Facing another threatened industrial buildout in the heart of Louisiana's Cancer Alley, Rural Roots Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade brought a public records case against Ascension Economic Development Corporation. For years, AEDC has been pursuing a heavy industrial development project in an area on the West Bank of the Mississippi River that is home to the historic community of Modeste. The buildout would require the forced displacement of the community. AEDC claims it is a private non-profit corporation not subject to the public records law. But the groups say that AEDC is a quasi-public body subject to the law because it was established by Ascension Parish government and the City of Gonzales to pursue economic development on their behalf and is principally funded by public appropriations.