Month: February 2021

Downtown Heroes: C&C Mercantile (and Friends)

It is no secret that the worst of times can bring out the best in people and such was the case during last week’s Snowmageddon event. People all over the region were suffering in various ways. Power went out, water pipes froze, streets became impassable, city water pressure dropped and to many areas, ceased altogether. […]

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Businesses Reopen, Need Your Help

UPDATE: Rhino Coffee and Appli-K’s Embroidery and Gifts at the Lofts at 624, 624 Texas Street, were finally able to reopen today (Thursday, Feb. 25) after ten days without water. Bon Asian Cafe in the Beck Building at 400 Travis St. is still closed due to damages sustained because of a burst pipe. Other restaurants […]

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Downtown Weathers the Cold – Sort Of

The snow, ice and bone-chilling cold temperatures forced many (if not most) governmental agencies, courts and downtown businesses to close most of the week, creating another blow to budgets and the local economy. Though it likely is pricier now, some 20 years ago it cost the City of Shreveport $200,000 per day to call an […]

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Petroleum Tower’s Hopeful New Future

  For more than 20 years, the 16-story tower on the northeast corner of Texas and Edwards Streets, in the dead center of downtown’s important Central Business District, has been vacant, a ghost of its former self. That could be changing. Last week, the Dubin/Guru Group in Northbrook, Ill., closed on the Petroleum Tower and […]

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Regions Bank to Close Downtown Branch

On the heels of Capital One Bank announcing the closure of two branches (including downtown) in April, Regions Bank is also announcing they intend to move the services of the downtown branch to Line Avenue as of May 21. If you will continue to need in-person customer service at a bank downtown, we would encourage […]

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Downtown Snow Shots. Brrrrr!

If you’ve been following the weather, you know we’re in for the coldest temperatures we’ve seen in a while this weekend and there is a chance of snow again the first of next week. While we occasionally get one snowfall in a year, having two (or three) is pretty rare. With everything else that has […]

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Fat’s Oyster House Opens for Business

Fat’s Oyster House in the Red River District, has started serving. Fat’s owner Chase Boytim threw open the doors as part of a ‘soft opening’ Super Bowl weekend and was happy with the turnout. Several events including karaoke on Friday night, live music Saturday evening, boiled crawfish by the pound and the game on Sunday […]

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Darragh Company Buys Morgan Tool & Supply

The Darragh Company (www.darraghcompany.com), a commercial construction supply company, announced the acquisition of Morgan Tool & Supply (www.morgantoolandsupply.com), 939 Louisiana Avenue in downtown Shreveport effective March 1, 2021. With the acquisition, Darragh will have a total of 13 locations in all its divisions in Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, and now Louisiana. Rich Dunlap, Darragh Company CEO […]

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Cool Places to Pop the Question

If you’ve decided that this is the year you ask your significant other to spend a lifetime together, you want it to be memorable, right? We have a couple of ideas how to make the event unforgettable. Way #1: Underwater at the Shreveport Aquarium. For $250, the Shreveport Aquarium will suit up a diver in […]

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Capital One Main Office Branch to Close

The banking industry has changed drastically over the past few years and the continued push to online banking will likely mean ever more branch closures and consolidations regionally. Capital One Bank has seen a significant downsizing over the past few years going from a large presence in downtown Shreveport to – after April 27, 2021- […]

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