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Resilience Lab planning will begin this month, according to St. Mary Excel. Local stakeholders (a diversified group of community leaders) will be joined by persons from Tulane’s Bywater Institute, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LSU, Nicholls State University, LUMCON, the Corps of Engineers, BTNEP, and more to address anticipated storm, water, and economic events of the local and regional area.
St. Mary Excel requested St. Mary Parish federal funds to advance the lab development. In 2021 a parish council public hearing was held allowing the parish to spend federal dollars. The St. Mary Parish Council voted for the parish to partner with the Water Institute (of the Gulf) to plan Morgan City’s resilience lab. Finally, in August 2024, the parish signed a contract with The Water Institute, an independent, non-profit organization that solves the complex problems of anticipated storm and water events in the coastal Morgan City area. More here.