Good news for two historic properties in downtown Shreveport. HRI, the owner of the Lee Hardware and United Jewelers apartment buildings at 719 Edwards and 301 Crockett Street, has closed on financing and needed rehab on the two buildings will begin soon. In anticipation of the challenges to tenants who will be living through the […]
Update: Ordinance 85 to shorten the demolition delay in the Downtown Development District (DDD) was tabled at the June 22 Shreveport City Council meeting. It could come back up for a vote soon. Original Story on the shortening of the Demolition Delay What makes a downtown a fun, vibrant and interesting place to live or […]
All the benefits of yoga are now as close as 624 Texas Street at the Lofts. Humm Yoga, whose fun slogan is ‘move at your frequency’, has just opened their new modern, natural light-filled studio in the historic former Sears department store, now an apartment, commercial and coffee hub downtown. Owners Chessi Nasif May and […]
City administration showed up in force downtown Monday evening, June 14, for one of the ‘Listening Sessions’ being hosted around the city. Mayor Adrian Perkins has been asked for suggestions about how to allocate the nearly $50m one-time funds coming from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Act. The Listening session at […]
Nothing says ‘life’ like uncovering windows blocked up by sheetrock or plywood for 40+ years, and what a difference it makes in the look of a building! We love the fact that even the sky is bluer in the photo with the windows exposed! The buildings at the corner of the 400 block of Crockett […]
It’s going to be a huge and happening Dad’s Day at Caddo Common Park, 869 Texas Ave., Sunday, starting at noon. You’ll have a chance to get your heart rate up with a dance workout presented by Caddo Parish Parks & Recreation with Fitness Activities led by Juston Joneson of Imperium Fitness/Planet Fitness and Darcell “Swoll” […]
After a couple of weeks waiting in suspense, downtown’s Noble Savage Tavern has unveiled their new menu! Returning are the weekly seasonal menu specials that include things like avocado deviled eggs with Capicola and shrimp & crab salad sandwich on a croissant with house-made savage slaw and chips. Those who have loved NST because of their […]
Downtown residents, employees, business and property owners, developers, and folks who just love downtown are invited to an important meeting on Monday, June 14 at artspace, 708 Texas St., 5:30-7:30 pm. The City of Shreveport has been hosting these Listening Sessions in City Council districts around Shreveport to share information abut a non-recurring $48.6m federal […]
2019 was a big year for Derek and Lauren Ross Simmons. They were going through several of the items on the Top Ten Most Stressful Life events list. Recently married, they had also purchased a well-known Shreveport business that they intended to change dramatically. C & C Electric and Lighting had been at 2430 Line […]
Meet Jon Ortiz and Dylan Teekell. You might know them, but you might not be familiar with East Side Fire, their new food gig at The Lot, 400 Crockett St. Both Ortiz and Teekell have a long history in food and the preparation of it, most recently at Eldorado Resort Casino and The Noble Savage […]
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