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News and links about Lake Charles with a focus on Contraband Pointe.

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News and links about Lake Charles with a focus on Contraband Pointe.

• 17B LNG Facility Announced, April 2025
  
  
• Nelson Road Extension Bridge reaches 30 percent completion, April 2025
  
• Port of Lake Charles ranked among the top ten busiest ports in the United States, April 2025
   
• I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge Update, Mar 2025
  
  
• Major developments expected in SW Louisiana, Jan 2025
  
  
• Flagship medical cannabis facility opens on L'auberge Blvd, Dec 2024
  
  
• Lake Charles named "Development Ready Community", Dec 2024
  
  
• Lake Charles Regional Sports Authority Created, Aug 2024
  
  
• Southwest Louisiana Livability Magazine 2024 Edition, June 2024
  
  
• Just Imagine receives award for excellence in urban design, June 2024
  
  
• Port Wonder projected to open in September, June 2024
  
  
• Tourism Works: IPW 2024, NTTW & Brazilian Tour, May 2024
  
  
• Visit Lake Charles Rep earns Sports Tourism Strategist Certificate, April 2024
  
  
• Lake Charles Port cracks nation's top 10 for Cargo, April, 2024
  
  
• Visit Lake Charles reports an estimated 35 Million in 2023 revenue generated from hosting 173 meetings, April 2024
  
  
• A Vision for Natural and Cultural Resources, April 2024
  
  
• Sowela receives 3.5 Federal Grant for Flight Training School, Mar 2024 
  
  
• Tourism Works, April 2024
  
  
• 10th Annual ChuckFest to be held October 19, 2024, April 2024
  
  
• McNeese's"Bayou Bandits" punch their ticket to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, Mar 2024
  
  
• Site Selection Magazine article on Five SWLA Ports that are fueling industrial growth, Mar 2024
  
  
• Southern Living names Lake Charles as one of The South’s Best Cities On The Rise, Mar 2024 
  
  
• "Where Champions are Crowned" article on Convention and Visitors Bureau Website, Feb 2024
  
  
• Lake Charles Methanol Announces Plan for New $3.2 Billion Manufacturing Plant, Feb 2024
  
  
• Health of Louisiana Gaming, Feb 2024
  
  
• Chennault International Airport Authority receives grant totaling 4.8 Billion, Feb 2024
  
  
• Updated construction images of Port Wonder, Feb 2024
  
  
• Visit Lake Charles recognized by the Hospitality and Marketing Association, Jan 2024
  
• Tourism Works, Jan 2024
  
  
• LC's Louisiana's Food & Wine Festival wins Fesitval of the Year Award, Jan 2024
  
  
• Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge Contract signed, Jan 2024
  
  
• Crying Eagle breaks ground, Jan 2024
  
• Visit Lake Charles recognized by the Hospitality and Marketing Association, Dec 2023
  
  
• EPA gives Louisiana approval for Carbon Storage Building, Dec 2023
  
  
• Vist Lake Charles to Host 2023 US Sports Congress
  
  
• SWLA Job Forecast: KPLC Interview with SWLA Economic Development Rep, Jan 2023
  
  
• KPLC Coverage of Loren Scott's Economic Forecast, Oct 2023
  
  
• Visit Lake Charles unveils 3 year Strategic Plan
  
  
• SOWELA receives 35 Million jet for Aviation Program, Sep 2023
  
  
• KPLC Clean Energy Projects Discussed, Aug 2023
  
  
• Carbon Capture planned for Calcasieu, March, 2023
  
  
• Site Selection Magazine Article, March, 2023 
  
  
• Entergy Transfer, LP news on Reuters, Feb, 2023
  
  
• Nelson Road Extension Bridge groundbreaking ceremony announced, Feb 2023
  
  
• Loren Scott's 2023-2024 Louisiana Economic Outlook, Oct 2022
  

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• Nelson Road Extension Bridge update, Mar 2022

• Several industrial projects planned, June 2021

• Hobby Lobby announced, April 2021

• Area Economy Remains Strong, Oct 2019
  

• Loren Scott's 2020-2021 Louisiana Economic Outlook, Sept 2019
  

• FERC Accepts Commonwealth LNG Application, Sept 2019
  

• Contraband Parkway Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Aug 2019
  

• Houston Chronicle Article re Cameron LNG beginning operations, Aug 2019

• Louisiana Economic Outlook: 2019-2020  
  
  
• Continued growth, KPLC TV News, Sept 2018
  
  
• Area's Growth "The Real Thing," American Press editorial, July 2018
  
  
• Entergy breaks ground on $872 million power plant, Jan 2018
  
  
• "The 117 Billion Region" Site Selection Magazine, 2017 
  
  
• 2012-2018 SWLA Detailed Projects Report
  
  
• SWLA economy "a wave of industrial investment."