes a comprehensive approach that rural and urban communities can use to revitalize traditional commercial area through historic preservation and grassroots economic development.

Since its beginning in 1984, Louisiana Main Street counts among its successes creating over 1,700 new businesses bringing in more than 7,400 jobs with well over $400 million in private and public reinvestment.

The Lt. Governor will also be speaking at a gathering hosted by the Bayou Industrial Group and the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce. The meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. at Howard Johnson's Envie Restaurant, La. 308 and North Canal Boulevard. A buffet luncheon will be served. Registration is $15. Reservations are required. To RSVP, e-mail jen@armandcreative.com