How do we proceed.." Imagine..."

Shreveport.. Bossier .. the two they are considered the twin cities..

both need the same elements of interest and progressive developments.

We would be amazed at what we can become .. both cities..

I shall pose a concept:

Take any abandoned supermarket.. :

why can't these be turned into individual craftsman centers.. by being simply partitioned within.. for small booth nature craft development facilities..

you can have..
Artist, pottery, glass work and many many types of designer craft in these facilities. and the population would be able to go and find items that are custom and hand made.. instead of the 'Wal-mart China dispensing facilities that people cater to and buy substandard goods.>>

second.. these craft shop can also provide learning experience for youth. as some shops may be able to take on one or two or more youth... teach them a trade, pay them enough to have pocket money and enhance their self pride and prospering mentality.. the average grocery store can house.. maybe 30-50 of such small craft business .. and how many people does that bring to interactive engagement.. but it equally so brings economic progress to people who otherwise could not envision how to start up..

I would love to get a group of investors together and discuss some of these nature of investment vehicles .. I have viewed many such potentials about the city..

We have the old Wray Ford Facility on Mansfield road.. that has over 17 bays.. each could be an independent auto specialty shops.. and the land of the facility can house maybe 10 different small used care lots, used boats and such..
and become a auto plaza for service and used auto sales.. this would emply many people.. imagine if each bay had minimum 3-4 workers.. that nearly 50 people.. ( employed).. each car lot has 3-4 workers.. that is another 40-50 people (employed.).. cooperative maintenance servicing.. ( maybe 10-15 people..( employed) small bank branches that do loans.. from with 1 person staffing each.. that's 3 people (employed).. there are other functions that can be integrated..which this NEGLECTED facility can employ.. nearly 200 people..

I will be looking into developing a investment group.. by finding some people who work in that arena who can structure it so that it's a no sham nature of business that provides true dividends to the investors.. I'm perfectly fine with someone " stealing or adopting this idea." I have many many more.. my objective is to see it develop.. not a manner of if I own it or control it.. but to see the idea bloom and become real and beneficial to the city..

We need the people who write grants and do small business investment and loans to embrace the concepts and to integrate that with city process to help process the permits that would be functional without a lot of egos and red tape.. such nature of projects can have their own class of city paper processing.. that has the red tape removed.. and congenial business minded people to administer such..

We have to start to actually start if we want progress.. there is no magical force that will come down and just transform Shreveport.. it's our baby to grow and raise with progressive dignity and creative expans