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Choice Neighborhoods
The Bayou Grande project will include 312 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, along with 5,000 square feet of retail space within walking distance of downtown at the corner of Caddo and Common streets. The development will include mixed-income, workforce housing at market rates.

The High Cost of Doing Nothing
By not completing the construction of I-49 via Route 1 of the Inner City Connector (ICC) local businesses, the transportation industry, the traveling public and especially Northwest Louisiana residents are losing more than $2 million a day.

Walter O. Bigby Carriage Way
“We had 41 properties we needed to acquire,” Hudson said. “We’ve closed on 21 of them. So, we are about halfway there. The biggest landowner is Union Pacific Rail. We should close on that within about 30 days. When we can do that, it’s going to start to come together.

New competition for Apple Music?
It all started when Lynn and his friends grew dissatisfied with Apple Music and SoundCloud. “I’ve kept a list of business and app ideas on my phone, and one day while in my Entrepreneurship 2000: Innovation and Creativity class at LSU, I noticed that three separate ideas on my list were all musicrelated,” Lynn said.

Why Send Kids South?
Loyalty is an essential quality in any close relationship. It's a strong assurance from another of their feelings of support or allegiance, whether it be in business, in a family, or in friendships. And not because they have to – but because they want to. Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." That's good advice, indeed.

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Talking Trash
None. In mid-January, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins proposed a Clean City User fee of $12 per month. This revenue was to increase wages for sanitation workers and beef up the city’s depleted reserves. The fee would be collected as part of city water bills.

Art of the Dog
Picture this: The house lights are slowly lowered as runway lights are brought up to their brightest setting on some of the most handsome and beautiful “fur babies” to strut their stuff for a good cause at the 10th annual Best in Sheaux fundraiser for Robinson’s Rescue.

Willis the Bear 18 Years Later
Willis was “born” in 2001 as the first bear was delivered on Mother’s Day that year. With Willis-Knighton having labor and delivery services at three suburban locations, it seemed a perfect time to promote that service and Willis as an exclusive gift to babies.

Balance DOES Matter!
These are some of the comments heard when someone is questioning their balance. These and many other signs are signals that you may have a physical issue that is compromising your balance.

A GREAT Service
“There are physical benefits, cognitive benefits and social benefits,” said Caroline Hendrix, director of GREAT. “For people who are learning to walk, the horse’s gait closely mimics the human’s walking gait. A person who is learning how to walk can sit on the horse and feel that movement.

What’s The Difference?
Sometimes you take a contrast medium such as barium and iodine to outline an area of your body. This medium may be injected, swallowed or taken as an enema. The contrast medium appears opaque on X-ray film, providing clear images of structures such as your digestive tract or blood vessels.

Are You At Risk For Glaucoma?
The short answer is yes. Everyone is at risk for glaucoma. Glaucoma affects almost 3 million people in the United States, and more than half of those patients are not aware that they have the disease. Because glaucoma initially causes loss of peripheral vision, the slowly progressive visual loss often goes unnoticed for many years.

Living Large on the Road
Forum loves sharing with readers things that are really special, above average ... and this is it. For this edition of “atHome,” we stopped in for a visit at Bayou Outdoor Supercenter to see a real home on wheels that has every modern con- venience imaginable.

318 Talk
THROUGH MARCH 1: IT IS WHAT IT IS: 400 YEARS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA..

0070th Secret Agent Gala
Attendees will be treated like royalty as they partake in a “Casino Royale: A 0070th Secret Agent Casino Night,” complete with live music by The Good News, unique opera performances, dancing, prizes, an open bar, delicious cuisine, a piano bar and casino games.

On the Scene
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