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A Conversation about Downtown

Thanks to Jeffrey Goodman and the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana for a chance to chat about downtown (It’s one of our favorite topics, after all). The YMCA has a YouTube Channel on which they upload episodes of Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home.  In their most recent episode, Jeffrey talks with DDA Executive Director […]

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The Y’s Downtown Deal!

The YMCA wants downtown to be fit and fabulous and are offering those who live and work downtown a special ‘Why’ Deal ( Why in the world wouldn’t you take it?!) If you have a downtown connection, you’ll be able to join the Downtown Y (which provides total access to the big beautiful Preston Street […]

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Come See the Big Changes At the ‘Y’

Way back in 1920, the pastor of the City of Shreveport’s First Baptist Church told his congregation there were three things his growing city needed- a public library, a new school building with an auditorium for public lectures and a great YMCA building. All eventually happened. Within five years, the city’s first Young Men’s Christian […]

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