Thursday, Friday & Saturday, April 27-29
Courtyard By Marriott — 142 Library Rd.
Agenda
Thursday April 27
Business casual
5:50pm Meet in lobby, pick up nametags, carpool to reception: Bayou Terrebonne Distillers
(8043 W. Main St.)
6:30-till Opening Reception
Live Music All Night
Friday April 28
Dress: casual
7:30-8:45 Buffet Breakfast at Courtyard by Marriott: Versailles and LaSalle Rooms
8:45 Packet Overview and Announcements
9:00 Regional Welcome & Overview: State Representative Tanner Magee, District 53 (Houma)
9:30 Coastal Wetlands Loss, Restoration and Protection Efforts
- Simone Maloz, Campaign Director, Restore the Mississippi River Delta (’08 Alum)
- Chip Kline, Chairman, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
10:45 Break
11:00 Load bus to travel to Port Fourchon/Gulf — Bus leaves promptly at 11:10 am
Guides to coastal region economy, geography, culture:
- Steve Smith, Sr. Vice President, All South Consulting and Engineering; Past Chairman and Member, LCTCS Board of Trustees (’02 Alum)
- Windell Curole, Executive Director, South Lafourche Levee District; Member, CPRA (’02 Alum)
12:15 Picnic Lunch: LaRose Regional Park
1:15 Continue LA 1 bus trip to Gulf of Mexico
2:00/15 Greater Lafourche Port Commission Operations Center
Presentation on Port Fourchon
- Davie Breaux, Deputy Port Director
(3:00/30 pm Load Bus: Port Fourchon tour)
4:15/30 Head for Grand Isle, tour
5:00 Camp of Stevie Smith (The Big Banana):
Crawfish/shrimp boil @5:30pm
6:30/45 Bus return trip to Houma…down-the-bayou story telling
8:30 Arrive at Courtyard by Marriott
Saturday, April 29
Casual
7:45 Buffet Breakfast at hotel, Versailles and LaSalle Rooms
Check Out – Sign up for door prizes
8:45 Announcements / Brief Discussions
9:00 Class Discussion and Photo Tour of Louisiana
10:00 Break
10:15-11:15 2023 Legislative Session Preview
- Barry Erwin, President, CABL
11:30 Announcements Door Prizes Adjourn
Have a safe trip home. See you in New Orleans July 20-22