The date for completion of the Shreveport Common Park is set- and it is- drum roll, please- Monday, October 21. The official opening is just the beginning of the excitement. From November 2 until December 8, the greenspace bounded by Texas Avenue, Cotton Street and Crockett Street will be the home of a FriendsWithYou inflatable […]
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The timing was great for showing off some of downtown’s historic rehab projects to US Senator Bill Cassidy this week. Cassidy was a driving force in the retention of the Federal (Commercial) Historic Tax Credit in the 2017 Tax Act. That credit, and one offered by the State of Louisiana, have been hugely helpful in […]
Riddle me this. What does downtown have in common with an alligator? Before recently, nothing at all. That has now changed with Big Pops Fresh Seafood, soon to be located at the former KCS Cafe building at 830 Louisiana Street. Larry Keith Burt is ‘Big Pops.’ For a time, Larry was known as ‘Pops’ to […]
The walls are up, the kitchen equipment is in place and the Milam Street KICK- Kitchen Incubator & Community Kitchen – is officially open for slicing, dicing, cooking action. The incubator is a partnership between Southern University-Shreveport and the City of Shreveport’s Department of Community Development and aims to teach business-ready skills to students of […]
It seems only natural that with the connection to the Red River and Shreveport Aquarium the water-based creatures of Surfari Pals would find downtown to their liking. Jennifer and Kip Cummings own and manage the 501c3, which recently located at 1010 Marshall Street downtown. They are thrilled to become part of the downtown community and […]
Downtown’s newest eating spot, the Retro Downtown Cafe, is now officially open at 420 Marshall Street adjacent to Government Plaza and across from Shreve Memorial Library. At present, the hours are 7 am- 2 pm-ish, Monday-Friday. The crew threw open the doors Monday, Aug. 12 for a low-key ‘soft’ opening intended to give them a […]
Looking for a prime piece of downtown real estate for your business? Justin Long of Latter & Blum encourages you to take a look at 4,000SF on the ground floor of downtown’s newest and hippest apartment building, The Standard @ 509 Market. This is one of the most heavily-trafficked corners downtown and features prime views […]
Most of us experience the work SWEPCO does in the traditional way; linemen in bucket trucks doing electrical work in- or above- our lush tree canopy. Downtown, though, is a horse of a completely different color. Much of downtown’s bountiful electricity runs under our streets and sidewalks and into small, dark electrical vaults. For the […]
Roughly a year ago, a small building at 512-514 Crockett got a new lease on life. The former Communications Workers of America Local 3411, it had sat for years only partially occupied. Local businessman Ronnie Remedies and his mom Patty had been looking for a new location for Patty’s Shreve Towne Barber Shop and this […]
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