Equipping Businesses With Digital Signage Menu Boards in Shreveport LA

The Shreve Town Company, established in 1836 to develop a town at the confluence of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas, founded Shreveport. This path crossed into Mexico before Texas became independence. It flourished throughout the twentieth century and became a national center for the oil industry with the discovery of oil in Louisiana. Until the 1960s and 1980s, the city was home to Standard Oil of Louisiana (which was absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey and is now part of ExxonMobil) and United Gas Corporation (which is now part of Pennzoil). It battled with a dwindling population, poverty, narcotics, and violent crime with the loss of jobs in the oil business, the closure of Shreveport Operations (a General Motors vehicle manufacturing), and other economic woes. The city, on the other hand, continues to work to improve its infrastructure, diversify its economy, and reduce crime. Despite these efforts, in 2021, the city saw the largest number of homicides in its history, surpassing the previous high of 1993.

The Ark-La-Tex region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, has Shreveport as its educational, commercial, and cultural center. Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, Southern University of Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University are all located there. Bossier Parish Community College is located in its neighboring suburb, Bossier City. It connects Shreveport, Bossier City, Ruston, Grambling, and Monroe to Dallas and Tyler, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the I-20 Cyber Corridor. Amazon, Regions Financial Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, AT&T Mobility, United Parcel Service, Walmart, Chick-fil-A, Waffle House, SWEPCO, General Electric, UOP LLC, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, and APS Payroll are among the companies with significant operations or headquarters in Shreveport.