Date: October 12, 2012 Contact: Amanda White
For Release: Sunday, October 14, 2012 (337) 433-3632
Entergy Supports SWLA on the Move
Pictured: Clair Hebert Thomson (Southwest Region project manager, Entergy Louisiana Economic Development & Expansion.) and George Swift (Chamber SWLA & Foundation President & CEO)
This $25,000 donation is part of Entergy’s ongoing support to the SWLA Alliance Foundation’s SWLA on the Move five-year campaign. The current plan of work under the SWLA on the Move campaign is to address the critical issues facing our region: workforce development, business recruitment, business retention and expansion, regional marketing, and building a single voice for a true regional partnership.
The Chamber and the SWLA Alliance Foundation are part of the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. As part of the funding for the SWLA Economic Development Alliance, SWLA on the Move promotes economic development in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes.
About Entergy
Entergy’s Louisiana utility companies serve more than one million customers through the operating companies Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. With operations in southern, central and northeastern Louisiana, the companies are part of Entergy Corporation’s electric system serving 2.8 million customers in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy works with the SWLA Economic Development Alliance to promote coordinated efforts by business, government and civic leaders working together to develop Louisiana's economy
About the SWLA Alliance Foundation
The SWLA Alliance Foundation is the only 501c3, non-profit agency in the Southwest Louisiana region devoted solely to the economic development of our region. The Foundation’s mission is to organize missions/events for the purpose of educating the world about the economic opportunities available in the Southwest Louisiana region; to work with area governments relating to business and economic development; produce and support economic activities and publications relating to our region; educate our general public of the need for economic development and the benefits gained thereafter; and to coordinate with other non-profit organizations for the economic development of the Southwest Louisiana region.
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