News Radio 710 KEEL » downtown development authority http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Third Thursday Trolley Tour Celebrates Downtown Living http://710keel.com/third-thursday-trolley-tour-celebrates-downtown-living/ http://710keel.com/third-thursday-trolley-tour-celebrates-downtown-living/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:36:32 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=154149 Downtown living to be highlighted at this week's Third Thursday Trolley Tour.

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]]> http://710keel.com/third-thursday-trolley-tour-celebrates-downtown-living/feed/ 0 Amanda Currier/TSM Why Is Downtown Shreveport Cool? http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/ http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:45:16 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=43202 ...that's the question proposed by the Downtown Development Authority, which has released a list of the top nine reasons.  And YOU get to choose the number one thing!  Here are the top nine: 2) the Unwind Downtown Pub and Culture Crawl  3) the James Burton Foundation  4) the McNeill Street Pumping Station Waterworks Museum and its associated music festival  5)  painted advertisements on the sides of older buildings  6) Shreve Memorial Library  7) the recent Zombie Walk  through downtown  8) the Robinson Film Center  9) CoHabitat

DDA Executive Director Liz Swaine says the suggestions for that number one slot have already started pouring in

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]]> http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/feed/ 0 McNeill Street Pumping Station Waterworks Museum (courtesy of Downtown Shreveport website) Performers Can Hit the Streets Downtown – Starting Today! http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/ http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:39 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=34809 It's now legal for singers, magicians, musicians and other performance artists to set up on the downtown Shreveport streets.  An ordinance authored by District B City Councilman Jeff Everson and recently approved by the council made it possible

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]]> http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/feed/ 0 Photo by: James & Vilija/Flickr (Performers like this one will soon grace the downtown Shreveport streets) Metro PSC 'Lunch On The Lawn' This Weekend http://710keel.com/metro-psc-lunch-on-the-lawn-this-weekend/ http://710keel.com/metro-psc-lunch-on-the-lawn-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:01:39 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=25205 Sunshine, blue skies and mild temps will mark the second of six Metro PCS Lunch on the Lawn concerts this Friday, October 21.  Live music by The Matthew Davidson Band will kick off at 11:45 am and go until 1 pm.

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]]> http://710keel.com/metro-psc-lunch-on-the-lawn-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Historic Tax Credits Renewed http://710keel.com/historic-tax-credits-renewed/ http://710keel.com/historic-tax-credits-renewed/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:03:35 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=8557 Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law two bills renewing commercial and residential historic rehabilitation tax credits.

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]]> http://710keel.com/historic-tax-credits-renewed/feed/ 0 Ogilvie Hardware Building Parking Enforcement http://710keel.com/parking-enforcement/ http://710keel.com/parking-enforcement/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 17:06:39 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=6518 Since 2000, the Downtown Development Authority has been responsible for parking meter enforcement in Shreveport's Central Business District. And Director Liz Swain says the amount of revenue collected is up.

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]]> http://710keel.com/parking-enforcement/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)