“March 21 is the day I started working,” Chandler said. “We went to Baton Rouge two or three times and had a one-on-one with the governor. One of the things we discussed was the Jimmie Davis Bridge. We had $24 million already, and he gave us another $100 million.

Davisson completed the rigorous requirements that include course work and a series of examinations covering preand post-retirement needs, asset management, estate planning and the entire retirement planning process using models Davisson.

Mayor Perkins and city department leaders of Shreveport have spent their evenings over the last month holding community meetings and listening to individual citizens express their vision for Shreveport. The sessions sought citizen input on the best use of money from the federal government to city governments after the pandemic.