New development possibilities creating buzz in Slidell
The town is buzzing Tuesday since a Slidell based website, Slidell Independent, posted that the project would be an Amazon fulfillment center. Author: Erika Ferrando (WWL) Updated: 8:20 PM CST February 23, 2021
SLIDELL, La. There s a lot of talk in Slidell about what might be developed along Old Spanish Trail and Town Center Parkway. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but officials seem excited about whatever project is in the works.
A land clearing permit was approved for the location, but it’s still not clear what for.
“The only thing we know is that whatever is going to be there is going to bring a lot of jobs to the area and that s a good thing,” said Derrick Schlumbrecht, Manager for The Mason Fremaux Park, a new apartment complex just down the street from the property. “This location is really a prime location in Slidell. It’s up and coming.”
OUT OF THE PAST: Exploring Old Spanish Trail facts, fictions
By Robert Hurst | Bay County Historical Society | Special to The News Herald
For a long time, I had wondered whether there ever was a Spanish Trail that connected Florida’s St. Augustine with California or Mexico, or even Spain’s other Florida provincial capital of Pensacola.
The Old Spanish Trail held my interest, but I felt it was too large of a project to tackle. That was until, in my investigations of local pioneer trails, I discovered a 1778 “Map of the Road from Pensacola in West Florida to St. Augustine in East Florida.
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The Bureau of Land Management will learn Wednesday how many of its career staff will follow orders and move to new posts across the West. About two dozen positions will be based at the BLM’s new national headquarters in the small, high-desert city of Grand Junction. More than 70 percent of Mesa County is public land, including this rocky swath, about 15 miles from new head office.
“When you re located in a place that has no public lands at all, you just don t understand it,” said Robin Brown, executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership.
It’s just one of the reasons she’s glad that, after years of talking about moving, the Bureau of Land Management headquarters relocated its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to the Western Slope of Colorado, a place with lots of public lands.
Open Casting Call for a Movie Being Filmed in St. Martinville
There will be an open casting call on March 24th for a movie being filmed in St. Martinville.
What can happen from an open casting call? Well, you could get a role in a movie. It could be a major role, or it could be as an extra. What can happen to an extra in a movie? Ask Sylvester Stallone. Or Brad Pitt. Clint Eastwood, Renee Zellweger, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, and Ben Affleck. So many huge stars got their start by being an extra. Are you next?
Maybe so. An open casting call will be held on March 24th (rescheduled from its original date of February 17th) at The Manor, 1837 W Old Spanish Trail in St. Martinville (between Cade and New Iberia).