Additionally, a staggering 39.4% of city residents live below the poverty line. A poor city, Donaldsonville’s median annual household income is just $22,716. “Donaldsonville ranks as the worst city to live in in Louisiana and the second worst in the United States. The task is daunting.Ĭonsider this excerpt from USA Today (February 29, 2020), referenced by CAO John Diez during the March 7 Finance meeting: Whether or not the RiverPlex MegaPark of Louisiana (the overlaid area’s new brand) ever generates a living wage for anyone, Ascension Parish Government is attempting to address many of the ills, call them “quality of life” issues, associated with poverty and joblessness. The most recent renewal of the overlay zone was done by resolution on August 19, 2021.
Before the Council takes action to renew, (AEDC) may make a recommendation to the Parish Council stating whether the overlay should be renewed or not.” “In order to address the possibility that there will be no interest in industrial development in this overlay, the overlay will need to be renewed by the Ascension Parish Council every two years from the date of creation of August 6, 2015. Approaching seven years later and the idea has failed to generate much in the way of new industry, and west bank Ascension Parish languishes behind its east bank counterpart in every socioeconomic indicator.Īnticipating a dearth of interest, the ordinance included the caveat: “The West Bank Industrial Overlay” abuts Iberville Parish to the west, wedged into the horseshoe bend of the Mississippi River to the north. The last best hope to address those soul-crushing realities can be found in Modeste, where 17,000 acres was overlaid with industrial zoning by the Parish Council on August 6, 2015. President Clint Cointment’s administration is devoting an awful lot of time and resources to improve the lives of 10% (or so) of Ascension’s population west of the Mighty Mississippi. The plight of Donaldsonville and West Bank Ascension dominated the most recent meeting of the Parish Council Finance Committee. The West Bank Industrial overlay (River Plex Maga Park of Louisiana)
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