By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III
Managing Editor
Candace Fuselier with the Evangeline Parish Sales Tax Commission spoke to the Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce at Wednesday’s meeting.
Fuselier brought along print outs of sample questions to ask an auditor for local business owners and aspriing business owners, with the purpose of hosting a free seminar in town to help residents better understand taxes.
Fuselier wanted the chamber to continue to provide her office with feedback for the seminar plan, and that way a date could be selected to host the seminar.
“We want to bridge the gap between our business owners and our office,” Fuselier said.
Hotel Cazan’s Valerie Cahill also addressed the group and expressed how excited she was not only about the hotel’s future, but the town of Mamou’s and all of the parish.
“This is a sleeper place,” said Cahill, who also received a gift basket from Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine. “Just not the hotel or the town but the entire region.”
Gilbert “Winky” Aucoin took time to inform the chamber of the upcoming Le Grand Hoorah. The event, which will feature Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, will take place at Chicot State Park from April 15-16.
Aucoin said, “This is a feather in the cap of Chicot State Park.”
ToJo Ward told the group that Jack Miller’s and T-Boys Grocery will be featured in the next few weeks on KRVS Radio in Lafayette as part of a food spotlight.