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A group of young professionals, founded in 2007, who want to make a difference in the Acadiana community today through connecting, engaging, and leading.

Lafayette, LA
Joined July 2009
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@the705 uses resources, collaboration, and shared responsibility to develop young professionals into future community leaders. View their upcoming events and learn more here: buff.ly/3c3qGuZ
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Message repeated over and over at #OneAcadiana: we need to show young people that Acadiana is just as great as Austin, Mobile, OKC, etc. – at Lafayette, LA
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Meet our first #20Under40 finalist: Ben Bernard, of Aerion Rental Services bit.ly/1vJ4Phh (cc: @the705)
City-Parish Councilman Brandon Shelvin is excited about #projectfrontyard & opportunities for LFT's core – at Lafayette, LA
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Fantastic community support @ProjFrontYard press conference. @jelkoubi @ULLafayette @RightAngleAdv @theadvertiser @LEDALafayetteLA all here!
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An exciting press conference regarding the beautification of Lafayette kicking off in 10 min! #projectfrontyard – at Lafayette, LA
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.@the705 and @theadvertiser have unveiled this year's honorees of the #20under40 Acadiana Leadership Awards: bit.ly/Xo3TkW
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Enquero is the brainchild of 3 leaders in the global consulting & systems integration industry – at Lafayette, LA
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.@LEDLouisiana @LITE3d @ULLafayette @OppMac all here for today's #GoodNews – at Lafayette, LA
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@the705 members are leading the way in community involvement in Lafayette. @LEDALafayetteLA
Thank you @the705 for your hard work and community involvement!
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We appreciate your activism and concern @the705 #SOTE – at Lafayette, LA
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The community must speak with one voice to change the system. #commonvisionlafayette #BCC2014 #bethechange
Being a part of a school board is an awesome responsibility because you have the chance to change kids lives. #BCC2014 #bethechange
How do we encourage #entrepreneurism? Increase the skills they need, community of support, access to capital, experience building @dirksaz
External job candidates: Biggest challenge is to convince them that #Louisiana is more than 4 blocks of Bourbon St. & swamp people #BCC2014 – at New Orleans, LA
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#LAFNOLA Super-duper region has 2.6 mil people and can compete with larger cities like Houston because of our combined assets. @GNOinc
We must build a pipeline of well-educated and trained workforce to continue to be successful in Louisiana. #BCC2014
I-49 South is a hot topic at the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Building Community Conference today in New... fb.me/1rmv2gi1z
No longer can we rely on govt funding alone to take advantage of potential of this major corridor of national significance. #BCC2014 #I49S