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Elton entrepreneur credits SEED Center incubator for Hunt Repellent launch
Summary
Gabriel Fontenot told the Jeff Davis Parish Economic Development Commission that he developed a DEET-free spray and lotion at the SEED Center business incubator and now operates distribution from the former Dollar General building in Elton.
Gabriel Fontenot, an Elton native and owner of Hunt Repellent, told the Jeff Davis Parish Economic Development Commission on Sept. 10 that he developed an insect-repellent spray and lotion without DEET through the SEED Center business incubator. He said the company’s distribution center operates from the old Dollar General building in Elton.
The presentation highlighted the SEED Center’s role in taking an early-stage product through development to local distribution. Fontenot described the business-incubator support and local facilities that helped move the product toward market. The commission heard this update during its regular meeting at First Guaranty Bank in Jennings.
The commission did not take formal action on the company’s operations during the meeting. The update was presented as an example of local entrepreneurship supported by the parish’s business-incubation resources.
