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“Developers behind Trappey's site want to turn it into riverfront development, 'something we just don't have'"

March 21, 2021

"Some economists are predicting another Roaring '20s economy once the coronavirus pandemic ends. When the Spanish flu pandemic ended just after the culmination of World War I, the economy took off like a rocket ship as Americans lived in excess for almost a decade.

Whether or not history will repeat itself a century later is the stuff for debate, but architect/developer Marcel Wisznia and others behind bringing the 177,000-square- foot Trappey's cannery on the banks of the Vermilion River back to life are banking on another economic explosion when it's safe to meet in large groups without masks again."

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The Acadiana Advocate “Ambitious plan creates bike lanes to connect Lafayette from Pontiac Point to Rotary Point”

The Acadiana Advocate highlights SO Studio’s collaborative bike infrastructure project.

June 3, 2022
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Acadiana Profile Magazine “Saving the Best for Last”

SO Studio works to resurrect a historic Victorian home in the Sterling Grove of Lafayette, Louisiana.

June 2, 2022
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The Current “From Pontiac Point to Rotary Point: Lafayette’s ambitious bike plan”

The Current offers insightful input on SO Studio’s collaborative bike infrastructure project.

June 1, 2022
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I-49 Connector

The I-49 Connector team unveiled further details on the design for elevating the current Evangeline Thruway that has split the Lafayette community for way too long. One of the most interesting concepts, and possibly the concept with the most potential to reunite the split currently created by the Evangeline Thruway, is the creation of the Evangeline Boulevard.

November 19, 2021
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