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🌱 How a former Elmwood Kmart is becoming a 251-unit community

Elmwood, Louisiana Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello Elmwood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a former Elmwood Kmart is becoming a 251-unit community
  • Community rallies for daughters after tragic Elmwood murder-suicide

Also on today's calendar: Seithers Seafood and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A stray t-storm; not as warm, with a high of 80 and low of 76 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 76.
  • Friday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 83 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New apartment complex taking shape at former Elmwood Kmart site after years-long delay (wwltv.com) — A long-vacant Kmart site in Elmwood is being transformed into The Francis, a 251-unit apartment complex that anchors a broader mixed-use overhaul of the parish’s largest commercial corridor. Backed by parish tax incentives, the project adds new housing, retail space, and jobs while raising questions about traffic and infrastructure as construction continues through spring 2028.
   

• GoFundMe launched for daughters of woman killed in Elmwood murder-suicide (wwltv.com) — Loved ones are rallying around the two young daughters of Meridian Woodson, who was killed in a recent murder-suicide at an Elmwood apartment complex on Citrus Boulevard. A GoFundMe has been launched to help support the children as Jefferson Parish deputies continue investigating the shooting involving her ex-husband.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Harahan

  • City of Harahan Strengthens Hurricane Preparedness Through Regional Collaboration (harahanla.gov)

Jefferson

  • News Quiz: How is Jefferson Parish spending its massive opioid settlement? (veritenews.org)
  • JEDCO seminar focuses on workplace emotional intelligence (neworleanscitybusiness.com)
  • Old Metairie residents worry about tree trimming near power lines (wdsu.com)

Metairie

  • Kanji Kazoku opens in Old Metairie (nola.com)

Ok Elmwood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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