Shreveport City Council Wanted More Involvement in Mayor's Blight Initiative

Shreveport City Council wanted more involvement in mayor's blight initiative

(The Center Square) — After Mayor Tom Arceneaux announced a citywide initiative to continue combatting blight in Shreveport neighborhoods, some city council members felt the lack of council involvement was a missed opportunity.

Shreveport City Council express concern over Block by Block initiative

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)- Shreveport city council members are expressing concern over the mayor not including them in the planning and committee appointments for the Block by Block initiative. The initiative is supposed to address blight one neighborhood at a time, and a committee appointed by the city chooses the neighborhoods. However, council members say they have been at the forefront in the fight against blight, and they are the ones peo…