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Morgan City Mayor Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi speaks during Thursday’s Urban Land Institute study forum at the Cajun Coast welcome center in Morgan City. The study explored ways that Morgan City and Berwick can grow their economies. Ruby Maize, left, and Monica Mancuso, both of St. Mary Excel, a community group that commissioned the study, hold a rendering of Morgan City’s 2012 master plan of possible development along Lake Palourde. (The Daily Review/Zachary Fitzgerald)

Waterways lifeblood of potential business, tourism growth

Community leaders are diving head first into the results of an economic study centering on plans for business and tourism growth around the region’s waterways. Area officials held a public forum Thursday at the Cajun Coast welcome center in Morgan City to discuss the results of the recently released Urban Land Institute study that explored ways for Morgan City and Berwick to grow their economies. St. Mary Excel, an area community group, commissioned the study with the financial help of local governmental and private entities. Officials with Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, visited the area in ...

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