Meeting held at Morning Star Baptist Church to address blight in Shreveport’s Mooretown area

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Community members filled the seats at Morning Star Baptist Church Sept. 4 to learn about the Block by Block initiative.

Block by Block is a neighborhood-based strategy meant to combat blight and revitalize areas across Shreveport.

Block by Block initiative encourages residents to help combat blight, revitalize Shreveport

”So block by block was started really at the beginning of the year. Our mayor, Mayor Arceneaux, decided to focus on blight. That’s something that is prevalent around Shreveport,“ Bill Sabot, the Director of Economic Development for the City of Shreveport, said. ”It’s something we have to address. And the idea with Block by Block and the as the name implies, you can’t take on a whole city. You can’t even take on a whole neighborhood. So what we’r