Opelousas Main Street

05/27/2026

📣 REMINDER: Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant Applications Are Due May 29!! Downtown Opelousas commercial property owners and business owners are encouraged to apply for the Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant (2026–2027 cycle). This competitive statewide program provides funding to support interior and exterior restoration projects on historic commercial buildings located within designated Main Street districts.

If your building is at least 50 years old and located within the Opelousas Main Street district, you may be eligible to apply.

This grant is an important tool for helping property owners reinvest in their buildings, strengthen the historic character of downtown, and support long‑term economic revitalization in Opelousas.

📅 Application Deadline: May 29, 2026
📎 Apply Here:
https://culturaldevelopmentstateoflouisiana.submittable.com/submit/352433/louisiana-main-street-restoration-grant-2026-2027 #

🌟 REMINDER: Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant Applications Due May 29, 2026

Downtown Opelousas commercial property owners and business owners are encouraged to apply for the Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant (2026–2027 cycle). This competitive statewide program provides funding to support interior and exterior restoration projects on historic commercial buildings located within designated Main Street districts.

If your building is at least 50 years old and located within the Opelousas Main Street district, you may be eligible to apply.

📅 Application Deadline: May 29, 2026
Apply Here:
https://culturaldevelopmentstateoflouisiana.submittable.com/submit/352433/louisiana-main-street-restoration-grant-2026-2027 #

Historic Opelousas

05/22/2026

If you're a small business owner, join us next Wednesday, May 27 from 12 - 1 p.m. ET to learn how to turn more browsers into buyers.

In this free Operations Tune-up webinar, you will leave with a clear method for evaluating your operations, identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies, and determining what to address next as your business grows.

Register here: https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JpfKywOURu2ZAmhvVxdD1g #/registration

05/21/2026

Congratulations to the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center on the unveiling of their brand‑new billboard, revealed this Tuesday in conjunction with the Where We Live: Opelousas Neighborhoods exhibit.

This community‑driven project highlights the stories and places that make Opelousas feel like home. Stop by the museum and check out the exhibit yourself.

05/21/2026

You know that feeling when you eat a spoonful of cookie butter straight from the jar and feel zero guilt about it? 😄

Yeah. We turned that into a drink.

Meet the Sandy Shores — white chocolate, cookie butter, brown sugar cinnamon, vanilla cold foam, and topped with graham crackers.

Don't let today's Rainy day ruin your day. Allow this one to brighten it up real quick. ☀️

Come by and try the drink you didn’t know you needed. 🤍

05/20/2026

Our friends at Java Square in downtown Opelousas have officially dropped FOUR brand‑new summer drinks!! Stop by Java Square and try all these specialties!!
🌊 Tidal Wave — Blackberry, dragon fruit lemonade, and strawberry boba.
🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Punch — Blue raspberry, pineapple, Sprite, and strawberry boba.
🏖️ Sandy Shores — White chocolate, cookie butter, brown sugar cinnamon, vanilla cold foam, topped with grahams.
🍥 Churro Latte — Dulce de leche, cinnamon sugar, and brown sugar cinnamon cold foam.

05/14/2026

🎨🔥 ART BOX SUMMER CAMPS 2026 ARE HERE, AND WE ARE COMING IN BIGGER, BOLDER, AND MORE CREATIVE THAN EVER!

Your Acadiana Choice #1 Best Summer Camp 2025 is BACK, and this summer we are pulling out ALL the stops!
June themes and dates are ON THE FLYER — and this is just the beginning because July is coming and it is going to be everything! 👀

Registration is open at https://artboxop.com/art-camp. and if you know Art Box, you already know spots will NOT last. Stay tuned for more details and call us at 337-418-1789! 🎨🔥

05/14/2026

Join us for to celebrate the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center's "Thinking Big" Public Art Project Billboard Ribbon Cutting!

📆: May 19, 2026
🕛: 10:00 am
📍: 5407 Interstate 49 South Service Rd, Opelousas, LA (parking lot of Sonny's Audio!)

05/14/2026

🌟 REMINDER: Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant Applications Due May 29, 2026

Downtown Opelousas commercial property owners and business owners are encouraged to apply for the Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant (2026–2027 cycle). This competitive statewide program provides funding to support interior and exterior restoration projects on historic commercial buildings located within designated Main Street districts.

If your building is at least 50 years old and located within the Opelousas Main Street district, you may be eligible to apply.

📅 Application Deadline: May 29, 2026
Apply Here:
https://culturaldevelopmentstateoflouisiana.submittable.com/submit/352433/louisiana-main-street-restoration-grant-2026-2027 #

Historic Opelousas

05/12/2026

There’s a new way to share kindness in downtown Opelousas and it’s called The Giving Fridge & Pantry, a new community resource designed to help feed neighbors in need. Located on the corner of Court and Vine Streets on the St. Landry Bank and Trust Company parking lot, the Giving Fridge officially opened today with a special ribbon cutting by the St. Landry Chamber of Commerce. The Giving Fridge is a project by the Chamber’s Leadership St. Landry Class.
Residents, businesses, and organizations can donate food items that meet basic safety guidelines.
Currently the fridge has Chicken Pasta, Jambalaya, Spaghetti, and an assortment of dry goods and produce available.


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Historic Opelousas

05/08/2026

Mother's Day 2026.. We will be OPEN from 7am-3pm.... Come Celebrate with Mae Ann's!!!!