September 2015 Newsletter

Upper Lafayette On The Move
www.upperlafayette.com
September 2015
Volume 81
Northside High Radio Goes Live!
ALSO INSIDE:
Carencro Veterans Memorial Wins Award
Lafayette’s Growing Music Scene
Ghandi’s Rules of Leadership
Printed by Lafayette Economic Development Authority
Published by
Upper Lafayette Economic Development
Foundation
Printed by
Lafayette Economic Development Authority
Board of Directors
Monty Warren, President
Cherie Hebert, Vice President
Todd Citron, Secretary/Treasurer
David Welch, Immediate Past President
Adrian Baudoin
Julie Dronet
Brenda Foulcard
Donna Landry
Kirk LaCour
Beau Phares
Bryan Tabor
Jerry Vascocu
Honorary Advisory Board
Don Dupuis
Ed Krampe
Dwight “Bo” Ramsay
Herbert Schilling
Staff
Jan Swift, Executive Director
Elsa Dimitriadis, Communications Director/
Executive Assistant
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 53107
Lafayette, LA 70505
Upper Lafayette Economic Development
Foundation is an association of proactive
individuals and business leaders joined
together to be a catalyst for change. The
Foundation’s mission is to enhance and
direct the positive, planned growth of Upper
Lafayette, focusing on quality of life, while
participating in the overall development of
the Greater Lafayette Metropolitan Area.
On the cover: On-air sign at Northside High School’s
student-run radio station. Photograph by M. Brady
McKellar.
On the Web
www.upperlafayette.com
For membership information or sponsorship opportunities,
contact Jan Swift at jan@upperlafayette.com.
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A Letter from the Executive Director
We are excited about our upcoming meeting on September 16 where
we will hear from our two candidates for Lafayette City-Parish President, Joel Robideaux and Dee Stanley. This friendly forum will be
your opportunity to come and meet both gentlemen, hear their vision
for our community and learn about the issues they believe should be
top priorities to keep Lafayette strong. I hope you will join us. We do
not endorse candidates, but do want you to have every chance you
can to be informed. An informed vote is the best gift you can give our
community, in any election.
The October 24 ballot will be chock-a-block full of races. All statewide elections (Governor, Lt. Governor, etc.), City-Parish Council
seats and Parish President, State Representative and Senate seats,
Sheriff, you name it, it will be
there. So if you haven’t registered or need to update your
registration in the event you
have moved, please visit www.
Geauxvote.com, a user friendly
site set up by our Secretary of
State. You can take care of this
important task online and be
all set for the election.
A Reminder to Register for Next
Week’s City-Parish President
Candidates Forum!
Don’t forget to register for our September 16th meeting which
will be held at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette at 111 Heymann
Boulevard, and feature both City-Parish President candidates,
Joel Robideaux and Dee Stanley. Tickets are $35 each or $300
for a table of eight and can be purchased online at upperlafayette.com/events or through a mailed payment to ULEDF, PO
Box 53107, Lafayette, LA 70505.
Many thanks to Van Eaton & Romero Realtors for sponsoring
this important event.
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Northside High School’s KNHS 93.1
Gains National Attention
The accomplishments of Northside
High School KNHS 93.1 FM has garnered more
than just local attention.
The Broadcast Journalism Academy was established two
years ago under the helm of former principal Melinda
Voorhies, and the establishment of KNHS makes it only one
of three high schools in the state with its own radio station.
As Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come played over the
airways as the station’s first on air musical selection, students thanked KRVS Radio Acadie for serving as a charter
consultant. They also acknowledged Vermilionville as they
continue to work to put students in touch with local artists
and to develop the radio hosts’ interviewing skills. Vermilionville will continue to serve KNHS as part of their education initiative, “Local Learning at Vermilionville.”
Please enjoy the following AP article about Northside High
School’s radio station that has been featured in newspapers
nationwide. From south Mississippi’s Sun Herald, D.C.’s
Washington Times, to the East Oregonian, people are hearing about our community and we could not be prouder of
the recognition that Northside High School is receiving.
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Looking for some blues, jazz, zydeco
or world music? You’ll find it all on KNHS 93.1 FM, the latest
radio station to hit Lafayette airwaves.
This station has a twist though. All hosting, programming
and technical duties are handled by Northside High School
students, who work out of radio booths on campus.
