St. Landry Economic Development

06/23/2026

🚨 HAPPENING NOW! 🚨

Future entrepreneurs, small business owners, and community leaders are gathering at St. Landry Economic Development for our FREE Financial

Literacy Workshop:
💧 Budgeting With A Splash of Marketing: Dive Into Startup Success Without Breaking the Bank 💧

Participants are learning practical strategies to help start, grow, and sustain a successful business while staying financially responsible

Today's workshop covers:
✅ Small Business Fundamentals
✅ Starting a Business Without Grants or Loans
✅ Marketing Ideas and Strategies
✅ The 70/20/10 Budget Rule

A special thank you to Precise Tax & Financial Services and presenter Shawnee Milburn for sharing valuable knowledge and resources with our community.

We're excited to see local entrepreneurs investing in their future and taking steps toward business success right here in St. Landry Parish!

06/22/2026

🚨 TOMORROW'S THE DAY! 🚨

💧📈 Ready to make a splash in business without draining your wallet?

Whether you're launching a new business, growing your side hustle, or looking for smarter ways to manage and market your company, this FREE workshop is for YOU!

🌊 Budgeting With A Splash of Marketing: Dive Into Startup Success Without Breaking

📅 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 St. Landry Economic Development Office

Join St. Landry Economic Development and Precise Tax & Financial Services for an interactive workshop packed with practical tips to help your business thrive—without overspending.

You'll learn:
✅ Small Business Fundamentals
✅ How to Start a Business Without Grants or Loans
✅ Creative Marketing Ideas & Strategies
✅ The Powerful 70/20/10 Budget Rule
💡 Walk away with actionable tools, fresh ideas, and the confidence to build a stronger financial future.

🎟️ Reserve your FREE spot today:
https://forms.gle/2qn8GVLi27B6g5ybA

Tag an entrepreneur, share with a friend, and help spread the word!

Event Timing: June 23, 2026 4 PM Event Address: 5367 I-49 S. Service Rd., Opelousas, LA 70570 Contact us at (337) 948-1391 or [email protected]

06/18/2026

JUNETEENTH OFFICE CLOSURE NOTICE

In observance of Juneteenth, St. Landry Economic Development will be closed on
Friday, June 19, 2026

Our office will resume normal business hours on Monday, June 22, 2026
at 8:00 a.m.

We wish everyone a safe, meaningful, and reflective Juneteenth holiday.

St. Landry Economic Development
Growing Business. Building Community. Creating Opportunity.

06/17/2026

☕ HAPPENING NOW! ☕

St. Landry Economic Development is excited to host AI Coffee Talk Part 2: Building Your AI Brain with Shayne Hall, Founder of Alpha Dog Digital.

Participants are learning how to create a personalized AI Brain that helps AI tools better understand their business, goals, values, and voice, leading to more meaningful and effective results.

Whether you're a business owner, entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, educator, or simply curious about artificial intelligence, today's workshop is providing practical tools to help you work smarter and get more out of AI.

A special thank you to our partners at LSBDC for helping make this opportunity possible.

Stay tuned for photos and highlights from this morning's session!

06/15/2026

🚨 STOP USING AI LIKE A STRANGER. 🚨

If you've ever opened ChatGPT and thought, "This doesn't sound anything like me," you're not alone.

That's because AI doesn't know who you are.
It doesn't know your business.
It doesn't know your experience.
It doesn't know your values.
It doesn't know your voice.

Until now. 👇

☕ AI Coffee Talk Part 2: Building Your AI Brain

Join us as Shayne Hall, Founder of Alpha Dog Digital, shows you how to create your own personalized "AI Brain"—a simple but powerful tool that helps AI understand YOU before you ever type a prompt.

Imagine AI that:
✅ Writes in your voice
✅ Understands your goals
✅ Reflects your values
✅ Produces results that actually sound like you
The best part? You only build it once and can use it with AI tools again and again.

📅 Wednesday, June 17, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
💰 FREE

Whether you're a business owner, nonprofit leader, educator, student, professional, or simply curious about AI, this workshop is for you.

No technical experience required.

And yes... coffee is included. ☕😉

🎟️ Register today:
https://www2.lsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=8460037

Know someone who's interested in AI? Tag them below or share this post to help spread the word!

06/06/2026

🕊️ A Message from St. Landry Economic Development

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our Executive Director and CEO, Bill Rodier.

Bill was the heart of St. Landry Economic Development. For more than a decade, he led our organization with vision, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to the people and communities of St. Landry Parish. He challenged all of us to think bigger, work together, and never lose sight of what we were building — a stronger, more prosperous future for every resident in this parish.

We are forever grateful for his leadership, his example, and the legacy he leaves behind. The partnerships he built, the projects he championed, and the vision he cast for our future will continue to guide our work for years to come.

To his family and loved ones, our entire St. Landry Economic Development family extends our deepest condolences.

"Moving St. Landry Forward" was more than a slogan to Bill Rodier — it was a calling he pursued every single day of his life.

06/03/2026

💧📈 Ready to make a splash in business without draining your wallet?

St. Landry Economic Development, in partnership with Precise Tax & Financial Services, invites entrepreneurs, aspiring business owners, and small business leaders to attend a FREE Financial Literacy Workshop:

Budgeting With A Splash of Marketing: Dive Into Startup Success Without Breaking the Bank
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: St. Landry Economic Development Office

Whether you're thinking about starting a business or looking to strengthen your current operation, this workshop will provide practical tools and strategies to help you succeed.

Topics include:
✅ Small Business Fundamentals
✅ Starting a Business Without Grants or Loans
✅ Marketing Ideas and Strategies
✅ The 70/20/10 Budget Rule

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable financial and marketing insights that can help your business grow while staying on budget.

Register today: https://forms.gle/2qn8GVLi27B6g5ybA

Please share with friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in building a stronger financial future through business ownership.

06/02/2026

05/28/2026

☕ ROUND 2 IS HERE, and it's even BETTER! ☕

Our first AI Coffee Talk was a huge success, and now we're back with Part 2, and trust us, you do NOT want to miss this one! 🙌

🤖 AI Coffee Talk Part 2: Building Your AI Brain
📅 Wednesday, June 17
⏰ 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
💰 FREE!

Here's the truth. The first time you open ChatGPT or Claude, the AI has NO idea who you are. It doesn't know your business, your voice, or what you've spent years building. So it gives you something generic. Something that could belong to anyone.

✨ THIS WORKSHOP FIXES THAT. ✨

Shayne Hall, Founder of Alpha Dog Digital, will walk you through how to build your very own Sovereign AI Brain. A set of files you create ONCE about yourself and your business, then load into any AI tool before you start working.

Once it's built:
✅ AI writes in YOUR voice
✅ AI references YOUR actual services
✅ AI respects YOUR values
✅ Output that sounds like YOU and not a template

Build it once. Use it forever. Never start from zero again. 🧠💡

No technical background required. If you can answer questions about yourself and your business YOU CAN BUILD THIS.

Come grab a cup of coffee ☕ (or two, compliments of St. Landry Economic Development!) and leave with a tool that transforms the way you use AI for your small business!

🔗 Register FREE today: https://www2.lsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=8460037

Spots are limited so don't wait! TAG a business owner who needs to see this! 👇