Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce

The Newsroom

With over 2,300 member-representatives, the Chamber of Commerce is constantly in the news. The Chamber's Web site offers multiple ways for you to keep up with all of the Chamber news.

Lastest News:

KATC: Rally for Jobs in Texas
  - Three rallies against the drilling moratorium took place in Texas today. Corpus Christi, Port Arthur...

The Advertiser: Jindal's parish tour stops in Lafayette
  - Louisiana has faced devastating hurricanes and the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but the greatest...

The Advertiser: Jindal: 'We'll succeed'
  - Louisiana has faced devastating hurricanes and the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but the greatest...

The Advocate: Jindal Pushes for Lifting of Drilling Moratorium
  - Gov. Bobby Jindal was in Lafayette on Wednesday, touting his administration's accomplishments and co...

Baton Rouge, Lafayette place among 20 'recession-proof cities'
  - Baton Rouge and Lafayette have made the online magazine The Daily Beast's list of the 20 most recess...

Recruitment Begins for Leadership Lafayette Class XXIV
  - The award-winning Leadership Lafayette program is soliciting candidates to participate in the 2011 s...

The Impact of Independents in the Gulf of Mexico
  - The Chamber continues to keep an ear to the ground on the latest news from the oil and gas industry....

The Advocate: Budget hearing draws one: Public input lacks public; chamber official speaks
  - Only one member of the public showed up Thursday at a City-Parish Council hearing for input on the p...

Chamber to Host Governor Jindal Louisiana Economic Realities
  - The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is set to host Governor Jindal on Wednesday, September 1, ...

Rob Guidry addresses the Lafayette City-Parish Council on CNG
  - The Lafayette City-Parish Council has formally accepted a $1 million state appropriation for initiat...

Chairman Talks Strategy on Lifting Moratorium With U.S. Senator Landrieu
  - Chairman Dave Welch is heavily involved in leading oil and gas industry executives in fashioning str...

Nola.com: Don't use spill as an excuse to cripple the economy
  - Gulf States residents can be thankful that the Macondo well is now plugged, but we need to be vigila...

USA Today: After the spill: What's been learned?
  - Maybe BP's infamous Macondo oil well will yet rise from the grave like Jason in Friday the 13th, but...

The Advertiser: Budget woes not over
  - Budget challenges defined the 2010 Legislative session, but those will likely pale in compariso...

Chamber Hosts Local Legislative Delegation
  - "I've been coming to this event for ten years. This is the first time I've seen the delegation this ...

The INDsider: Lafayette chamber re-energizes
  - The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is bringing its Energy Division back into its programming,...

Rally For Economic Survival Allows "Real" Conversation
  - It was obvious from the time the doors opened at the Cajundome for the Rally for Economic Survival y...

Rally Held in Lafayette, La. Opposing Drilling Moratorium
  - A rally opposing the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was held today a...