As the preferred location for many recent marches and protests, Downtown Shreveport once again becomes the place where people feel comfortable sharing their fears, concerns and hopes for the future. The need for safety and inclusion is profoundly important. Downtown Shreveport only succeeds if persons of all color and ethnicity, age, gender identification, religion and […]
Agatha and Robert McCall are back behind the counter at Fertitta’s Deli at 1124 Fairfield Avenue, serving up hot muffalettas, roast beef sandwiches, pizza, salads and more. The restaurant was closed for two months during the COVID-19 orders, and is pleased to be able to reopen under Phase 2. If you’ve not been by […]
Chances are good you won’t recognize the old Pump Masters building at 1533 Marshall Street. The building, which sat vacant for nearly ten years, was recently purchased by Seedlinks Behavior Management to become the home office for their team of doctors, nurses and clinicians. The business offers family stability classes, mental health treatments, and crisis […]
They say timing is everything and just days before the Governor’s Stay at Home order, Shreve Towne Studio 512 owner Tracey Prator opened a business she had been dreaming about for years. Ten weeks later, Tracey’s Book Nook is reopening, and we couldn’t be happier. Blame Meg Ryan. In the 1998 romantic comedy blockbuster movie […]
In the mid 2000’s, Cassie Stone was a high-flying sales rep for Eli Lilly and Company. Her background as a Registered Nurse working with cardiac care patients served her well as she zoomed to the top of pharmaceutical and medical device sales for the multi-national company. The job was great, the travel, murder. Married with […]
Given as a History in 5 talk at the June 2019 Downtown Artwalk. Those of you who have heard my talks before know that downtown is an archeological dig. Nothing that is here now was the first thing here…sometimes there are several levels to dig down on and multiple buildings that have occupied one single […]
In 2006, a Denver, Colo., company called Progressive Urban Management Associates, P.U.M.A., (yes, like the shoes, only with periods), started looking at data to determine trends that would affect downtowns. They have been remarkably accurate in their trendspotting, forecasting global changes that have proven good for downtowns. Their earliest trends showed millennials’ love of urban […]
We don’t mind saying that we are a fan of Strong Towns. I mean, who wouldn’t be a fan of something with that name? But more than the name is the mission, the underlying goal of sharing information that sounds like common sense but for many years has not been the accepted norm, the typical […]
Up until recently there were two words that did NOT go together: Boudin, as in the spicy south Louisiana sausage, and Kolache, as in the very European pastry filled with fruit or mincemeat. When Czechs brought the treat to the U.S. via Texas, Kolache took a turn from fruit to the baked roll and sausage-sized […]
Printed in the Shreveport Times, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 Strength in Numbers; the Key to a Vibrant Downtown by Liz Swaine Sometimes it’s helpful to know that we’re not the only one. We are not the only place to have ever stumbled, fallen, said intemperate things, or been down on ourselves. What’s important is keep […]
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