Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home

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Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home Jeffrey Goodman, CEO, Committee of 100 Shreveport-Bossier

Excited for the Committee of 100 to partner with Shreveport Citizens United for today’s Mooretown Neighborhood Fun Fest ...
10/24/2026

Excited for the Committee of 100 to partner with Shreveport Citizens United for today’s Mooretown Neighborhood Fun Fest & Resource Rally!

This event brings together local employers, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and community organizations to connect residents with job opportunities, health services, and other valuable resources.

It’s also an important part of our broader commitment to Mooretown and the western gateway to Shreveport. Through C100’s Gateway to Shreveport initiative, we’re working with residents, businesses, and government partners to make this corridor safer, cleaner, more welcoming, and better positioned for economic growth.

From the archives: January 18, 2005.More than 20 years ago, The Shreveport Times published this story about my hopes of ...
10/13/2026

From the archives: January 18, 2005.

More than 20 years ago, The Shreveport Times published this story about my hopes of making my first feature film.

Three years later, The Last Lullaby, starring Tom Sizemore and Sasha Alexander, premiered.

We made the entire film here in Shreveport-Bossier, thanks in large part to the support of local investors and a wonderful cast and crew.

Now, all these years later, the film is preparing for a new Blu-ray release through Kino Lorber.

It’s been interesting looking back at where the journey began.

A Shreveport-made film is getting a new life on Blu-ray. The Last Lullaby, my 2008 feature, was filmed in and around Sh...
10/04/2026

A Shreveport-made film is getting a new life on Blu-ray. The Last Lullaby, my 2008 feature, was filmed in and around Shreveport, with local people and places at the heart of its production.

Kino Lorber is releasing it in December, with a new commentary by co-screenwriter Max Allan Collins, moderator Heath Holland, and me. I'm glad this film - and a little piece of our region - will reach a new audience.

I have big shoes to fill.My mom's. My mother, Sylvia Goodman - bottom row, far right - was among the people pictured he...
10/01/2026

I have big shoes to fill.

My mom's.

My mother, Sylvia Goodman - bottom row, far right - was among the people pictured here who helped bring the first Red River Revel to life. She also came up with its name.

What we now think of as a Shreveport institution began with people who had an idea - and cared enough to make it happen.

Their example stays with me as I work to help our region move forward.

What might we begin today that will continue to brighten this community fifty years from now?

https://redriverrevel.com/revel-one/

Friday evening, I had the honor of attending Eighth Air Force’s year-end civic leader dinner. One of the highlights was ...
09/28/2026

Friday evening, I had the honor of attending Eighth Air Force’s year-end civic leader dinner. One of the highlights was seeing former Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker, whose service to Barksdale and our community spans decades.

Moments like this remind me how much of the relationship between Barksdale and Shreveport–Bossier has been built by people who kept showing up for both. I’m grateful to be part of that work today.

Thanks to his daughter Linda for capturing this photo.

One line from former Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s presentation to C100 yesterday has stayed with me:“Tackled generation...
09/25/2026

One line from former Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s presentation to C100 yesterday has stayed with me:

“Tackled generational problems that others had learned to live with.”

Some challenges have been with Shreveport–Bossier so long they can feel permanent. They aren’t.

A city’s future doesn’t just happen. Its people work together to shape it.

Have you ever looked down from an airplane or a high-rise and thought you understood a place—only to discover that it lo...
09/19/2026

Have you ever looked down from an airplane or a high-rise and thought you understood a place—only to discover that it looked completely different at street level?

I value both perspectives. From above, you see the big picture. On the ground, you see the details—and meet the people.

This morning, I participated in a neighborhood cleanup in Mooretown. As we walked down one street, a 10-year-old boy ran into his front yard and asked, “I want to participate. Would it be okay if I participate?”

Then he joined us in cleaning his street and his neighborhood.

A community looks different up close.

So does its future.

09/16/2026

A few years ago, I recorded 158 episodes of a podcast about Shreveport-Bossier.

Looking back, possibly the single most important question I asked was the very first question I asked my very first guest.

Here it was.

I think about this question even more today.

How do we build a community where more of the people who grow up here choose to stay, build their lives and raise their families here?

Before the rest of the world knew their names, their stories began here.Terry Bradshaw.Four Super Bowls.Robert Parish.Fo...
09/12/2026

Before the rest of the world knew their names, their stories began here.

Terry Bradshaw.
Four Super Bowls.

Robert Parish.
Four NBA championships.

Christian Harrison.
Two Grand Slams.

Greatness has come from here before.

It’s being built here right now.

Let’s raise our expectations for what comes next.

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