Where
Evangeline Theater
129 East Main Street
New Iberia, LA 70560
Driving Directions
Contact:
Ray Scriber
Louisiana Main Street
mainstreet@crt.state.la.us
225-342-8162
When
Monday September 13, 2010 at 12:00 PM
to
Wednesday September 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Registration Cost
Main Street Directors: $90.00
Main Street Board Members: $90.00
General Registration: $115.00
$130.00 after 08-27-10
Hotel Information
| Special room rates have been arranged at the following hotels through August 27. State that you are with the Destination Downtown conference. | |||
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| HAMPTON INN & SUITES, 400 Spanish Towne Blvd., 337-321-6700, $135.00 | |||
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| LAQUINTA INN & SUITES, 611A Queen City Drive, 337-321-6000, $85.00 | |||
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| RAMADA CONFERENCE CENTER, 2915 LA Highway 14, 337-367-1201, $76.00 |
Tour Details
Tour A: Walking tour of upper level development in downtown New Iberia
Downtown New Iberia is famous for the amount and quality of development in the upper floors of its historic buildings. New Iberia is a Great American Main Street award winner. On the tour, you will be led by New Iberia Main Street director Jane Braud as she gives you the history of downtown and takes you inside many of the beautifully restored properties. Who knows - maybe you will even get to see a work in progress!
Tour B: Avery Island tour of the world-famous TABASCO factory & Jungle Gardens
PLEASE NOTE: Tour B is full and can no longer be selected as one of the tour options.
From the unique feel of the South Louisiana marshes and bayous to the nature preserve inhabited by indigenous plants and animals, Avery Island, Louisiana is a beautiful place to visit.
Touring the visitor center and the pepper sauce factory is just one part of the Avery Island experience. You will also visit Avery Island's 250-acre Jungle Gardens. 
www.tabasco.com/tabasco_history/visit_avery_island.cfm#targ
Tour C: Conrad Rice Mill, KONRIKO Country Store, and Rip Van Winkle Gardens of Jefferson Island.
The Conrad Rice Mill is the oldest rice mill in America. It is also one of the leading tourist attractions in this area of the Bayou Teche. In 1981, the Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
At Rip Van Winkle Gardens, you will lose yourself in a wonderland of flora and fauna, a twenty five-acre semi tropical paradise that captures the senses and cleanses the soul. As you walk through the Gardens you will see many unusual plants and historic sites. The Jean Lafitte tree is one of them. Three buried treasure chests were found there in 1928. The treasure is believed to have been buried by Lafitte. 
Images from New Iberia
Destination Downtown 2010 - New Iberia, LA
Schedule at a Glance
Monday, September 13
12:00 Noon On-site registration opens, Bayou Teche Museum
6:30 - 8:30 PM Opening reception, Shadows-on-the-Teche
Tuesday, September 14
8:00 AM On-site registration opens, Bayou Teche Museum
Continental breakfast, Evangeline Theater
9:00 - 10:00 AM Opening session, Evangeline Theater
10:15 - 11:00 AM "Cultural Heritage - Thinking & Working Regionally", Debra Credeur,
Executive Director, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
"Investing in Volunteers - Effective Volunteer Management", Esther
Hall, Executive Director, North Carolina Legal Education
Assistance Foundation
11:15 AM-12:00 "You Matter - A Customer Service Program", Darienne Mobley
Owner, Darienne, Inc.
"Heritage Tourism", Kathy LaPlante, Program Officer, National
Trust Main Street Center
12:00 noon - 1:30 PM Lunch on your own, state Main Street meetings
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM "Characteristics of a Healthy Board", Esther Hall, Executive Director,
North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Foundation
"Everything Old is New Again: Community Market Innovations in the
21st Century", Darlene Wolnik, Director of Market Share,
MarketUmbrella.org
3:00 - 5:00 PM Tours
7:00 PM until... Dinner & entertainment, Freddie's Not Yet Famous BBQ
Wednesday, September 15
8:00 AM Continental breakfast, Evangeline Theater
9:00 - 9:45 AM "Developing a Fundraising Plan", Kathy LaPlante, Program Officer,
National Trust Main Street Center
"Placemaking Meets Preservation", Ethan Kent, Vice President, Project
for Public Spaces
10:00 - 10:45 AM "Taking Measure of Community Markets", Darlene Wolnik,
Director of Market Share, MarketUmbrella.org
"Energizing Economic Restructuring", Stephanie Redman,
President, ReSurge, Inc.
11:00 AM-12:00 noon Closing session, Evangeline Theater
Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne
Meeting Venues
Bayou Teche Museum
On-site registration will be held in the Bayou Teche Museum, 131 East Main Street, New Iberia. The museum is next door to the Evangeline Theater.
www.bayoutechemuseum.org
Evangeline Theater
Opening and closing sessions along with some break-out sessions will be held in the Evangeline Theater, 129 East Main Street, New Iberia.
www.cityofnewiberia.com/site402.php
The Gouguenheim
Additional break-out sessions will be held in The Gouguenheim Banquet Hall, 101 West Main Street, New Iberia.
Entertainment Venues
Shadows-on-the-Teche
The beautiful grounds of Shadows-on-the-Teche will serve as the setting for our opening reception. You will enjoy great Cajun food and great Cajun music . In addition, the grand house will be open for free tours for reception attendees. Shadows-on-the Teche is located at 317 East Main Street in New Iberia.
Freddie's Not Yet Famous BBQ
Destination Downtown always comes to a close with a blast, and this year will be no exception! At our closing party we will enjoy indoor and outdoor dining at Freddie's Not Yet Famous BBQ.
www.freddiesnotyetfamousbbq.com
