South Central Planning & Development Commission is pleased to announce the agency is applying for a FY 2022 EPA Brownfields

South Central Planning & Development Commission is pleased to announce the agency is applying for a Fiscal Year 2022 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Assessment Grant that would allow it to take inventory of brownfield properties within the region, complete environmental assessment and raise awareness.If awarded, the $500,000 grant may be used to assess sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum. In South Central’s region are Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and St. Mary parishes.

For more information, please contact our Brownfields Program Manager – Lesley Long at 985-851-2900 or lesley@scpdc.org.

Public Notice: SCPDC Loan Board Meeting – Sept. 21 @ 8:30am

Due to Stay Home Orders and in response to the Corona/COVID-19 virus, Governor Edwards authorized some temporary changes to Open Meetings Law that would allow Public Meetings via Video and/or Phone conference. Proclamations No. JBE2020-27 & JBE2020-30 provide language allowing these changes amidst the social distancing “Stay Home” orders. The Attorney General rendered his Memorandum to “Public Bodies” suggesting that the Governor’s Proclamation is clear that while “the quorum requirement has not changed”, but that under
Gubernatorial Proclamation No. JBE 2020-30, a Public Body may conduct business “via telephone conference or video conference” and that [it] “shall provide a written certification that the [Board] was otherwise unable to operate due to quorum requirements….”

Therefore: South Central Planning and Development Commission’s
Loan Board does call a meeting scheduled for
21 September 2021 @ 8:30 AM to be held at its office at
5058 West Main, Houma, LA and

With this Notice, SCPDC does Certify that agenda items require action from the LOAN BOARD and that due to the social distancing/travel/orders Proclaimed by JBE 2020-30 the LOAN BOARD would otherwise be unable to operate due to quorum requirements without members of the Board participating via telephone conference or video conference. While the public is invited to attend in person, the gathering shall be limited to less than 10 persons including staff. In lieu of this, the public can tune-in to the Zoom Meeting conference by:
Please contact the Loan Department for details on registering and attending the meeting via zoom.

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Public Notice: SCPDC Loan Board Special Meeting September 16 @ 8:30 AM

Due to Stay Home Orders and in response to the Corona/COVID-19 virus, Governor Edwards authorized some temporary changes to Open Meetings Law that would allow Public Meetings via Video and/or Phone conference. Proclamations No. JBE2020-27 & JBE2020-30 provide language allowing these changes amidst the social distancing “Stay Home” orders.

The Attorney General rendered his Memorandum to “Public Bodies” suggesting that the Governor’s Proclamation is clear that while “the quorum requirement has not changed”, but that under Gubernatorial Proclamation No. JBE 2020-30, a Public Body may conduct business “via telephone conference or video conference” and that [it] “shall provide a written certification that the [Board] was otherwise unable to operate due to quorum requirements….”

Therefore: South Central Planning and Development Commission’s
Loan Board does call a Special Meeting scheduled for
16 September 2021 @ 8:30 AM to be held at its office at
5058 West Main, Houma, LA and

With this Notice, SCPDC does Certify that agenda items require action from the LOAN BOARD and that due to the social distancing/travel/orders Proclaimed by JBE 2020-30 the LOAN BOARD would otherwise be unable to operate due to quorum requirements without members of the Board participating via telephone conference or video conference. While the public is invited to attend in person, the gathering shall be limited to less than 10 persons including staff. In lieu of this, the public can tune-in to the Zoom Meeting conference by:
Please contact the Loan Department for details on registering and attending the meeting via zoom.

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SCPDC’s Loan Department is Reaching Out to Borrowers Following Hurricane Ida

The SCPDC Loan Department staff is working daily to contact each borrower, starting with those in the most affected areas of Terrebonne, Lafourche, St Charles, St James, and St John the Baptist, with the remaining affected parishes to follow, and finally the parishes outside of the Federal Disaster Declaration.  Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of our borrowers along with all of our residents, leaders, first responders, utility companies, tree clearers, lineworkers, and everyone involved in cleanup and recovery.

If you have an active loan, you can expect a phone call from us with additional information on potential payment deferments, workout plan options, and hopefully SCPDC recovery loan opportunities.  Please monitor your email for any developments and opportunities that we may be able to provide.  Please know that we are open, operational, and here to serve you to the best of our ability in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.