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2019 World Champion Jean Lafitte Pirogue Races
Country Roads Magazine, Sep. 7, 2019 Since the 1930s, the communities of Bayou Barataria has gathered for the traditional Jean Lafitte Pirogue Races. Last year, after a hiatus, the town of Jean Lafitte re-introduced the beloved bayou celebration of local heritage,...
Gov. Edwards Breaks Ground for Next Phase of Tidal Protection Projects in Jean Lafitte
Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), along with state and local officials, broke ground today on Phase 2 of the Fisher School Basin Flood Risk Reduction Project, a floodwall being built along Bayou Barataria at the...
Lafitte area gets $23 million for flood protection projects; completion expected in 2 years
BY CHAD CALDER, The Advocate, Jan. 30, 2019 Coastal restoration funds announced recently by Gov. John Bel Edwards include about $23 million for the Lafitte area, which is making headway on the jigsaw puzzle of ring levees designed to keep floodwaters at bay in a...
Pirogue racing returns to the Town of Jean Lafitte
July 22, 2018, nola.com After nearly 20 years, pirogue racing returned to the Town of Jean Lafitte Saturday (July 21) at the town's newly opened Jules Nunez Seafood Pavilion and AJ & Sheron Fabre Market on Bayou Barataria. The 2018 Jean Lafitte Pirogue Races and...
Jean Lafitte Pirogue Races Return to the bayou this summer
JEAN LAFITTE, La. –After nearly twenty years, pirogue racing returns to the Town of Jean Lafitte on Saturday, July, 21, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 920 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Jean Lafitte. “Everyone who has lived on Bayou Barataria remembers the summer pirogue races...
First Jean Lafitte Town Market takes place at Lafitte’s new seafood pavilion
FIRST JEAN LAFITTE TOWN MARKET TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 JEAN LAFITTE, La. –The Town of Jean Lafitte hosts its first town market this Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 920 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Jean Lafitte. The Jean Lafitte Town...
The Nunez Seafood Pavilion and AJ Sheron Fabre Market Opens in Lafitte
TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING AND DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR OPENING OF THE NUNEZ SEAFOOD PAVILION AND AJ & SHERON FABRE MARKET JEAN LAFITTE, La –The Town of Jean Lafitte will celebrate the grand opening of Lafitte’s Seafood Pavilion and Market on...
Lafitte celebrates grand opening of auditorium
At one time, Lafitte had its own auditorium. A place for the community to come together for celebratory events, where many happy occurrences took place and memories were made. However, after being flooded by numerous hurricanes and storms, the toll had been taken on...
Town of Jean Lafitte features new addition to Nature Trail
Jean Lafitte, La. – The town of Jean Lafitte encourages residents and tourists alike to take advantage of cooler, fall weather by walking the newly added section of the Wetland Trace nature trail. “We live in such a unique and beautiful part of the state, and I want...
Down the Road: Just off urban doorsteps, Lafitte is a dive into wild Louisiana
Just off urban doorsteps, Lafitte is a dive into wild Louisiana By Ian Mcnulty Imcnulty, The Advocate, Nov. 17, 2014 If it’s true that nature abhors a vacuum, then it doesn’t seem to have much use for straight lines either, at least not in the alluvial sprawl of...