Businesses

New Apartments Available Downtown

Several new apartment spaces have come up downtown this week, so jump on them quickly if you are interested! The first has a beautiful view the Millennium Mural, and is on the second floor of a two story historic building within easy walking distance to restaurants, shopping, attractions and office buildings. The high ceilings and […]

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Black Friday & Small Business Saturday Downtown

Downtown is the place to be on Thanksgiving Day (Robinson Film Center, of course!) as well as Black Friday and Small Business Saturday! We have sales, door prizes, special meal deals, and SOOO much fun – from snowflake crafts to live music to Christmas at the aquarium to fireworks lighting up the night. Take a […]

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Red River District Improvements Coming

If you’ve been to Fatty Arbuckle’s in the Red River District lately, you’ve seen trenches dug in the planters at the base of the Texas Street Bridge columns. Those trenches were to run the lines for new lighting which is now in and on. Over the past months, things had gotten very dark in the […]

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A New Name, A Familiar Place

If you’ve seen the work going on in suite 100 in downtown’s Red River District, know that the woman behind it has – quite literally- been here before.  Cassandra Pipkins-Johnson, most recently of Cassandra’s Louisiana Kitchen in Houston, Tex., and a restaurant of the same name on Jewella Avenue, also helped set up and run […]

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Fertitta’s For the Holidays

Before you know it, the holidays will be upon us- as will our gift-giving conundrums. We may have a solution, because we have found that no one can resist: Good Eats. Products that support cool local Mom-and-Pop shops. In those regards, the new and existing items being offered by Fertitta’s Deli at 1124 Fairfield will […]

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Be In The Pink Nov. 17-18 with Pink Weekend!

Tee up, this year we are are giving our downtown #Small and #Local businesses an added holiday push! We have joined in with a small national moving pushing Pink Friday, Nov. 17 – and we’re adding Pink Saturday, Nov. 18, too! Our goal is to encourage you to  #ShopSmall first and have some fun doing […]

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Stray Cat Opens Mon.-Fri. for Lunch

Stray Cat is now more than your go-to place for a late afternoon drink or late night burger. The little bar at 222 Travis Street now offers Dish’n Out lunch options Monday-Friday 11 am- 2 pm and dinner late night Friday and Saturday from 8 pm until close. Stray Cat will still have pizzas in […]

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318 Next Level Adds Daytime Eats!

More great food options in downtown Shreveport! Last week, the DDA office was the happy recipient of a heaping pan of delicious food from Next Level 318 Sports Bar & Grill at 220 Travis Street. For some time now, the late night bar and grill has been serving up food to its nighttime/early morning crowd, […]

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Pirates & Booty & Mermaids, Oh My!

Have you been to Shreveport Aquarium Mutiny yet? Time is running out to breakfast with the mermaids, sing with the pirates and try to defeat the dreaded Kraken. On October 28, plan to come for Breakfast with a Mermaid, but make your reservation now as slots are going quickly!  After your breakfast, go meet some […]

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525 Cotton Available for Lease

One of downtown’s most striking Art Moderne buildings at 525 Cotton Street has sold, and space inside is available for office, retail, or light manufacturing uses. At present some 3500-5000 SF is available, but depending on what your goals are, more space could be. The building is 22,760 SF total, and features 15″ clear heights […]

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