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'Car museum' building is downtown Shreveport's newest office space

'Car museum' building is downtown Shreveport's newest office space

A building constructed in the early part of the Twentieth Century that has sat vacant for more than a decade is back in business as downtown’s newest professional office/event space. In addition, the newly-completed rehabilitation at 601 Spring Street has been nominated for a Louisiana Heritage Award for preservation of an important historic and architecturally-significant building.

Once known as the ‘car museum’, the George T. Bishop Building (so named by Mr. Bishop himself in 1925) is now the home to Prevot Design Services APAC, a full-service architecture, planning and interior design firm and 601 Spring, an event center.

Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

The Business Development Connection of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding minority and women business owners, businesses and individuals at the Minority Business Opportunity Awards Dinner.

The Chamber asks that you help them honor these outstanding businesses and individuals from our community at the Minority Business Awards Dinner, “Navigating Economic Tides”, starting with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb., 28. Dinner will be held at the Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport, LA. Individual tickets are $50 and table sponsorships are available.

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

The Louisiana Master Gardeners Horticulture Series has invited landscape architect Marc Funderburk to speak from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Riverview Hall, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway. The lecture is free.

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

The Louisiana Master Gardeners Horticulture Series has invited landscape architect Marc Funderburk to speak from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Riverview Hall, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway. The lecture is free.

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

Master landscaper to speak in Master Gardener series

The Louisiana Master Gardeners Horticulture Series has invited landscape architect Marc Funderburk to speak from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Riverview Hall, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway. The lecture is free.

Musical debut for SPAR choir is Nov. 19

Musical debut for SPAR choir is Nov. 19

Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation (SPAR) Save The Children Youth Community Choir proudly presents its Musical Debut on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 6:30pm at Valencia Park Community Center, located at 1800 Viking Drive. The choir is under the direction of Fred Smith, Jr. and Kimberly Bell.

City of Shreveport featured as 'Top City' to retire by national magazine

City of Shreveport featured as 'Top City' to retire by national magazine

Original release by: Where to Retire magazine 

Shreveport, LA, has been selected by Where to Retire, the only magazine in America geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions, as a top retirement destination and will be profiled in the feature story “8 Enticing Money-Saver Towns.” The September/October issue will be available nationwide on August 23, 2011.

Where to Retire editor Mary Lu Abbott said Shreveport possesses qualities important to today’s retirees.