Infrastructure Work

Downtown Partners Donate $51,000 to Anglin/Myers Public Safety Initiative

A coalition of downtown organizations, city leadership, and community partners announced a $51,000 investment to expand public safety technology in Downtown Shreveport through the Anglin/Myers Public Safety program. The Downtown Development Authority (DDA), Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation (DSDC), and Shreveport Common jointly committed the funding to support continued deployment of Real Time Crime Cameras (RTCCs) […]

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Is Lake Street Closed Forever?

In 2015, the City of Shreveport closed the Lake Street crossing just to the east of the Holiday Inn to work with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to get a so-called ‘Quiet Zone’ established. The Mayor’s Office intended that the crossing would reopen, better and quieter than before. [box] CITY […]

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Downtown Goes Green(er) Next Week!

We are one step closer to getting some additional color and greenery onto downtown sidewalks. If you’re not a gardener, you might not realize that all plant growing material isn’t created equally. The requirements for the wick-watered Earthplanter pots that are going to be deployed downtown is a peat-based medium, and the recommended brand is […]

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Artist Ka’Davien Baylor Honored

In the past two years, the number of downtown murals has grown by leaps and bounds and many of the painted murals have felt the brush of artist Ka’Davien Baylor. Ka’Davien, ‘KD’ to friends, first popped back on the Shreveport art scene in 2020 with a mural at 1533 Marshall Street called Leaders of Tomorrow, […]

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EV Chargers/LED Coming Soon

Monday, Dec. 11 was a good day for Shreveport with back-to-back press events unveiling grant dollars being deployed for downtown. Centerpoint Energy Foundation and Sam Walters, the CenterPoint Energy North Louisiana District Manager, were on hand to give a ceremonial check, but a very real $30,000 to the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC). SRAC Executive […]

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Hooray for Volunteer Days

Working on all the things needed downtown is a big job, and we really appreciate the help recently from Heard, McElroy and Vestal, the Shreveport Aquarium, Barksdale Air Force Base and Chimp Haven! The Aquarium pitched in with volunteers on Saturday, Nov. 4 to help clean up the serious overgrowth around the Waddell A-Truss Bridge […]

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Bids Out to Repair RiverView Spray Park

If you have ever wondered what a ‘kid magnet’ looks like, wonder no more. It looks like a spray park. This is a typical day at the Clyde Fant Parkway Riverview Park Spray Park before 2015. In 2015, the kiddos and the dancing water went away, victim to a pretty terrible Red River flood that […]

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Be the First to Adopt a Pot On Texas

Granted, while a pot might not be as cute as a puppy, it also won’t tinkle on your carpet or chew up your new shoes. In the next couple of months, beautiful Earthplanter pots will begin showing up on selected corners on Texas Street as part of test program to gauge how the plants thrive/survive. […]

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Sound Off on I-49 Connector

You just have a few days left to get your comments in on the proposed I-49 Inner City Connector (ICC). We’re asking that you send comments stating your opposition to Alt Route 3A, one that we believe is especially damaging to Downtown.   Opposition to 3A so far includes the Downtown Development Authority(DDA), the Downtown […]

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I-20 Rehab Starts, 2.5 Year Project Ahead

Thanks to all who attended the I-20 Rehab Meeting Wednesday morning at artspace. DoTD Public Information Officer Erin Buchanan Mills briefed attendees on the phases of construction to come, suggested alternate routes of travel, and updated the DoTD’s minority participation process and goals. One of the most important things to come out of the meeting […]

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