Terrebonne-Lafourche Agenda

Courtyard By Marriott — 142 Library Rd.

Agenda

Thursday April 27

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

(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

11:30 Announcements Door Prizes Adjourn

Have a safe trip home. See you in New Orleans July 20-22