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In February of 2022, Don Benoit, the new owner of the old Fruit of the Loom building, was quoted in the Abbeville Meridional as saying, “Hopefully, we can fill this facility and get some more jobs back. I want to be a part of something that can make the whole community better.”
He purchased the building for $3.2 million, hoping to bring it new life.
Fast-forward 16 months later, and Benoit’s wish is in the process of coming true.

Abbeville could potentially have a community center located near the heart of the city.
And it wouldn’t even have to be built from the ground up.
During Tuesday’s regular Abbeville City Council meeting, Mayor Roslyn White discussed the possibility of the city acquiring the St. Theresa Community Center on Leonard Avenue near Charity Street. The Abbeville City Council passed a resolution Tuesday to give White the authority to look into the possible center acquisition.

Vermilion Parish will be home to a landmark CO2 transportation and storage project ExxonMobil is building to help the state’s industries reduce their emissions.
As the University of Louisiana has announced, Exxon Mobil Corp. made the following contributions to the parish and UL.
• Two $50,000 endowed scholarships for first-year students from Vermilion Parish who are pursuing degrees in the university’s College of Engineering or Ray P. Authement College of Sciences.