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🌱 How a $3.6B Boyce data center skews national construction numbers.

Boyce, Louisiana Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $3.6B Boyce data center skews national construction numbers.

Also on today's calendar: Bulls Bands and Barrels (Hudson Westbrook and Tyce Delk).

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 94, low: 71.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Construction Starts Just Fell Nearly 20%. Most Firms' Own Books Won't Show It Yet (realtytoday.com) — A massive $3.6 billion hyperscale data center planned for Boyce is one of June’s largest U.S. construction starts, underscoring how megaprojects are driving industry totals. While data centers and energy projects surge, many smaller residential and institutional builds are quietly softening, which experts warn local firms may not notice in their books until margins shrink.
   

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  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Market Delivery Asst. Manager - XDT in Boyce. Apply here.
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Pineville

  • Pineville opens artist call for 2027 Mardi Gras poster art, $250 prize (cenlanow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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