A building that’s been vacant for years will soon reopen its doors. Northwest Louisiana’s Fuller Center for Housing plans to turn what use to be a liquor store into a neighborhood grocery store. Allendale community …

Over 80 representatives will explore such strategies as developing community partnerships, building “green” and increasing revenue streams when they gather in Shreveport Jan. 15 and 16 for the 2nd Annual Covenant Partner Conference.
At last year’s …

A single mother of seven struggling to get by gets an early Christmas present. Shreveporter Yolanda Brazile recently lost her job and will receive her last unemployment check this week. Moreover, her house is literally …

Soon after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, damaging more than 200,000 homes and displacing more than one million people in Louisiana alone, Community Renewal International joined forces with The Fuller …

Shreveport’s Clay Street was one of about 90 residential byways transformed into a block party Tuesday evening, fostering a sense of community and sending a message to criminals that they are unwelcome.
For Allendale, Night Out’s …

Hours before Leeteesha Walker and Marion Sullivan’s Alston Street houses were dedicated at a ceremony, volunteers landscaped nine houses, installed smoke detectors at 60 houses and provided emergency preparedness information in the neighborhood. Their efforts …