It will be a 30,000- to 45,000-square-foot facility behind the Silver Star Grille in south Shreveport. An anonymous donor came forward to get the construction started. The YMCA will raise the remainder of the project funds as the construction process begins.

institutions. In the United States, overdraft fees generated over $12.4 billion in fee income in 2020.* ANECA already offers early access to direct deposit payments, and the ANECA team sees the elimination of these fees as yet another member-first solution.

Credit unions are local institutions that offer an alternative to traditional banks. They offer the same lending and saving services. And, like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the National Credit Union Association insures deposits at credit unions up to $250,000.

The Y once owned about 50 acres of property at the site. Camp Forbing was home to the Y’s summer camp programs and a swimming pool, among other things. The Y took over operations there in the 1940s from the Louisiana Sunday School Association and operated the camp for 75 years.

One of every five U.S. residents lives within a 500- mile radius of Shreveport, making the location enviable for distribution and logistics companies. Amazon will begin construction of its Shreveport fulfillment center immediately, with plans to open the site in September 2022 in time for its busiest e-commerce season.

One of every five U.S. residents lives within a 500- mile radius of Shreveport, making the location enviable for distribution and logistics companies. Amazon will begin construction of its Shreveport fulfillment center immediately, with plans to open the site in September 2022 in time for its busiest e-commerce season.

“Tim James looks for projects like this,” Bradford said. “He was looking for growth and expansion in his business. He has some relationships here in Shreveport. He looked at our issues here, where a river separates two economically thriving communities — south Shreveport and south Bossier City — and the need to improve transit between the two.

“Allendale is right there next to downtown,” Brown said. “Allendale is kind of this gateway to the downtown area. A city is only as strong as its weakest neighborhood. Right now, Allendale is one of its weakest neighborhoods. That’s why I believe Shreveport is not strong.