Speaking Thursday in Shreveport, new Louisiana Sixth District Congressman Cleo Fields calmly dismissed the Trump Administration’s early moves on government spending and predicted the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold Congress’s constitutional role as author of the federal budget. “We don’t elect kings in this country,” Fields said before a packed house at the Southern University downtown Metro Campus on Texas …
Shreveport Property Standards Director Terrence Green will be guest speaker at the May 21 meeting of the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association. Green will discuss efforts by his office to enforce City standards governing upkeep of property and how Shreveport citizens can help combat neighborhood blight. BNA President Bonita Crawford said members will be asked for ideas on rescheduling the association’s 100th …
Dear Mayor Arceneaux, Friends of Fair Grounds Field and Plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the City of Shreveport over the City’s plan to demolish Fair Grounds Field have been told you will not meet to discuss revitalization of the stadium unless we drop the lawsuit. In our view, dismissal would give you a green light to fulfill your pledge to …
Birthday Party Canceled Due to Weather Due to inclement weather the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association is canceling its planned 100th Birthday Party for Shreveport’s Broadmoor neighborhood scheduled TODAY, Saturday, April 20, at A.C. Steere Park. BNA President Bonita Crawford said the association will announce a new date. She expressed thanks to Twin Blends Photography and all other vendors, food-truck operators, school …
Mayor Tom Arceneaux will speak on the upcoming City of Shreveport capital improvements bond issue at the March 19th meeting of the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association. The City Council voted last month to place $256 million in capital improvements before Shreveport voters on April 27. The package includes $124 million for streets and drainage projects; $49 million for police, fire and …
Between its Police and Fire departments, Shreveport residents and businesses accounted for nearly 200,000 calls for service last year. That’s more than 500 a day. To encourage fewer of those calls originating in Broadmoor, the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association asked the city’s Police and Fire agencies to offer common-sense tips for residents on how to make your home safe. The speakers …
AN OPEN LETTER TO SHREVEPORT The cancellation of Shreveport’s plan to build a new baseball stadium at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds raises an obvious question: What to do with Fair Grounds Field? Friends of Fair Grounds Field stands ready to work with the City of Shreveport, State Fair Board and any other interested parties – including REV Entertainment – to …
Speaking on behalf of Allendale Strong to Louisiana Legislative Joint Transportation Committee at their annual Road Show meeting in NW Louisiana this month.
The Broadmoor Neighborhood Association is hosting a party for the neighborhood April 20 to mark the 100th anniversary of Broadmoor’s founding. “One of Shreveport’s most noted builders, Albert C. Steere, started this community in 1924,” said BNA President Bonita Crawford. “What began as a small 20th Century suburb carved out of a pecan stand is now home to thousands of …
BOSSIER CITY, 7 JANUARY 2024 – Welcome the Louisiana Legislature’s Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee to Northwest Louisiana. A special Shreveport-Bossier welcome to new legislators elected last fall. I’m Bill Robertson. I retired three years ago from Foster Campbell’s North Louisiana Public Service Commission office. A year ago I registered to lobby the executive branch and local government. I thought …
