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Chris Meaux promoted to branch manager at Gulf Coast Bank

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 8:41am

LAFAYETTE – Chris Meaux has been promoted to Branch Manager at Gulf Coast Bank’s Kaliste Saloom location in Lafayette. Meaux is also one of Gulf Coast Bank’s Merchant Services specialists.
Meaux started his career at a local finance company in 2003. He then joined Gulf Coast Bank in 2016 and appreciates the Community Bank difference.
Originally from Garland, TX, Meaux is a graduate of Naaman Forest High School in Garland. He then went on to study Accounting at Richland Community College in Dallas, where he graduated in 2003.

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Volunteers clean up along State Street in Abbeville during last year’s Great
American Cleanup.

Great American Cleanup set for Saturday in Abbeville

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 9:37am

Judges for the Louisiana Garden Club Federation’s Cleanest City Contest will be in Abbeville at some point next Tuesday.
The city won the District State title last year. A strong effort to help Abbeville go back-to-back will be made this Saturday morning.
The annual Great American Cleanup will be held this Saturday, April 8. Volunteers can meet at 9 a.m. at Abbeville City Hall. The effort here is being spearheaded by Keep Abbeville Beautiful (KAB) and the Abbeville Garden Club.

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State asking those flooded in August to take survey

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 9:32am

BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Office of Community Development is urging all homeowners affected by the March and August 2016 floods to take a brief survey that will be available starting on Monday, April 10.
The survey will be posted on the restore.la.gov website on that date and is the first step toward applying for recovery assistance. Homeowners who don’t have access to the internet can also have their surveys filled in over the telephone.
The survey will be available for a period of time – it does not have to be completed on the opening date.

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Sen. Jonathan Perry (R-Kaplan) discusses criminal justice reform during a One Acadiana event Thursday morning.

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Rep. Terry Landry (middle with microphone) says his is in favor of criminal justice reform.

Sen. Perry, Rep. Landry talk criminal justice reform during One Acadiana event

Fri, 03/31/2017 - 11:07am

LAFAYETTE — As Louisiana officials have looked for cost-cutting measures amid budget issues, one option that has come up is reforming the criminal justice system.
Gov. John Bel Edwards received a plan from the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force two weeks ago. The plan covers a year of examination of sentencing and trends.

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Gulf Coast Bank remains one of the most popular locations to purchase a Duck for the annual Boys & Girls Club fundraiser.

Gulf Coast Bank once again “Quacktastic” Duck sales location for Boys and Girls Clubs of Acadiana

Fri, 03/31/2017 - 9:04am

For many years Gulf Coast Bank has been a major supporter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Acadiana and the event each year that gets all of the GCB staff involved is The Great Acadiana Running of the Ducks!
The Running of the Ducks is a major fundraiser for our local Boys and Girls Clubs that allows you to make a difference by purchasing $5 raffle tickets (Ducks). You can “adopt” (purchase) a Single Duck (1 Duck) for $5, a Six Quack (6 Ducks) for $25, or a Grand Quack (25 Ducks) for $100. You can also purchase a Duck T-shirt, printed at the local Boys and Girls Club print shop.

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