“This has really helped me express myself and put myself
out there,” said Northside student Tyler Jolivette. “It’s making me speechless. This is the type of thing I live for, as far
as entertainment is concerned.”
Earlier this year, Northside’s broadcasting and journalism
academy launched KNHS as an online-only station. That’s
still available on nhsradio.org, but the station’s reach expanded Aug. 27 with its first over-the-air broadcasts. The
100-watt, low-powered FM station can be heard throughout Lafayette Parish.
Running a radio station is fun, but it’s also a lot of work.
Northside senior Reginald Boudreaux said it takes hours to
research music genres, listen to songs, tweak transitions
and program the songs for each three-hour block. The
station runs from 6 a.m. to midnight each day, featuring
different genres throughout the day.
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“One of the things that’s become important to us is listening to the songs all the way through, to make sure there is
no vulgarity,” Boudreaux said. “We want to make sure we’re
getting the right message out about what we want our
station to be.”
Station Manager Camille Harrington said she’s learned plenty about time management, being organized and having a
strong work ethic. Those are qualities she now looks for in
younger Northside students who have shown interest in the
station.
“It teaches you a lot about patience and how to work with
others,” Harrington said. “You learn how to work together
and how to make your product the best it can be.”
In the future, Redmond said, he’d like to expand the academy to include news shows and training for students who
want to work in the film industry, especially with so many
movies and television shows produced in Louisiana.
“We hope we can eventually have an industry-based certification, so a kid could graduate from Northside and go
right to work on a movie set,” Redmond said. “We want to
become a full-fledged journalism and broadcasting academy that includes something for everyone.”
Information from: The Advertiser. Photos courtesy of M.
Brady McKellar/Vermilionville.
Boudreaux said he’s also learned about the influence that
music can have. For example, Jay Redmond, director of the
broadcasting/journalism academy, encouraged Boudreaux
to pursue a blues show, even though Boudreaux didn’t have
a huge interest in that type of music.
“I ended up liking it a lot,” Boudreaux said. “You never know
how much you might like a type of music until you try it.
Every genre of music can connect to you in some way.”
Redmond said there are plans to expand the station’s programming to include shows on sports, entertainment and
video games — some of which could be on the air between
November and January.
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Education Top Priority
for Business Leaders in Acadiana
At the Cecil J. Picard Center in Lafayette on August 12,
2015, One Acadiana unveiled its priorities on education.
Louisiana’s education has yet to reach the average national standard. In comparison to the rest of the country, our
state ranks 45th on graduation and 47th on math, reading,
writing, and science.
Corey Pate, Sr., a parent of a student in the United Way’s
Early Head Start program, expressed his gratitude to the
initiatives and reported that his son has experienced an
increase in cognitive thinking and a positive outlook on
attending school.
“The gains Louisiana has made in terms of student achievement are supported by reforms that are raising standards,
improving pre-K options, providing parental choice and
empowering school and district leaders,” said One Acadiana
President and CEO Jason El Koubi. The gains include a 20
percentage point increase on students scoring at a basic
level, 73 percent graduation rate and lower dropout rates.
The busness group’s focus is on education priorities that
maintain and improve academic standards, keep and improve the accountability system, increase funding for early
childhood education, maintain the laws that empower local
educators with less management discretion, and keep the
charter school option open for families.
“Children entering kindergarten ill-prepared are too often
from poorer families,” said Margaret Trahan, president and
CEO of United Way of Acadiana. Focusing on Early Childhood education could exponentially increase Lafayette’s
school achievement rates in the coming years and help
prepare students for higher education.
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Focusing on these goals as a business community, One Acadiana hopes to change where Louisiana sits on the national
list when it comes to education and help raise the standard living across the nine parish region. Upper Lafayette
supports these initiatives and encourages all to support
improving our public school system by becoming involved.
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Carencro Veterans Memorial Wins
Community Achievement Award
Carencro Veterans Memorial earned a
Community Achievement Award from the
Louisiana Municipal Association (LMA) at its
annual convention, which took place in late
July.
The Carencro Veterans Memorial project,
submitted by the City of Carencro, took first
place in the Community Development category for cities with a population from 3,001
to 10,000.
Each submission was required to explain the
objective, scope, community involvement,
and results of the project. This video, providing an overview of the memorial’s development, was included as part of the entry. It
may be viewed at carencro.org/vetsmemorial_3.php
The purpose of the Carencro Veterans Memorial is to have a place where people can
go to honor those individuals who served our country and fought, and continue to fight, for the rights and freedoms the
United States of America enjoys today. The goal was to have a memorial the citizens of Carencro can be proud of, but also
to have a memorial that will honor veterans no matter where they were born or raised.
