Two historic downtown buildings hit the market this week. 619 Milam is the former Goldring’s Department Store, and more recently, an office furniture store. The beautiful glass doors with the gold rings are a reminder of the building’s storied past. It is spacious at more than 30,000SF and can be purchased with the adjacent building, […]
Interested in giving yoga or a new yoga studio a try? Downtown’s newest yoga studio at the Lofts at 624, 624 Texas Street, wants to make it easier for you by giving downtown employees, businesses and residents a free first class. It’s easy, but this is a time limited offer, so take advantage of it […]
Prevot Design at 601 Spring Street has announced two new partners in the architectural and design firm, April Sharlow & Geoff Perego. Prior to their partnerships, Sharlow was the Director of Interior Design and Perego was Director of Architecture. The firm has been in the forefront of design and build in NW Louisiana, and are […]
75 years is a birthday/anniversary to remember and Heard, McElroy and Vestal, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in NW Louisiana, is doing just that. However, they are turning their celebrations outward, to help the community. At the beginning of this year, HMV launched six months of giving to honor their years […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What if you knew that fresh-from-the-local-farm produce would be waiting for you without you having to lift a finger, and that the purchase would be supporting a local farm, not a giant conglomerate? Downtown has just the thing. In mid-‘ish’ June, Cotton St Farms at 406 Cotton St. will begin Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscriptions […]
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