Enforcement Fire Department |
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s main office is located in the Parish Courthouse in Livingston and handles all of the criminal, civil and tax division operations, as well as police protection throughout the parish. There are 122 full-time deputies, 63 of them providing 24-hour patrol throughout the parish, and 23 part-time deputies. Livingston Parish has x fire stations with at least xxxx volunteer firemen located throughout the parish. Fire rating is 6 in City and Town and 8 in the remainder of the parish. |
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Although there are no hospitals in the parish there are many in the surrounding area to serve residents. The nearest hospital to Denham Springs is the Medical Center of Baton Rouge (233 beds, emergency facilities), only a few miles away. The eastern portion of the parish is served by two hospitals in Hammond (324 beds, emergency facilities), only five miles away. Even though these facilities are sufficient one of the goals of parish economic development is to reopen a parish hospital. The medical field in the parish is comprised of 2 clinics, 17 doctors and 18 dentists. Two nursing homes with a total of 233 beds also serve the community. Acadian Ambulance Service is available in the parish. Residents also have access to the large number of medical facilities located in the regional area, including the LSU and Tulane Medical Centers in New Orleans and numerous other public and private medical facilities in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. |
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Livingston Parish has 4 public parks, a golf course, a community swimming pool numerous ball fields and seven tennis courts. Boating, tubing, and fishing on local rivers and lakes are also major activities for visitors and residents of the parish. Two country dubs are also avail- able in the parish. The parish also has access to the vast recreational and cultural facilities of the metropolitan New Orleans area: including the new Aquarium of the Americas, the New Orleans Symphony, opera and ballet, the National Foot- ball Leagueõs New Orleans Saints, NCAA college athletics from Tulane University, University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University, and others. Two race tracks are also located there. Boating and fishing on Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain are also major activities for visitors and residents of the parish. |
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There are two shopping centers located in Denham Springs and many large centers located in Baton Rouge, a few miles to the west. Several large regional shopping centers are also located in Hammond, a few miles to the east of the parish. The New Orleans Central Business District is only 60 miles away, and has seen an explosion of retail activity in the past few years. The Riverwalk, Canal Place, and New Orleans Centre have added several specialty retail outlets, including national chain outlets like Lord and Taylor, Macyõs, Brooks Brothers, Sharper Image and Saks Fifth Avenue. |
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Communications in the area include a local semi-weekly newspaper (The Livingston Parish News‹Denham Springs). Metropolitan daily newspapers from Baton Rouge and New Orleans are also circulated in Livingston Parish. There is one AM (WBIU) and one FM (KRVE) station in Denham Springs. Many Baton Rouge and New Orleans stations are available in Livingston Parish. Television stations can be received from Baton Rouge including all five networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX). Cable service is also available in the parish and provides up to 35 stations. |
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| Livingston Parish enjoys a complete seasonal cycle with pleasant spring and fall seasons. Winter months are usually mild with cold spells of short duration. Snowfall is less than 2" per year. The summer months are quite warm, with an average daily maximum temperature in July and August of 93 degrees. |
| Livingston Parish is located in x Louisiana, approximately x air miles x of New Orleans. Livingston is bordered on the north by x and x Parishes, on the east by xs and x Parishes, on the south by x and x Parishes, and on the West by x and x Parishes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highways |
From Livingston Parish, a manufacturer can realistically expect third-day truckload service to major markets in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Within this 31-state area are 69 percent of the nationõs population and 70 percent of its manufacturing plants. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Primary program (FAP, 50ft ROW with 24 ft. paved surface) and runs parallel to I-12 within the parish and with I-10 through most of the southern United States. To the east of Livingston Parish this highway connects with I-55 and continues through Slidell to U. S. 90 at the eastern border of the state. This highway is well used and maintained for commercial traffic toward I-55 and throughout the state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). It winds along the western border of the parish and then heads east toward the eastern border of the state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). Cuts diagonally through the parish from the south where it intersects with I-10 and U. S. Highway 61 in Ascension Parish. To the east it passes out of the parish near Springfield, intersects with 1-55 and parallels I-12 all the way to Mandeville. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). It begins at Springfield and heads north under I-12 toward Montpelier and Greensburg in St. Helena Parish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Livingston Parish is served by the Illinois Central Railroad The tracks run east and west, paralleling U.S. 190 and I-12. Rail rates in Louisiana for many commodities tend to be lower than those in the other states because of the competition from barge carriers. Illinois Central Railroad handles a significant volume of containers, TOFC and carload traffic between New Orleans and mid-America. In Tangipahoa parish the Illinois Central tracks head north to Chicago and south to New Orleans and also serve Amtrac Passenger Service. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Facilities |
