Author: Catherine Heitman

The LPFA Board of Trustees, in its June meeting, approved a resolution to advance the issuance of up to $21 million in bonds associated with Harriet Tubman Charter School, a pre-K through eighth-grade tuition-free charter school in New Orleans. A portion of the bond proceeds will fund the acquisition of land and the construction of…

The Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Board of Trustees cleared the way at its May meeting for the issuance of $60 million in bonds for the first phase of a new student housing project on the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College campus in Baton Rouge.  Learn more. View the public notice.

At its April meeting, the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Corby K. Martin as the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA) Endowed Chair in Nutrition at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.  LPFA’s connection to Pennington spans 38 years and more than $91.3 million in financing. The partnership began in 1988…

The LPFA Board of Trustees voted to expand the Low-Interest Local Government Bond Bank Program at its monthly meeting in April to help more Louisiana communities advance costly infrastructure projects they might not otherwise afford.   The Bond Bank Program helps local governments finance vital infrastructure projects at significantly reduced interest rates, projects like water systems, fire trucks…