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Butterfly Medical Care Opens at 400 Texas St.

The new Butterfly Medical Care clinic has opened downtown at 400 Texas Street, Suite 901. Owner/physician Dr. Tiffany Najberg will be concentrating on primary care, acute care, complex case reviews, and trans/LGBTQ+ care. Dr. Najberg says this is not a walk-in clinic, but appointments can be made for quick in-and-out.  When leaving an email, please […]

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Street Dreams Comes to Downtown Shreveport

Who doesn’t like cool cars? That’s the belief of Street Dreams Texas, based in the beautiful Hill Country town of Fredericksburg. Street Dreams buys and sells vintage and custom vehicles and memorabilia, along with projects and yard art with ‘patina.’ The business has been a success in the classic and muscle car trade for 24 […]

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May Artwalk Rocks; June 7 is Next

The May Downtown Artwalk was NOT jinxed by ill winds, bad omens or crummy weather, things that seem to have played an outsized role in creating mayhem this spring. Instead, it was a beautiful day filled with happy, smiling visitors, creative artists, historic buildings, live music, food trucks, tours, an opportunity to try some architectural […]

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Make Your Party Stand Out!

A dynamic new Event Manager at the beautiful, historic Scottish Rite wants you to think about the spaces when planning your next event! Prior to Covid, the building at 725 Cotton Street hosted dozens of events per year. That number fell precipitously with Covid, and has not returned. Lani Bailey hopes to change all that […]

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Riverside Dining at Riverwalk Cafe

Looking for the prettiest view while dining in the local area? Look no further. The Shreveport Aquarium has reopened their beautiful indoor-outdoor restaurant space overlooking the Red River as the new Riverwalk Cafe.  While you can eat in or take out, but believe me when I tell you that you will want to dine in. The […]

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Love Historical Buildings? Give for Good!

If you love local history and yearn to help save historic buildings, we have a place for you! Over the years, the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation and DSDC2 have saved multiple important downtown buildings, repositioning them for a future life. This year, for the first time, DSDC is part of the Community Foundation of North […]

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May 3 Apartment Tour

A few weeks ago, we inadvertently managed to break the Internet with a posting of a cool new apartment space downtown. Developer Jason Cram has created three beautiful apartments on the second floor of an historic building in the 400 block of Crockett Street. It took a keen eye to recognize what the homely, poorly-maintained […]

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Downtown Bars Named Three of the Best

Congratulations to three downtown watering holes that are now (more) famous, after getting an online shout out by MyBartender.com.  Lake Street Bar at 315 Lake Street, The Noble Savage at 417 Texas Street, and Fatty Arbuckles in the Red River District all make the cut as the most popular places in the region to gather […]

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Library Dry Out Continues

If you are a fan of Star Trek, you are familiar with the assimilation of Captain Jean Luc Picard into the nefarious entity known as The Borg. While the multiple air hoses snaking into the building give much the same feel as a takeover by The Borg, the outcome will hopefully be much more positive. […]

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Lake Street Salon Suites Grand Opening

Lake Street Salon Suites located at 413 Lake Street is now open for business and owner Sharron Cooper couldn’t be happier. She greeted friends and colleagues on Monday, April 24, for a sneak peak and grand opening of her salon spaces, that are for lease. Salon Suites Innovation, LLC  offers stylists a whole new way […]

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