Shreveport Fire Chief Clarence Ross and members of the SFD, along with volunteers and city leaders, worked with Shreveport Green to enlarge the Dr. Martin Luther King neighborhood community garden this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Shreveport Green, a Keep Louisiana Beautiful Community Affiliate, received $25,000 from The Lowe’s Hometowns program for a Martin Luther King Community Garden project in 2022.
They were able to construct a pergola and fencing, plus paint a large storage container and improve six vegetable beds with the funding last September when Lowe’s employees and Shreveport Green volunteers completed the $25,000 project at the junction of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Legardy Street.