Consultant Brooke Allphin, Ph.D., is the chairman of the award selection committee. The committee includes leaders from
different fields such as Capital Region Planning Commission, CLECO, LED, Louisiana Main Street, and Louisiana State Fire
Marshall’s office. LMA is not involved in the selection of the community achievement awards.
Don’t miss our latest segment
of Upper Lafayette On the Move
which features Paul Molbert, VP, Network Development/
ACO of Lafayette General Health and Cian Robinson, Executive Director of Lafayette General Foundation. This two-inone episode includes discussions about the growth and development of Lafayette General Foundation, which includes
expansion of telemedicine and innovations in neonatology,
as well as information about the expansion of Lafayette
General Health’s footprint and health care delivery system.
On the Move is presented on AOC 2(COX 16/LUS 4) on the
second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 8:30 pm.
Episodes are also available online on the Upper Lafayette
website.
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So Much Music..
So Little Time
Lagniappe Records Relocates
from Baton Rouge to Downtown
The owners of Lagniappe Records closed up shop at their
Beauregard Town, Baton Rouge record store and relocated to Lafayette in late July. Patrick Hodgkins, who owns
the shop with his wife, Tess Brunet, held the grand opening for their new 313 Jefferson Street location on August
7.
Nestled between the Lafayette Center for Yoga and Rukus Board Shop, and across Jefferson Street from Parish
Ink, Lagniappe is the newest addition to a hip, developing downtown. According to Brunet, the relocation was
the best choice for Lagniappe Records’ future, and the store’s record label and live in-store concerts will continue
as they did at the Baton Rouge location.
Old school vinyl lovers are thrilled by this new addition to Lafayette, where retail outlets dedicated to vinyl were
previously scarce. Reviews have been positive, noting great selections and reasonable prices. For those of you
looking to step back in time, not only do they carry collections of cassettes, but Lagniappe also occassionally
features “Mystery Boxes,” which sometimes include up to 50 unspecified 45’s for $15. When you have the time
to browse, check them out!
Warehouse 535:
New Venue in Freetown
Opens to Enthusiatic Crowds
Owners Mark Falgout and Nicole Leblanc of Blue Moon
Saloon opened a new bar and event center in late August. A multi-use facility located at 535 Garfield Street,
it builds on the already existing rich musical culture
and live venue attending community of Acadiana.
This 75 year old, 10,000 square foot warehouse, formerly the Hadacol building, was renovated all while
preserving its historical integrity. It houses three
co-operative entities: The Rhum Room, a Hemingway
inspired Cuban bar; a 600-capacity open event space
with stage, and a restaurant element still in development.
The August 22nd show/open house was a huge success. With lines snaking out the door, attendees were
delighted to listen to “The Latest Shipment,” a Caroline
Helm-produced showcase of reconfigured musical
talent.
A fully air conditioned live music venue, with comfortable charm and contemporary class, there is no doubt
that Warehouse 535 will soon be a cornerstone of this
region’s artistic development.
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www.upperlafayette.com • September 2015
Gandhi’s 6 Rules of Leadership Needed Today
He was a poor public speaker and changed his mind often. Mahatma Gandhi knew he wasn’t perfect. But he practiced a
series of leadership principles which remain valid to this day. If you’re a team leader, manager or running a project - learn
how Gandhi would have handled things.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
People look up to leaders who admit they don’t know it all, and are searching for answers just like they are. By committing
to continuous learning and improvement, you’re setting an example for others to never stand still. You’re also admitting
that you’re human and not above learning a thing or two from your team. They’ll respect you for that.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Your vision comes from the heart. You need to let people know what success looks like when it’s achieved. You’ll be passionate about the vision because passion is contagious. That’s how people buy into a vision.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Gandhi viewed the human spirit as infinitely more powerful than the deadliest weapons on earth. Just as he used non-violent means to achieve his goals, today’s leaders will be far more effective if they rely on their people skills, and not their
position, to influence others and cause change. The best boss is someone who never has to say “Listen to me because I’m
the boss.” It is not your title that will make your team listen to you. It’s your character, integrity and ability to care.
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is
healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken
and the wisest might err.
In business, I still see many managers doing nothing but talk.
