January 21, 2015
The Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting today at noon at Nick’s on Main. There was a very nice turnout of Chamber members. KVPI’s Jenn Meylian and Stephanie Ware of The 2 Non-Blonde’s Café were special guest speakers and they spoke about their broadcasting careers and the birth and growth of their morning show. Winky Aucoin, Lyndsey Young and Tony Davoren with Prairie Heritage, LLC were also guest speakers and spoke about the upcoming event “Le Grand Hurrah” to be held at Chicot State Park on April 10th and 11th. They are working very hard to make this a grand event and ask that everyone support their efforts in putting it all together. It’s a great event for our area.
Executive Director, Camille Fontenot announced that the Christmas Parade was a great success and was happy that they were able to get the Coca-Cola truck this year. She thanked those and City Hall and Mayor, Jennifer Vidrine, for helping with those efforts. She also thanked Clerk of Court, Randy Deshotel, for the use of his beautiful home for the After Hours chamber event. She announced that the Chamber Banquet is going to be held April 29th at the Ville Platte Civic Center. At that time, the Man & Woman of the Year, Agriculturer of the Year along with other awards will be given.
Chamber Member, Susan Fisher with St. Landry – Evangeline United Way, announced that the Women with Heart event will be held at the Opelousas Civic Center on February 6th. She also announced that the Harley Ambassadors will again be visiting Pine Prairie and Ville Platte High School on February 11th speaking with 4th, 5th and 6th graders about “real life and how to make smart choices”.
The next Chamber meeting has been scheduled for February 25th.
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