Last week, dozens of people gathered in the parking lot of an Opelousas shopping center that is currently home to a Family Dollar, an Arc of Acadiana resale shop, and not much else.
That will all change in the coming weeks and months, as the center is slated to be completely redesigned and transformed as the home of Hope for Opelousas’s new high school center.
The commercial spaces and a planned food truck kiosk will be maintained as an ongoing revenue source for the nonprofit, which intends to double the amount of students it can serve through tutoring, enrichment, ministry, and internship and entrepreneurship opportunities…