Shreveport launches Block by Block Phase 2 in Highland, Mooretown

Shreveport has begun the second phase of its Block by Block Initiative, moving an estimated $2.5 million to $3 million in neighborhood investment toward projects in Highland and Mooretown.

The City of Shreveport announced the Phase 2 start on July 15. The work is intended to bring infrastructure, safety and community-facility improvements to the two neighborhoods, though the city has not released a full project-by-project budget or construction schedule.

For residents, the immediate change is that the city’s neighborhood-focused program has moved into a new phase with named target areas and planned work. The announcement does not mean every project is complete or underway; timelines for the individual improvements were not specified.

Sidewalk and safety work planned in Highland

Initial Phase 2 projects include sidewalk and safety improvements in Highland. The available information does not identify the specific streets, the scope of each improvement or expected completion dates.

Those details matter because the reported $2.5 million to $3 million figure is an estimate for the projects rather than a published breakdown of costs by neighborhood or project type. The sources also do not establish the funding source for every element of the initiative, so the investment should not be characterized as entirely general-fund spending.

The City of Shreveport’s mayoral office lists the Phase 2 announcement as part of the city’s Block by Block program, providing official confirmation that the effort is a municipal initiative.

Community facility redevelopment is part of the plan

Phase 2 also includes a plan to redevelop a school cafeteria and auditorium into a senior-center and community-meeting facility. That portion remains planned work, not an open facility. The available reporting does not provide a construction start date, a completion date, final financing details or confirmation of the school facility’s ownership.

Those unanswered questions will shape what comes next. Before the community facility can move from a stated plan to a completed neighborhood asset, the city or the relevant school district would need to provide further information on the property arrangement, funding and project schedule.

City describes an ongoing neighborhood effort

Mayor Tom Arceneaux has described Block by Block as an ongoing neighborhood investment rather than a one-time cleanup effort. That framing distinguishes the initiative from a short-term beautification campaign: the announced Phase 2 work combines physical infrastructure, safety-related improvements and a proposed shared community space.

The scope now outlined for Highland and Mooretown is substantial in local terms, but the public record supplied for the announcement leaves key implementation questions unresolved. Residents and city observers will be looking for project locations, contracts or budgets, work schedules and updates on the proposed senior-center and meeting facility.

For now, the confirmed development is the Phase 2 launch and the city’s estimated investment range. The sidewalk, safety and community-facility elements remain projects in progress or in planning, with no published completion deadlines in the available information.