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Sustain Yourself…and your car.
With all the talk lately of sustainability and going green and such I thought I’d take a few minutes to talk about a few ways of sustaining ourselves — or at least of keeping a little green in our wallets during this time of high prices everywhere. Certainly the biggest demand on most of our budgets these days is fuel cost. Normally I’d use this as a stepping off point to discuss the need for public transportation options like trains and trolleys — and really, yes…we do need this. But for now, I’m going to spend a few minutes in…
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Help Daily Kingfish Get to Denver
Originally posted by Ryan on the Daily Kingfish. Quoting: Unfortunately, neither the DNCC nor the Louisiana Democratic Party will be helping us pay our way to the Convention. We will have to pay our entire bill ourselves. That includes airfare, (which was about $400 for a round-trip when I last checked two days ago from New Orleans to Denver and I’m guessing was $500 for Lamar and Dan from Alexandria), the hotel room where the Louisiana delegation is staying (4 nights at $170/night + tax, not to mention food and drink. So that means about $1,400 for the airfare, $800…
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A Summit on Sustainability: July 2nd in Downtown Alexandria
A couple of months ago, at the request of Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy, Daniel and I, along with the support of the Center for Planning Excellence and Senator Mary Landrieu’s office, began developing a concept for the first-ever Summit on Sustainability. The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) hosts the annual Smart Growth Summit in Baton Rouge, which, this year, will be held on August 14th and 15th at the Manship Theater. (It’s a great event, featuring world-renowned speakers and expert panels on a variety of issues). We wanted to do something that could speak to the unique assets we possess as a region– as…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
