LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Boulet hosted a public breakfast Tuesday, which provided an opportunity for residents to engage in a facilitated conversation with Boulet as she completes her first year in office.

Boulet said downtown has hit the ground running this last year with various partnerships, projects and investments enchancing the district`s growth. She said that the event allows her and her administration to “get a temperature from the downtown businesses of what’s what’s going on in their world.”

“Now we are moving our LUS fiber into the LeMoyne Building, and I am going to have a remote office down here very soon,” she said. “So I’m excited.”

Kevin Blanchard, CEO of Lafayette’s Downtown Development Authority said this annual breakfast with the Mayor-President helps keep the focus on the ever-changing landscape of downtown.

“It’s good to keep on top of things,” Blanchard said. “We’ve got a new hotel project coming downtown, 83 room boutique hotel with a restaurant/brewery.”

Blanchard and other city leaders agreed that keeping things clean is a key focus for Lafayette, especially with Festival International right around the corner.

“We’ve got a new ambassador program we’re going to for people seven days a week on the streets, pressure washing, picking up litter, keeping the flowerbeds nice, all the cigarette butts picked up,” Blanchard said. “So, yeah, there’s a lot of good stuff happening right now downtown.”

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