Barge service is provided to the industry of the Florida Parishes through Port Manchac 17 miles away in Tangipahoa Parish. Interstate Highway 55 parallels the western side of this 32 acre development. Easy access is available to the port from exit ramp #15 on I-55. Port Manchac provides professional stevedoring services through Tangi Trans-Port, Incorporated and is being developed by the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission, a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana. Services available at Port Manchac: LASH, barge, truck and rail transloading, container stripping and stuffing, heavy lift‹with three available cranes, oil field loading and service, an existing 20,000 square-foot warehouse with a 160 foot wharf and freshwater service for towboat operators. The South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission maintains an office and staff to assist industry in Tangipahoa Parish and the region to realize the opportunities of water transportation services. Further, the staff and the commission are moving forward on an ambitious expansion of rail services through the construction of 2,500 feet of lead track and a 30,000 square-foot unloading shed along the Illinois Central Railroad. Cargo can be delivered by barge from Louisiana to all of mid-America via the 19,000 mile Mississippi River System. Louisiana also sits at the center of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway system that rims the northern Gulf of Mexico. Further, the state itself has 4,500 miles of navigable waterways served by 25 harbor and terminal districts, many of which can issue low-interest industrial revenue bonds to finance manufacturing and storage facilities. Also through the state there is a port construction and priority program that may assist in funding port facilities. |
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| The Port of South Louisiana, is located only xx miles away on the Mississippi River. Imported materials may be processed or repackaged in this port without paying United States Customs duties or certain taxes. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is also only 23 miles away from Livingston Parish. Louisianaõs lower Mississippi corridor is the leading port area in the world with a total annual tonnage of over 345 million tons. The port area stretches 230 miles inland on both banks of the river with more than 110,000 acres of large, affordable deepwater sites with barge and ship access. There are several campus-type industrial parks suitable for warehouse/distribution operations, offices, sales/service facilities and light manufacturing/assembly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammond Municipal Airport, the largest general aviation reliever airport in the north shore area of Lake Pontchartrain, is located 2 1/2 miles east of downtown Hammond. It has a 765 acre dual runway facility, with two 5,000 foot hard surfaced runways which can accommodate turbo jet aircraft up to 60,000 lbs. gross weight, and other general aviation aircraft of 12,500 lbs. or less.
This exceptional basic transport airport has electronic ground control systems, ILS (instrument landing system), VOR (variable omni-directional range), ^and VASI, to assist in landings and takeoffs in all conditions.
Hammond Municipal Airport offers one FBO (General Aviation/Top Gun Aviation), Flight Instructors, New Orleans Aircraft Propellers, Inc., parking aprons (to accommodate approximately 195 single, light twin and corporate jet aircraft), approximately 50 acres for new hanger construction (individual as well as T. hangers), and 120 acres for industrial development. Only 40 minutes away is New Orleans International (Moisant Field) This airport is easily accessible via Interstate Highway 10 or U.S. Highway 90. New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field) and New Orleans Lakefront Airport serve southeast Louisiana with more than 20 national and international carriers providing direct passenger and cargo transportation to destinations in the U.S., Europe, Central and South America, and Asia. New Orleans International Airport is 65 miles from Hammond and accessible via Interstate Highways 55 and 10. Baton Rouge Airport is 15 miles from Denham Springs and accessible via Interstate Highways 12. Sixty- eight Louisiana cities have hard-surfaced public airports, most with night landing capability. Another 250 private airports can accommodate light aircraft. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delivery |
Nationwide passenger and parcel service are provided by Greyhound Bus Lines. Emery/Purolator, United Parcel Service and Federal Express are available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carriers |
42 freight carriers service the area including: SAIA Motor Freight Line, Roadway Express, Red Ball, Consolidated, Jones Truck Lines and Yellow Freight Lines.
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