It has been a whirlwind three years for C&C Mercantile and Lighting owners Lauren Ross Simmons and Derek Simmons. In 2020 YOC (Year of Covid), the couple decided that getting married, having a baby and purchasing a business wasn’t enough. They decided to rehab a rough-looking former furniture store at 1110 Texas Avenue and move […]
If you have been searching for a new home for your retail space, service business or business offices, we have some prime candidates in a variety of sizes and prices. The only similarities are that all are in equally wonderful historic rehabs in easily accessible and high-profile locations, and yes, you will love being downtown. […]
Downtown is full of remarkable spaces, and 616 Texas definitely counts as one of them. By 1926 when the building at 616-618 Texas Street was constructed, Zodiag’s had already been a Shreveport institution for 52 years. On September 14th at 7:30 pm., the windows of the ‘new’ Zodiag’s at 616 Texas- filled with ‘Fall Merchandise […]
Ashley’s Tiers of Love, 420 Marshall Street, is making some changes to better serve their downtown (and outside of downtown) patrons! Starting Tuesday, their hours will shift to 7:30 am – 4:30 pm Tuesday-Friday|| 9:00 am- 2:00 pm on Saturday, and their menu will expand to include a big breakfast sandwich and hash browns! In […]
Can Music Help Define Shreveport? Each year, visitors by the thousands trek to the Chaffee Crossing neighborhood in Fort Smith, Ark., to see the small building where Elvis Presley got his first Army haircut in 1958. Elvis is so popular there that Fort Smith also hosts a yearly Elvis Haircut Day that attracts people from […]
Downtown’s the Agora Borealis, 421 Lake Street, is celebrating Year #9 of being downtown’s premier art marketplace with a day filled with art, creative inspiration, and activities. When you look at the ‘traditional’ 9th year wedding gift, you see that it is pottery and willow, symbols of molding, shaping and flexibility, a yin and yang. […]
Downtown has a newly-branded company at 107 Spring Street that would like to help you promote your business. The former Certus Direct is now Oddball Branding. The name change, says owner/manager Daniel Petruska was needed because “Certus doesn’t really say what we do.” What Oddball Branding does, and does quite well, is branding using […]
Downtown could be home to yet another fabulous AirBnb in the not-too-distant future. One of the three apartments on the second floor of the City Center Flats building at 427 Crockett Street is almost ready for its close-up. The studio space is elegantly beautiful, situated around the corner from the new Glass Hat Cafe and […]
Congratulations to the Shreveport Aquarium for being recognized as a KultureCity® certified sensory inclusive venue, which means a greater ability to assist and accommodate visitors who may have sensory needs. Staff at the aquarium will go through annual training on how to recognize those guests with sensory needs and how to handle a sensory overload […]
For years, Jasmine Peoples and her husband commented about the lack of local activities for younger children and families. She has decided to do something about that with a new storefront in the prime real estate of 400 Texas Street. It is a small space with a big heart, a place that you can come […]
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