Eunice sales tax collections rose by 1.8 percent in the first four months of the year, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Sales tax collections dropped about 2 percent in Eunice and St. Landry Parish through March compared to same period a year, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Eunice sales tax collections rebounded in January and receded in February compared to the same months in 2015, but notched a 3.4 percent increase, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Eunice sales tax revenues in 2015 were about 1 percent higher than collected in 2014, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Collections in 2015 totaled $5,257,497 compared to $5,205,883 in 2014, a $51,598 increase.
Among those who were at the Hazelwood Energy Hub announcement at the Delta Grand Theater in Opelousas in September were, from left, Celeste Gomez, St. Landry Parish Tourism executive director; and Launey Griffith and Randy Esters, both of Louisiana State University Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The year closes out on what may be one of the worst downturns in the oil patch.
Employment and sales tax numbers for St. Landry Parish indicated the downturn in the oil and gas industry were hitting home.
