Community leaders from Opelousas mark key locations of the city on a map to assess where sidewalks, crosswalks and bike paths are most needed at the 2024 Louisiana Rural Complete Streets Summit. (Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter)
Safe and active ways to get to everyday activities, such as walking or biking to the supermarket or bank, was the focus of the second Louisiana Rural Complete Streets Summit.
The event was recently held at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.
Community leaders from around south Louisiana shared ideas, learned about funding applications and mapped out areas of need in their…