No time to clean up the notes yet; I'll just throw 'em at y'all unprocessed. Coming out from under a pile of exams, so have sympathy.
BUT, BIG TIME COMING AT CYNTHIA'S HOUSE TONIGHT! SEE BELOW!
Loren Demerath, Kathryn Brandl, Susan Keith, Carolyn Manning talked at last Monday’s meeting about a range of topics.
WORK SESSION FOR THE WEBSITE
The group thought one meeting soon... Added the live streaming tab to the ABS facebook page.
The Key Club or an IT club at a High School.
EMAIL LIST FOR NEWS AND MEETING SUMMARIES...
Can add people llike Misty Alexander, Grace Peterson, Matthew Linn, Michael Williams.
Can give them the option of unsubscribing at the bottom. Could ask them to put unsubscribe in the subject heading.
BIKE ROUTE MAP FOR TRANSPORTATION AND KEY DESTINATIONS
Austin and Little Rock are examples near us. Would be good if we could allow people to contribute from afar.
NEXT WEEK AT CYNTHIA’S
2063 Shadywood Lane (off Dixie Garden) BYO Finger Food (something to go with wine).
TIME IS 9:30 GATHERING, 10:00 IS ROLL OFF TIME
GREENWAYS...
Most are owned or managed by non-profits, many times the city becomes involved in the longterm maintencen of them. The Katy Trail in Dallas (which Carolyn helped raise funds for back in the day) is a huge trail, which the government owns most of; it was a railroad right of way. The trail has transformed an area that was desolate and abandoned. Shreveport has a donated abandoned railway bridge and a section that goes into the industrial area of north Shreveport.
Loren described meeting Bruce Sharky and his students...
Low hanging fruit may be going from the Clyde Fant to LSUS via the levy and through Bickham Dickson, or a trail along the Duck Pond. Going north would help MLK ; the McCain Creek Trail would be nice. Also if the railroad could let them put a trail by Cross Lake between the lake and Blanchard Highway. Matthew Linn talked about doing a trail to the north of the lake; but we need to connect these outer trails; near the damn of Cross Lake would be a good one.
Bruce is welcome to call Maurice and Chris Petro with NLCOG. He mentioned federal money.
A lot of money is coming to Louisiana for repairing our coastline; but if it relates to a raparian area, and water, it may be eligible. Rumor is that the Corps of Engineers has lost 30% of their budget and will have to either stop dredging (which Maurice advocates) or stop manning the locks and dams 24 hours.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
Feico and Loren are working on the proposal for Centenary...
COATES BLUFF
Jon has upcoming announcements...
DOG PARK
Loren will be writing to the Community Foundation about be able to house the funds we’ve raised, which is about $40,000. Locals Love Us gave the Dog Park $1000.
The Red River Waterway Commission has signed off on the changes, and they’ve asked for a letter from the Mayor if he doesn’t sign it as to why he is not going to sign it. The group discussed what kinds of options there might be at that point. It was mentioned that the a lot of people have come a long way on this. We’re hoping the media stays behind us and the City Council keeps it as a priority.
If we can get water to the park, which is alotted from the Commission $51,000 (of the $280,000), we could take that to the biking trail next to the large dog side; the Dog Park Allience will buy the fountain to serve the humans and dogs. That at least be a step on the way to a dog park of some form or another. The group sees this as a gesture of good will to the Mayor, who is of course under pressure from people who see a quality dog park to be needed here, seeing as they are standard in cities now.
BUT, BIG TIME COMING AT CYNTHIA'S HOUSE TONIGHT! SEE BELOW!
Loren Demerath, Kathryn Brandl, Susan Keith, Carolyn Manning talked at last Monday’s meeting about a range of topics.
WORK SESSION FOR THE WEBSITE
The group thought one meeting soon... Added the live streaming tab to the ABS facebook page.
The Key Club or an IT club at a High School.
EMAIL LIST FOR NEWS AND MEETING SUMMARIES...
Can add people llike Misty Alexander, Grace Peterson, Matthew Linn, Michael Williams.
Can give them the option of unsubscribing at the bottom. Could ask them to put unsubscribe in the subject heading.
BIKE ROUTE MAP FOR TRANSPORTATION AND KEY DESTINATIONS
Austin and Little Rock are examples near us. Would be good if we could allow people to contribute from afar.
NEXT WEEK AT CYNTHIA’S
2063 Shadywood Lane (off Dixie Garden) BYO Finger Food (something to go with wine).
TIME IS 9:30 GATHERING, 10:00 IS ROLL OFF TIME
GREENWAYS...
Most are owned or managed by non-profits, many times the city becomes involved in the longterm maintencen of them. The Katy Trail in Dallas (which Carolyn helped raise funds for back in the day) is a huge trail, which the government owns most of; it was a railroad right of way. The trail has transformed an area that was desolate and abandoned. Shreveport has a donated abandoned railway bridge and a section that goes into the industrial area of north Shreveport.
Loren described meeting Bruce Sharky and his students...
Low hanging fruit may be going from the Clyde Fant to LSUS via the levy and through Bickham Dickson, or a trail along the Duck Pond. Going north would help MLK ; the McCain Creek Trail would be nice. Also if the railroad could let them put a trail by Cross Lake between the lake and Blanchard Highway. Matthew Linn talked about doing a trail to the north of the lake; but we need to connect these outer trails; near the damn of Cross Lake would be a good one.
Bruce is welcome to call Maurice and Chris Petro with NLCOG. He mentioned federal money.
A lot of money is coming to Louisiana for repairing our coastline; but if it relates to a raparian area, and water, it may be eligible. Rumor is that the Corps of Engineers has lost 30% of their budget and will have to either stop dredging (which Maurice advocates) or stop manning the locks and dams 24 hours.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
Feico and Loren are working on the proposal for Centenary...
COATES BLUFF
Jon has upcoming announcements...
DOG PARK
Loren will be writing to the Community Foundation about be able to house the funds we’ve raised, which is about $40,000. Locals Love Us gave the Dog Park $1000.
The Red River Waterway Commission has signed off on the changes, and they’ve asked for a letter from the Mayor if he doesn’t sign it as to why he is not going to sign it. The group discussed what kinds of options there might be at that point. It was mentioned that the a lot of people have come a long way on this. We’re hoping the media stays behind us and the City Council keeps it as a priority.
If we can get water to the park, which is alotted from the Commission $51,000 (of the $280,000), we could take that to the biking trail next to the large dog side; the Dog Park Allience will buy the fountain to serve the humans and dogs. That at least be a step on the way to a dog park of some form or another. The group sees this as a gesture of good will to the Mayor, who is of course under pressure from people who see a quality dog park to be needed here, seeing as they are standard in cities now.
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