Background · infrastructure · regional
Before you dig in Louisiana, call 811 and check what it cannot mark
Louisiana 811 gives residents a free locate-request path, but private lines and some municipal systems may remain outside its marks.
Vermilion Boom
The space industry, Acadiana, and what comes next.
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News · infrastructure · vermilion
Vermilion household hazardous-waste collection set for December 12
The parish flyer gives residents a five-hour collection window, requires residency identification and excludes commercial waste, leaking materials and several common household items.
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News · meetings · vermilion
Unsigned minutes record Police Jury direction to narrow RV ordinance scope
Jurors called for removing non-RV temporary-housing references and made approval conditional on that correction. The corrected text and an effective date remain unverified.
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News · infrastructure · vermilion
Posted Pecan Island school lease forms outline an exit and a path to ownership
The unsigned October 22 board materials describe a 40-year SpaceX sublease, an early-termination provision and improvements in place of monetary rent. The posted improvements exhibit is blank.
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News · meetings · vermilion
Tigre Lagoon hearing moved to October 27 in Baton Rouge
The state notice invites attendance on proposed zone and unit decisions for a Vermilion Parish field.
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News · infrastructure · vermilion
Erath board authorizes acceptance of LED street-light contract
The Town's published October 12 proceedings also record a $4,105 change order and a $72,468.90 payment approval for the contractor.
Developing
The project timeline
Follow the SpaceX timeline
The lead-up to the announcement, subsequent reporting and projected milestones.
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Local history
Louisiana’s communities, industries and changing landscape.
Local History · local economy · regional
A Gulf project’s price tag did not all stay on the coast
A 2011 federal oil-services study followed wages, imported equipment and local assembly separately to explain where economic activity occurred.
Local History · infrastructure · regional
The Gulf’s offshore workforce depended on a network of helicopter bases
A 2011 federal study mapped an air-service industry spread across Louisiana and the wider Gulf Coast.
Local History · local economy · regional
Underwater robots changed offshore work without ending diving
A 2002 study describes the transition from divers alone to teams using remotely operated equipment.
Local History · local economy · regional
Owning the truck did not mean controlling the work
A 2002 study traced how changes in oilfield hauling shifted business decisions from individual drivers toward large carriers.
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