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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

 

Contacts

Corporate Communications
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
fhlb.com, (214) 441-8445

Industry:

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas

Release Versions
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Hashtags
#affordablehousing

Contacts

Corporate Communications
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
fhlb.com, (214) 441-8445

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