It’s time the Shreveport City Council and the Caddo Commission look at the facts when determining the performance of the Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC). Let’s leave all the hubbub about lame duck MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney either being as planning pioneer who has unfairly taken too many arrows in the back or […]
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Latest Deveoplement Proposal By Curtis Joseph Another Pie In The Sky Project?
The last time it was a billion dollar Cross Bayou dream. This time it’s a $240 million mirage for the abandoned Shreveport Country Club. Local attorney Curtis Joseph has seemingly embarked on a new career as a real estate developer. It all started when Joseph was appointed by Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler to the Shreveport […]
MPC Board Gets It Right On Sweeney’s Contract, Sorta
A special meeting of the board of the directors of The Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) was held on Monday, June 25 in the MPC conference room. The only agenda item was to review the employment contract with MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney. Sweeney’s current contract expires this year on September 30. The contract […]