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Joint Appropriations & Economic Development Committee Meeting

May 27 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

CADDO PARISH COMMISSION

505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA

PUBLIC NOTICE

JOINT APPROPRIATIONS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES

MEETING AGENDA

May 27th, 2026

10:00am

 

  1. APPROPRIATIONS PLAN COMMITTEEROLL CALL:

Victor Thomas (Chair)
John-Paul Young

Roy Burrell

John E. Atkins

Greg Young, President

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ROLL CALL:
Stormy Gage-Watts (Chair)
John-Paul Young

Roy Burrell

Grace Anne Blake

Gregory Young —President

  1. INVOCATION:
  2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

Veterans and active military members saluting during recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance would be appropriate, should you wish to do so. All others, please recite with your hands over your hearts, and we ask that everyone please remember our POW-MIA’s as we say the Pledge of Allegiance.

  1. AGENDA ADDITIONS:
  2. PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Citizens who wish to address the Committee may appear in person, and either fill out a comment card or request to speak when the chair asks if there are additional public comments. Individual comments are limited to 3 minutes
6. NEW BUSINESS:

NGO Showcase Presentations series round 2 (Showcases are simply an overview of participating NGO’s to provide Commissioners with a broad understanding of the organizations the Parish has funded in recent years, the type of work that they do, scale, etc. This is not directly related to 2027 appropriations determinations.) featuring:

10:00 – 10:10 AM | Rho Omega & Friends

10:10 – 10:20 AM | The Strand Theater

10:20 – 10:30 AM | State Fair of Louisiana

10:30 – 10:40 AM | Southern Hills Business Association

10:40 – 10:50 AM | Competition Planning Partners WOD GO

10:50 – 11:00 AM | Shreveport-Bossier African American Chamber of Commerce

11:00 – 11:10 AM | Helping Improving Life

11:10 – 11:20 AM | Downtown Shreveport Unlimited

11:20 – 11:30 AM | Red River Revel

11:30 – 11:40 AM | Highland Area Partnership

11:40 – 11:50 AM | North Caddo Fireworks

11:50 – 12:00 PM | Art Heals

[Lunch Break from 12-1]

1:00 – 1:10 PM | Southern University at Shreveport

1:10 – 1:20 PM | Providence House

1:20 – 1:30 PM | Hope Connections

1:30 – 1:40 PM | Community Renewal International Inc.

1:40 – 1:50 PM | Community Foundation of NWLA

1:50 – 2:00 PM | Volunteers for Youth Justice

2:00 – 2:10 PM | Oasis of Hope Louisiana

2:10 – 2:20 PM | Youth Outreach

2:20 – 2:30 PM | Shreveport Regional Arts Council

2:30 – 2:40 PM | Inner City Entrepreneur Institute

  1. ADJOURN:

Statement of Accommodations

To all persons desiring to attend and observe a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, or who wish to present information to the body: If you have physical limitations that require special accommodations in order for you to attend and participate in a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, please contact the office of the Caddo Parish Commission Clerk at (318) 226-6596, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting so that an effort can be made to provide those accommodations.

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