The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) was established by Act 554 of the State of Louisiana in 1978. The provisions of Act 554 provide that an annual plan of work be submitted to the Shreveport City Council for review and adoption within 30 days from the date of submission. The 2025 Program of Work reflects the activities to be undertaken during 2025 and significant events from 2024.
Downtown is comprised of numerous stakeholders, each with different opinions and ideas about how to improve downtown and each with varied priorities regarding those improvements. Each organization and business contributes to the improvement of downtown in accordance with its own strengths and abilities, so this diverse environment requires a complex development strategy to ensure success. It has been demonstrated that not all development is good or positive so plans and projects must be considered in the context of downtown as a whole.
This document seeks to define activities, improvements, goals, and objectives that move downtown forward. Included in this Program of Work are portions of the Downtown 2010 Redevelopment Strategy which was approved by the City Council and is the basis for the twenty-five-year DDA millage extension approved by citywide vote in November 2002. DDA funding under the millage extension is provided through 2027.