The South Louisiana Economic Council stays ahead of the curve during the oil slump by shifting focus

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Unlike a lot of economic development groups, the South Louisiana Economic Council is more about business retention than attraction these days. Given the post-2014 slump in the “bread and butter” industry of oil and gas, it was left with little choice. SLEC President/CEO Vic Lafont’s region sits squarely in the crosshairs of a vertically integrated

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