"The Shreveport-Caddo 2030 Master Plan team wants to hear about your neighborhood’s assets and issues in eight meetings set next week. The neighborhood workshops are taking place across four major districts, and will be followed by two November workshops, one discussing downtown and the waterfront, and one focused on strategies for revitalization, wherever it is needed in the Shreveport-Caddo planning area.
“We’ve heard from nearly 2,000 residents about the future of Shreveport-Caddo as a whole,” said Larissa Brown, Chief Planner for Goody Clancy, the firm hired to drive the master planning process. “Now, it’s time to find out what residents and business owners identify as the top priorities are for improvements in neighborhoods.” These priorities will inform the Master Plan’s approach to neighborhoods and specific topics, such as housing policy, transportation, and parks.
We encourage you to help us in promoting these workshops by emailing the attached flyer to your email contacts. You can also join in the neighborhood effort by distributing flyers this weekend. These meetings next week will focus on neighborhoods, so it’s a great time for people to come out to talk about what’s important to them for their specific areas!
Hit the streets this weekend to make sure your neighborhood is represented! ALL LIBRARIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS are participating in the “Neighbors Telling Neighbors Team” – this Saturday morning (10/24), volunteers are welcome to stop by any library to collect master plan neighborhood workshop flyers to distribute in their neighborhoods this weekend. Workshops include:
EAST WORKSHOPS
Monday, Oct. 26
6pm-8:30pm
Captain Shreve High School, 6115 East Kings Highway
Wednesday, Oct. 28
6pm-8:30pm
LSUS University Center, One University Place, 2nd Floor, Caddo Bossier Room
CENTRAL WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, Oct. 27
6pm-8:30pm
C.E. Byrd High School, 3201 Line Avenue
Tuesday, Oct. 27
6pm-8:30pm
Caddo Career and Technology Center, 5950 Union
WEST WORKSHOPS
Monday, October 26
6pm-8:30pm
Southern Hills Business Association Conference Center, 9701 Baird Road
Wednesday, Oct. 28
6pm-8:30pm
Huntington High School, 6801 Rasberry Lane
NORTH WORKSHOPS
Thursday, Oct. 29
6pm-8:30pm
Green Oaks High School, 2550 Thomas E. Howard Drive
Thursday, Oct. 29
6pm-8:30pm
Louisiana Technical College Shreveport-Bossier Campus, 2010 North Market Street
NOVEMBER WORKSHOPS
These workshops will discuss opportunities for revitalization in areas throughout the city, as well as possibilities for downtown, Cross Bayou and the waterfront.
Downtown/Waterfront Workshop:
Tuesday, November 17
6pm-8:30pm
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, 400 Edwards Street
Revitalization Strategies Workshop:
Thursday, November 19
6pm-8:30pm
Willis-Knighton Community Center, 2401 Bessie Street
The City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish and the Metropolitan Planning Commission are the official sponsors and funders of the Master Plan process. All three agencies are fully committed to a transparent, open planning process with extensive public participation. The Metropolitan Planning Commission hired the firm of Goody Clancy to direct the planning process. Additional public workshops will be conducted to gather input into the plan itself, and in Summer, 2010 the citizen-infused emerging draft Master Plan will be given to the Metropolitan Planning Commission of Shreveport – Caddo Parish to review and forward to the City Council and Parish Commission for formal adoption.
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