The five finalists recommended for consideration as the lead consultant of a new City/Parish Master Plan have traveled from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia and Texas to Shreveport, to present their plans and proposals for future growth to citizens and members of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission.

Their presentations will take center stage Wednesday November 19, 2008 at the Robinson Film Center at 617 Texas Street from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The public is invited. Free parking will be available at the First United Methodist Church back lot, located at the corner of Douglas and Milam Streets.

The consulting firms selected by the MPC as finalists and presentation times:

8:30 a.m. Design Workshop – Austin, Texas

9:55 a.m. EDAW, Inc. – Atlanta, Georgia

11:20 a.m. Goody Clancy – Boston, Massachusetts

12:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK-LUNCH BREAK

1:30 p.m. A. Nelessen Associates – Belle Mead, New Jersey

3:00 p.m. Wallace, Roberts & Todd, LLC – Coral Gables, Florida

“This is an effort to give the entire community an opportunity to meet the finalists and hear their plans for taking us through one of the most important roadmaps for the future of Shreveport and Caddo Parish,” says Charles Kirkland, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission. “We’re excited and we’re ready to get started.”