Just in time for what is expected to be the first Second Saturday ArtWalk of the year with really pleasant weather, downtown Lafayette has been designated a Louisiana Cultural Products District by the State Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. The status went into effect March 1. What that means is that original works of art as well as crafts are exempt from the 4-percent state sales tax. More importantly for the future of downtown revitalization, the designation expands the tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings within the district.
The Acadiana Center for the Arts will host a ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate the downtown’s new status. ArtWalk officially begins at 6 p.m.
... written by no freeloaders , March 12, 2010 - 05:24 pm
Why can't our Downtown bars and restaurants receive the same economic advantage?
... written by Bubble & Squeak , March 12, 2010 - 05:52 pm
Hey, food is art? Right?
... written by Buckley , March 12, 2010 - 07:15 pm
No freeloaders- I guarantee you the downtown bars and restaurants get the same sales tax breaks, if not better.
... written by Piercing Walters , March 13, 2010 - 12:34 pm
Making exceptions adds to the confusion of taxation.
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , March 15, 2010 - 07:39 pm
WHEN IN THE HELL DID A PERSON PAY SAES TAX ON A PAINTING FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.........."" PICASSO , MUST BE ROLLING....
... written by Buckley , March 15, 2010 - 08:42 pm
This is just something our defunct and dumbass Lt. Guv'na dreamed up to fill his days while he was waiting to replace that other dumbass in New Orleans. Let's all hop in our cars and drive to Lafayette to save 4%(you notice Lafayette was'nt dumb enough to give up their piece of the pie).Brilliant. Just brilliant.
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , March 23, 2010 - 02:01 am
Buckley, you did'nt fall far from the tree, ya ah doozie........
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There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
Philip deMahy Sr., a once respected New Iberia ad exec, was sentenced May 2 to spend the next two years (he faced up to 100 years) in a state penitentiary after state and federal investigators found dozens of images depicting children engaged in lewd sexual acts on his personal computer.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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