Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business
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Louisiana State Parks and the National Register
Thirteen Louisiana State Parks sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. They include:

1. Audubon State Historic Site
2. Centenary State Historic Site
3. Fort Pike State Historic Site
4. Fort Jesup State Historic Site
5. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
6. Mansfield State Historic Site
7. Marksville...
   
   
   
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CULTURAL DISTRICTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Allows a local government to designate a Cultural District for the purpose of revitalizing a community by creating a hub of cultural activity.

• Allows income and corporate franchise tax credits for eligible expenses for rehabilitation of owner-occupied or revenue generating historic structures in a Cultural District.

• Provides an exemption from sales and use taxes for proceeds received from the sale of original, one-of-a-kind works of art from locations established within the Cultural District.

• Requires local governments who designate such districts to report on impact to their community annually.

• Requires CRT to collate reports received and submit a single report to the legislature biannually beginning in 2011.