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City launches retail-market analysis, digital licensing and corridor planning efforts
Summary
Economic development staff said the city is engaging Retail Strategies for grocery/retail market analysis, moving liquor-license processing online, and pursuing federal funds to improve Monkhouse Drive and other corridors.
An economic development staff member identified as Bill told the council the department is working on several initiatives intended to make Shreveport more attractive to retailers and to reduce administrative friction for local businesses.
Bill said the city will partner with Retail Strategies for a market analysis and retail-recruitment effort that will provide traffic counts, demographics and other indicators used by grocery and national retailers. He said that for…
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