Media Advisory: Groundbreaking and Check Presentation for Transitional Housing Development in Opelousas, Louisiana

***10:00 a.m., Friday, August 1, 721 West South Street, Opelousas, Louisiana 70570***

OPELOUSAS, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Catalyst Bank will celebrate the start of construction on a transitional housing project that was helped by a $2 million FHLB Dallas Affordable Housing Program grant awarded through Catalyst Bank. They’ll join The Refinery Mission and elected officials for a groundbreaking and check presentation for The Rig, a housing development in Opelousas, Louisiana, at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 1, 2025.

The Refinery Mission’s new transitional housing development will serve men rebuilding their lives in the face of addiction, homelessness and other challenges. The Rig will provide 57 beds for low-income men in the area and on-site programming.

The media is encouraged to attend the groundbreaking and check presentation.

Learn more about the AHP.

WHAT:	Groundbreaking and check presentation
WHEN:	10:00 a.m., Friday, August 1, 2025
WHO:	Joe Zanco, Catalyst Bank
	Amanda Quebedeaux, Catalyst Bank and The Refinery
	Jude Ramsay, Catalyst Bank
	Ashley Burleigh, Catalyst Bank
	Mayor Julius Alsandor, City of Opelousas
	Jessie M. Bellard, St. Landry Parish
	Bruce Hatton, FHLB Dallas
WHERE:	The Rig
	721 West South Street
	Opelousas, Louisiana 70570