Episode 39 Bonnie Moore - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Bonnie Moore, Director of the Department of Community Development for the City of Shreveport, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:26  1.  Bonnie, let’s start here today if we could. If I am not mistaken, you have served as the Director of the Department of Community Development for the City of Shreveport since 1995. 

 

For the lay person who has no idea what the Department of Community Development is, can you define its role for the city?  We will get into the specifics of some of your major projects and initiatives next.

 

4:35  2.  I would like to spend the rest of our time talking about a number of your major projects and initiatives.  Let’s begin with Choice Neighborhoods.  What is Choice Neighborhoods, where is it located and why is it an important development for our community?

 

12:50  3.  Next I would like you to speak about MS KICK (Kitchen Incubator). Like Choice Neighborhoods, can you tell me what MS KICK is, where it’s located and why it’s important for our community?

 

18:02  4.  I have three other projects and initiatives I would like to cover with you. For each of these, can you tell me what they are, where they are located and why they are important for our community.

 

Let’s begin with the Financial Empowerment Center.

 

26:34  5.  Next can you tell me about the War Room Initiative?

 

36:50  6.  Lastly, can you provide some information about the Early Start Initiative?

 

43:35  7.  Bonnie, as you look at our community, what makes you optimistic about our future?