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COVID-19 Update, April 30, 2020
At the Town of Grand Isle council meeting on April 28, 2020 the following changes were made for our guidelines with the Covid 19. Golf carts and side by sides are allowed on the beach and back lanes. The same rules we had in place for the golf carts and side by sides...
Grand Isle enforces curfew and other guidelines – April 23, 2020
The following guidelines are still in effect: • Curfew is still in effect from 9:00 P.M. – 6:00 A.M. • Upon entrance into Grand Isle, we are asking that you self-quarantine • NO fishing on fishing piers, NO short term rentals, NO playground/parks are open • Access to...
Grand Isle Enforces Check Point and Curfew – Updated
The following guidelines are effective on Monday, April 20, 2020: All vehicles will be checked at Grand Isle Welcome Sign / Jefferson Parish line. One ID per vehicle. Camp owners are allowed to enter the town; however, proper ID (property tax bill, utility bill or...
GRAND ISLE ENFORCES CHECK POINT AND CURFEW
The following guidelines are effective on Monday, April 20, 2020: All vehicles will be checked at Grand Isle Welcome Sign / Jefferson Parish line. One ID per vehicle. Camp owners are allowed to enter the town; however, proper ID (property tax bill, utility bill or...
COVID-19 Update – April 14, 2020
Previous emergency ordinance and declaration is hereby amended to allow camp owners and their immediate families access to and limited use of their property beginning Monday, April 20, 2020 and non-resident camp owners shall provide the police department with contact...
COVID-19 Update – April 13, 2020
Last week the town of Grand Isle took strategic measures to protect the lives, health and well being of its citizens, residents and those sheltered in place in Grand Isle due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. After Emergency Declarations at the municipal, parish, state and...
Upate 4.9.2020
As per Chief Laine Landry, Sr., As of today, April 9, 2020 at 6 am. The below temporary tags that are on the green/yellow colored paper. Previously issued will no longer be accepted for re-entry to Grand Isle. Entrants must have a State of LA Issued License with a...
Grand Isle Enforces new restriction to our checkpoint effective April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Town of Grand Isle held an emergency meeting at noon and placed further restrictions on travel to and from Grand Isle. We will close down Grand Isle with the exception of Grand Isle residents (must have valid Grand Isle driver’s...
Grand Isle Enforces Checkpoint and Curfew, Effective On April 2, 2020 at Noon
JEFFERSON, LA – Effective on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at noon, Grand Isle residents will be required to show proof of residency to re-enter the Town of Grand Isle (Grand Isle driver’s license, LA State ID, voter registration or homestead exemption). There will also be...
Grand Isle makes the New York Times’ 2020 list of places to go
Louisiana’s last inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle begs an unsettling question: Does a place appear more hauntingly beautiful when you know it’s disappearing? A longtime sport and commercial fishing hub two hours south of New Orleans, this pancake-flat wisp of land...