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PLAQUEMINE, LA-Bayou Plaquemine, 13 miles south of Baton Rougeand 60 miles northwest of New Orleans, is on its way to reinventingitself as city officials plan to break ground in late 2007 on thethird phase of an estimated $5-million, mixed-use waterfrontproject.

Plaquemine Mayor Tony Gulotta, who is orchestrating the project,couldn't be reached for comment by GlobeSt.com's publication time.But city hall sources and sources in Baton Rouge intimate with theproject tell GlobeSt.com the third phase will have a 70-room BestWestern Inn, an expanded boardwalk that already stretches for 1,000feet and a 10,000-sf open air amphitheater.

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