Meetings start with the boss’s view on everything - often turning into an endless tirade. Talk, talk and more talk as people feel
helpless and tune out. In one-on-one meetings, these managers
occasionally ask what you think, cut you off, and then keep going
as though you said nothing.
A real leader spends most of her or his time listening - to the
concerns of the team, their views, ideas and problems. Build a
reputation for listening. Listen twice as much as you talk (for we
have 2 ears and 1 mouth). You’ll be amazed at how much more
influential that is, compared to talk, talk and more talk.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the
servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and
possessions pale into nothingness before service which is
rendered in a spirit of joy.
Too many of us take ourselves way too seriously. Gandhi was not afraid to be human. In daily business life, put on a smile
and be hopeful, but most importantly, be yourself - and not some fake person who is pretending to be important. The
effective leader is authentic.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
One of the biggest challenges of anyone running a team is to make the work meaningful, fun and interesting. Even the
most menial tasks can be more engaging if you turn work into a game. Set targets with rewards. Explain the “why” of work
so people can connect what they’re doing with the final result. They need to know that they are important - and that they
are doing is contributing to the common good.
© 2015 Cory Robert Galbraith, All Rights Reserved.
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Thank you for your generosity..
Platinum Patrons
($5000)
Halliburton
IBERIABANK
Island Operating, Inc.
Schlumberger
Platinum Members
($2400)
Acadian Companies
Acadiana Computer Systems, Inc.
Aries Marine Corporation
ASH/Badger Oil Company
Couret Farms
Cox Communications
Delta Media
Home Furniture
Hub City Ford
Lafayette General Medical Center
McDonald’s of Acadiana
MidSouth Bank
Our Lady of Lourdes
PHI, Inc.
Republic National Distributing Company
Schilling Distributing Company
Stone Energy
Whitney National Bank
Gold Members
($1200)
Acadiana Rubber & Gasket
Atmos Energy
Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
Dupré Logistics, LLC
Fenstermaker & Associates
Gulf Coast Bank
Home Bank
Omni Energy Services
The Southwest Group
Tobacco Free Living
Van Eaton & Romero
Silver Members
($600)
Ace Plumbing, Inc.
BBR Creative
Cajun Harley Davidson
Coburn’s Supply Company
Edward Jones/Bob Crist
Entergy
Gauthiers’ RV Center
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Silver Members
($600)
Master Builders & Specialists, Inc.
Oakbourne Country Club
Prejean Creative
Rader Solutions
Refinery Downtown
Shelf Energy, LLC
SLEMCO
SMILE
Stella Maris
Stirling Properties
Summit Physical Therapy
Therapy Center of Carencro
Universal Sign & Manufacturing Company
Walters Funeral Home
Bronze Members
($300)
Acadiana C.A.R.E.S.
Advancial Federal Credit Union
Anytime Fitness Upper Lafayette
Aspen Clinic
Boys and Girls Clubs of Acadiana
Benton Business Solutions, LLC
Jean C. Breaux, Jr. & Associates
Breaux’s Mart
Community Foundation of Acadiana
Crawdaddy’s On-Site Catering
Davis Property Management
Taylor Davis, Northwestern Mutual
Derek Development Corp., LLC
Joey Durel
Lynn Guidry, Architect
Jay Castille Construction
John Paul The Great Academy
Jolie’s Louisiana Bistro
Lafayette Animal Aid
Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic
Lafayette Convention and Visitors
Commission
Lafayette Youth Soccer Association
Lee Verret/State Farm Insurance Agency
Lowry’s Printing and Copying
Flo Meadows, Coldwell Banker
Iqbal Merchant, CPA
Melancon I-49 Storage Center
One Acadiana
Petroleum Club
Proree, LLC
Chad Romero, Northwestern Mutual
Ron J. Gaubert Realtors
W. W. Rucks, III
Sarah Schoeffler
Schools of the Sacred Heart
John Swift
Bronze Members
($300)
Sylvan Learning Center
Teche Electric Supply, LLC
WorldPay
Sponsors
PLATINUM
LEDA
Tobacco Free Living
GOLD
AT&T
Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
Lafayette Regional Airport Commission
Van Eaton & Romero
SILVER
Advancial Federal Credit Union
Schilling Distributing Company
City of Carencro
City of Scott
BRONZE
A special thanks to the Lafayette Economic
Development Authority (LEDA) for being
our Program of Work partner for 2015.
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