Swamp Fête Celebrating South Louisiana Culture

Louisiana’s Audubon Zoo will host Swamp Fête this November. The event celebrates South Louisiana culture. There will be fun activities for all ages including Cajun and Zydeco music, dancing, a Cajun menu and native Louisiana animals.

The live music will be at both the Capital One Stage and in the Cajun Dance Hall. The lineup for the Capital One Stage includes Roots of Music, The Pine Leaf Boys, Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, and Lost Bayou Ramblers. The Cajun Ballroom lineup includes Cajun Music Preservation Society, Sarah Jayde Williams, and T’Monde.

Patrons will learn about wetlands and wildlife conservation through presentations. The Swamp Exhibit will be the popular spot where you will see Sassafras the Louisiana black bear cub along with his friends two North American black bear cubs from Alaska.

Due to efforts of the wildlife experts the Lousiana black bear is now off the endangered list. This is good news for Louisiana’s official state mammal.

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Avenue Pub Will Have New Owners

 The Avenue Pub in New Orleans went up on the market for sale and now has new owners. The Blue Oak founders Ronnie Evans and Philip Moseley and the owners of Frenchmen Street bar the Rambler, Steve Jeffcoat and Ryan Noland have purchased the bar and will still call it Avenue Pub.

The new owners paid $1.7 million and beat out all the other bids, mainly because they plan to keep it Avenue Pub. The bar will runs similar to how it ran under owner Polly Watts and will also retain the current staff.

Staff are excited because of the great benefits that Blue Oak offers. These include medical and dental and paid time off plus above average pay. Blue Oak also helped hospitality workers during the panedemic by giving free meals away.

Avenue Pub first opened its doors in 1987 and is loved locals. It is known for a 24-hour haven for late shift workers; a cutting-edge beer hub for enthusiasts; and one of the city’s leading pub food destinations. The sale took place this month but Watts will still be on hand to help with the annual Zwanze Day event.

There will be some changes according to the new owners. The food menu will be the biggest change but will stay focused on smoked meat dishes. Meat from Blue Oak smokers will now hit the menu. Dishes will include tater tot poutine, stuffed boudin balls, a fried chicken sandwich, shrimp tacos, and smoked chicken wings, which is one of few items borrowed from the original Blue Oak menu. There will also be more TV’s added making it a perfect Saints game day spot.

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Federal Money Will Go to Louisiana Roads, Bridges and Other Needy Infrastructures

Louisiana has had its shares of tragedy and hard storms both on its residents and structures throughout its communities. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg along with Lousiana officials toured local road projects throughout the state.

"Through tragedy, Louisiana has become a leader," Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg said at a brief news conference in July that included Louisiana Department of Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson and U.S. Rep. Troy Carter.

The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration will give the state $134 million in a span of the next five years. This money will come from $7.3 billion of federal money that has been set aside for transportation impacts due to climate change.

The federal project is called the PROTECT program and is part of Biden administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. PROTECT's purpose is to help states and communities with being fully prepared during extreme weather conditions. Under the program, Louisiana will receive $134 million in total with $25 million coming in this fiscal year.

“We know the devastation hurricanes and coastal erosion can cause to our infrastructure,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, who co-authored the legislation, said Monday. “I worked on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law specifically to ensure Louisiana has these resources to strengthen our roads and bridges, and keep our communities safe and resilient.”

Twenty-eight point eight million of the one hundred-thirty four million is set to be dedicated to two sets of bridges located on Interstate 10 between Michoud and the onramp to the US 11 bridge. Louisiana has a list of roads that need to be elevated so this program will help with the elevation.

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