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re: Are you bullish on the future of Prairieville?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:12 am to kingbob
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:12 am to kingbob
I am also bearish on Prairieville. A couple main reasons being the infrastructure can not keep up with the growth. Do they have a master plan?(Honestly asking) The school system is only as good as the people who make up the schools. People move to there for good schools and affordable housing. If they do not keep up the school system then there is a problem. My other big issue is this: Developers built neighborhoods for the sole reason of making money quickly. They didn't piece together large tracts of land. They didn't contribute to infrastructure around them. They built the bare minimum as far as sidewalks, street grades, street lights, and such. The houses are new and of decent quality but what will happen when they become 15-20 years old or 30-40 years old. Will they last like houses in Riverbend, Kenilworth, Oak Hills, Magnolia Woods, Tara, Goodwood, Shenendoah? I don't think they will. The neighborhoods are built in small pockets with no connectivity. Anyway: I am bearish.
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:17 am to Wasp
They need sidewalks... old homestead is too big for itself right now imo
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:17 am to RidiculousHype
Prankster prankster, prairieville gangster! Cheesy low riders, baby mama, he's a wankster!
No seriously tho, the best thing that could happen to prairieville is for young professionals to move there and make something of the exit.
No seriously tho, the best thing that could happen to prairieville is for young professionals to move there and make something of the exit.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:17 am to MikeBRLA
Don't get me wrong though, I have no problem living in the outlying areas of Baton Rouge. But it sure as hell wouldn't be to live in some cookie cutter home on a small lot in a crap neighborhood. If I am living in the country then its going to be in the country.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:19 am to Wasp
The schools keep expanding... there is talk of a high school in Galvez over near a mom's bar... I assume that lot of land across from the new subdivision they are building. That or where the old auto shop was
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:20 am to RidiculousHype
Depends on what part of Pville you move to as well.
Just moved away from the "Galvez" side of Pville. I miss it, but it was taking too long for expansion of roads, etc.
Pville is going to be a cluster for a while. Just have to be patient.
Just moved away from the "Galvez" side of Pville. I miss it, but it was taking too long for expansion of roads, etc.
Pville is going to be a cluster for a while. Just have to be patient.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:22 am to EZE Tiger Fan
They will need to make bigger roads through a lot of St. Amant and Galvez
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:22 am to RidiculousHype
Poor poor poor poor poor ?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:25 am to GetBackToWork
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Developers will dictate growth patterns, and old area will be abandoned for new growth. Residents will continue chasing the next neighborhood utopia, only to leave it behind a decade later. You will end up with same patchwork city spread out too far
And aesthetically unpleasant.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:26 am to Wasp
There is a masterplan, but it's not a very good one and was only recently drafted.
School board seems to be getting more proactive and less reactive regarding growth.
The devloper issues are real and a direct result of corruption. There are strict requirements on developers, but the big boys always seem to get exceptions so they can cram as many cheap pos spec houses as possible ono their lots.
School board seems to be getting more proactive and less reactive regarding growth.
The devloper issues are real and a direct result of corruption. There are strict requirements on developers, but the big boys always seem to get exceptions so they can cram as many cheap pos spec houses as possible ono their lots.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:28 am to kingbob
I've noticed a lot of younger people are selling off family land for quick cash in order to build subdivisions. My parents have 10 acres in Prairieville and I know they've been approached about selling to a developer. They want to build these quick subdivisions where houses cost 200k and all look alike.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:30 am to Wasp
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I am also bearish on Prairieville. A couple main reasons being the infrastructure can not keep up with the growth. Do they have a master plan?(Honestly asking)
Certainly needs to be a plan.
One of the parish president candidates is running on having/developing a plan.
I have no idea if he is capable of such, but at least he has the right goal.
If I was running for any office, I would run on "developing a Plan." Seems like the lack of one is the downfall for most every community with potential.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:37 am to Grassy1
Loar was running on the master plan that was developed. He lost. That plan contains section 8 housing in Pville and f$&ks over the rural areas so they can't develop their own property.
Matassa is the "business as usual candidate". Don't vote for him. He's just another crony and puppet for the sleazy developers.
Cointmont is the rural candidate. He's running on adjusting the master plan to better address the needs of the different regions of the parish, allowing each to grow and develop in a more responsible manner while respecting the needs and wants to each region.
Rural areas are f$&ked under the current plan. They get no infrastructure investment, raped by giant developers who are allowed to skirt the rules, and so weighted down with unnecessary red tape that families can't pass down property to their children or subdivide property to build homes for siblings and children on family land. Basically, rural land becomes worthless, so it can be bought in large swaths by developers or a loop authority on the cheap and then developed. It's all about land snatching and forcing people to buy from developers rather than build on their own land.
If you care about AP, vote Cointmont in the runoff.
Matassa is the "business as usual candidate". Don't vote for him. He's just another crony and puppet for the sleazy developers.
Cointmont is the rural candidate. He's running on adjusting the master plan to better address the needs of the different regions of the parish, allowing each to grow and develop in a more responsible manner while respecting the needs and wants to each region.
Rural areas are f$&ked under the current plan. They get no infrastructure investment, raped by giant developers who are allowed to skirt the rules, and so weighted down with unnecessary red tape that families can't pass down property to their children or subdivide property to build homes for siblings and children on family land. Basically, rural land becomes worthless, so it can be bought in large swaths by developers or a loop authority on the cheap and then developed. It's all about land snatching and forcing people to buy from developers rather than build on their own land.
If you care about AP, vote Cointmont in the runoff.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 11:48 am
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:39 am to kingbob
Clint seems the popular choice, I'm glad Loar lost
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:43 am to kingbob
Makes sense to me.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:51 am to kingbob
At least Galvez has a Wal-Mart... although I'm worried Ralphs becomes a ghost town
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:57 am to kingbob
Cointment seems like he doesn't know what he's doing. No government or executive experience. That scares me.
Isn't his campaign heavily propped up by the Roberts? Not like they don't control enough in the parish.
Isn't his campaign heavily propped up by the Roberts? Not like they don't control enough in the parish.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:59 am to Slickback
Not having the experience may be what the Parish needs... some new blood and I have no idea about the Roberts stuff
Posted on 11/1/15 at 12:01 pm to Slickback
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Our schools were good when they were full of people who were born and raised in this area. As more and more people flood in, the values our schools were built on and the people that built them get watered down. Sure, they'll still be better than the mess in EBR, but they won't stay as good as they've been.
ACtually, P'Ville school scores and standings continue to improve, even with the influx of new students.
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