Caddo Parish Housing Forum

Valencia Park Community Center 1800 Viking Drive, Shreveport, LA, United States

The meeting is on April 13,2023 at 5:30 at the Valencia Park Center.

Event Series AllendaleStrong Monthly Meeting

AllendaleStrong Monthly Meeting

Allendale Friendship House 1515 Clay Street, Shreveport, LA, United States

Join us for our monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30 - 8 PM at 1515 Clay Street. We will meet this Thursday April 13th, 6:30 PM at the Friendship House, 1515 Clay Street. The following are suggested agenda items for our meeting: Welcome and attendee self-introductions...Dorothy Wiley  Urban3 progress updates after March 13 & 14.presentation. NLCOG update...John Perkins Transportation Planning Reform... ...

MPC Workshop

Government Plaza 505 Travis Street, 1st Floor Council Chambers, Shreveport, LA, United States

Grassroots group Allendale Strong will raise concerns about regional transportation planning in a public presentation to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission May 31. The group contends that Shreveport’s 2030 Master Plan and its focus on “inside the loop” development are being undercut by outdated transportation planning that encourages suburban sprawl. “Transportation planners for our region are using a 1950s approach to ...

Ballpark Mural Celebration

Galilee Baptist Church 1500 Pierre Ave, Shreveport, LA, United States

Join us to commemorate Shreveport’s ballpark mural and all that it represents. In 2021, a 400-foot mural was created  at Galilee Baptist Church’s Stewart-Belle Stadium in Allendale.  Shreveport’s Commission on Race and Diversity funded the community arts project.   The painting on the mural depicts some of the history of Shreveport’s African American community.  It is a rich, deep history ...

NLCOG Public Input Meeting

Public Input Meeting Announcement and Position Statement Since February of 2012, Allendale Strong members have been working together to renew our community Relationally, Economically, and Environmentally. That includes politely and consistently advocating for separating through traffic from local business traffic. In the decade since the 3.5 mile I-49 Inner City Connector (ICC) “zombie” project has been revived by the Committee of 100 ...