The master plan to save Louisiana's rapidly eroding coastline will be no more than a dream unless the state shores up enough financial resources to pay for it. Two Tulane University researchers have produced a report on potential funding options including a carbon credit program and revolving loan fund.

After 18 years in business, Baton Rouge-based Provident Resources Group, a nonprofit development and management company that has been involved in everything from housing for college students to correctional facilities in North Carolina, is changing its focus and developing hotels.

Acadiana Planning Commission is one of 172 entities across the country selected to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization efforts. These initial steps towards redeveloping vacant and unused properties help transform the sites to productive reuse.

Desperate times often equal desperate measures that do more harm than good. Such is the case with many of Louisiana's economic development tax credits — the State Historic Tax Credit in particular. Currently, the legislative session brings another threat to the credit which improves LA's downtowns and other historic areas.

Waitr, an on-demand food delivery service and online restaurant technology platform, opened its operations center in Lafayette, Louisiana. Waitr has utilized the state's Digital Interactive Media and Software Development Incentive and the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program to receive funding.

The Louisiana House approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would permit local governments to seek payments in lieu of taxes from manufacturers eligible for the state 10-year industrial tax exemptions.

Widely believed to be the first initiative in the Southeast to decouple utility revenues from power sales, Arkansas' success to date is serving as proof that such regulations can benefit ratepayers and utilities while creating new energy efficiency jobs. Mississippi and Louisiana are the latest states to seriously consider such incentives aimed at utility programs that can save electricity and natural gas ratepayers' money. 

CDFA Summer School is a week long series of courses presented by the CDFA Training Institute. These courses qualify for the CDFA Training Institute's Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program. Participants may register for one, two, or three courses during CDFA Summer School. Complete three courses, and you will have fulfilled half of the requirements for the DFCP Program.

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