Eight elected officials from the corridor are among a dozen in Louisiana to get smart-growth scholarships. The $1,000 prize from the Center for Planning Excellence entitles them to attend the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference in Seattle. Winners from the corridor are Louisiana State Senator Sharon Weston Broome; East Baton Rouge Parish councilwomen Donna Collins-Lewis, Ronnie Edwards and C. Denise Marcelle; Lafayette City Parish President Joey Durel; Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Purvis Morrison; Ascension Parish Councilman Kent A. Schexnaydre; and Calcasieu Parish Police Juror Chris Landry. CPEX selected those who have demonstrated support for the use of smart-growth planning principles in their communities. The three-day conference is the nation’s premier forum on smart growth and highlights the latest research, plan implementation tools and techniques, model projects, planning best practices and policies and codes.
Eight corridor officials get smart-growth scholarships
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