Introducon

Thanks for your interest in North Louisiana. Our region includes 14 parishes and is recognized as one of the most diverse and balanced economies of its size in the naon. North Louisiana has always served as a strategic locaon. From its earliest days, the region has been a key place for commerce and westward expansion. Today, North Louisiana remains a strategically located, cost compeve business locaon that connues to aract capital investment and jobs from companies with es around the globe.

The informaon presented represents the most reliable and current data available for the 14 parish region gathered from recognized and credible sources. The directory is the result of an ongoing partnership with the Center for Business and Economic Research at Louisiana State University in Shreveport (CBER, www.lsus.edu/cber) and the valued financial support of State of Louisiana Department of Economic Development.

About the NLEP The North Louisiana Economic Partnership (NLEP) is a non‐profit economic development markeng organizaon promong North Louisiana as a desirable and profitable business locaon. The NLEP and its many partners work with both exisng companies and prospecve employers to encourage incremental capital investment and job creaon as a way to build a strong and thriving economy.

The NLEP serves as a “first stop shop” where prospects can iniate their real estate search, access reliable informaon and connect with experts and area leaders. NLEP also offers customized services to support exisng business growth. The intent is to simplify and expedite the company’s decision‐making process. Our services, which are provided on a complimentary, customized and confidenal basis, fall into two main categories: business development and workforce markeng services.

About Alliance Partners Alliance Partners is a network of staff professionals and/or key volunteers from local, parish, or regional organizaons involved in economic development across the 14 parishes of North Louisiana. These members have formed an alliance to jointly promote and market North Louisiana. The networking between Alliance Partners helps coordinate markeng efforts in an effecve and efficient manner.

Shreveport: 400 Edwards Street • Shreveport, Louisiana • Telephone: (318) 677.2536 Monroe: 1900 N 18th Street • Monroe, Louisiana • Telephone: (318) 387‐0787 www.nlep.org

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ALLIANCE PARTNERS

Company Company AEP Swepco LSUS Center for Business and Economic Research Arcadia/Bienville Parish Chamber of Commerce LSUS Small Business Development Center Atmos Energy Minden South Webster Chamber of Commerce Bastrop‐Morehouse Chamber Monroe Chamber of Commerce Biomedical Research Foundaon Monroe Downtown Econ. Dev. District Bossier Chamber of Commerce Monroe Regional Airport Caddo Bossier Port Morehouse Economic Development Corporaon Camp Minden Industrial Park Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce Camp Minden Training Site Natchitoches Parish PORT CenterPoint Energy North Delta Regional Planning & Dev. City of Bastrop North Webster Parish Indusal District City of Bossier City NOVA Workforce Instute of Northeast Louisiana City of Minden Ouachita Terminals City of Monroe Red River Chamber of Commerce City of Natchitoches Red River Waterway Commission City of Ruston Ruston/Lincoln Chamber of Commerce City of Shreveport Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce City of West Monroe Sabine Parish Tourist Bureau Claiborne Chamber of Commerce Shreveport Airport Authority Claiborne Electric Cooperave, Inc. Shreveport‐Bossier African American Chamber of Commerce Cleco Power LLC South Webster Industrial District ‐ Argent Advisors, Inc. Consorum for Educaon Research & Technology of Springhill ‐ North Webster Chamber of Commerce North Louisiana (CERT) Coordinang & Development Corporaon Sterlington Chamber of Commerce Cyber Innovaon Center Strategic Acon Council CDC DADCO Consulng Town of Arcadia DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce Town of Farmerville DeSoto Parish Police Jury Town of Greenwood Shreveport Downtown Development Authority Town of Many Entergy Louisiana Town of Plain Dealing Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon Town of Richwood Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Town of Vivian Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Union Parish Chamber of Commerce Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce Village of Simsboro Kansas City Southern Railroad Vivian Economic Development Corporaon (VEDC) Louisiana Delta Community College Ward II Industrial District Louisiana Small Business Development Center Weyerhaeuser Louisiana Tech University

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North Louisiana Fourteen Parish Region

Our region is recognized as one of the most diverse and balanced economies of its size in the naon. North Louisiana always has been a strategic locaon. From its earliest days, the region has been a key place for commerce and westward expansion. Today, North Louisiana remains a strategically located, cost compeve business locaon that connues to aract capital investment and jobs from companies with es around the globe. The diverse 14 parish region of North Louisiana includes Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Union, and Webster parishes.

Union Parish Morehouse Parish Bossier Parish Claiborne Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 22,732 Esmate: 27,608 Esmate: 119,732 Esmate: 16,914

Lincoln Parish Webster Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 46,856 Ouachita Parish Caddo Parish Esmate: 41,288 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Bienville Parish Esmate: 154,919 Esmate: 257,051 2011 Populaon Jackson Parish Esmate: 14,335 2011 Populaon Esmate: 16,323 Red River Parish DeSoto Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 8,890 Esmate: 26,812

Natchitoches Parish 2011 Populaon Esmate: 39,442 Sabine Parish 2011 Populaon Esmate: 24,526

Louisiana

Source: U.S. Census ‐ 2011 Populaon Division

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Table of Contents

Major Cies Map ...... vi Fourteen Parish Region Map ...... vii ACCRA Cost of Living Index — Shreveport‐Bossier City and Monroe Metropolitan Areas ...... 1 Populaon & Demographics ...... 2 Populaon Change 1990 ‐ 2011 with 5‐year Forecast ...... 2 Percent of Populaon by Age Group ...... 2 Race, Ethnic and Gender Composion ...... 2 Households ...... 3 Median Household Income 1990 ‐ 2011 with 5 Year Forecast ...... 3 Percentage of Household by (EBI) Group ...... 4 Transportaon ...... 5 Road Transportaon ...... 5 Motor Freight Service ...... 5 Public Transportaon ...... 5 Railroads ...... 5 Ports ...... 6 Airports……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………..7 Climate ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………….8 Precipitaon ...... 8 Temperature ...... 8 Recreaon & The Arts ...... 9 Bienville Parish ...... 9 Bossier Parish ...... 9 Caddo Parish ...... 10 Claiborne Parish ...... 11 DeSoto Parish ...... 12 Jackson Parish ...... 12 Lincoln Parish ...... 12 Morehouse Parish ...... 13 Natchitoches Parish ...... 14 Ouachita Parish ...... 15 Red River Parish ...... 15 Sabine Parish ...... 15 Union Parish ...... 16 Webster Parish ...... 16 Health Care — Hospitals ...... 17 Educaon ...... 19 Elementary and Secondary Educaon ...... 19 Instuons of Higher Learning ...... 20

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Table of Contents (connued)

Business Environment ...... 22 Business Firms ...... 22 Firms by Employment Size ...... 22 Business Establishments by Industry, 2010 ...... 22 Major Employers ...... 23 Workforce ...... 24 Labor Force Growth 2000 ‐ 2011 ...... 24 Average Employment ...... 24 Total Payroll Employment ...... 25 Wage Rates for Selected Occupaons ...... 26 Industrial Parks ...... 27 Bienville Parish ...... 27 Bossier Parish ...... 27 Caddo Parish ...... 28 Claiborne Parish ...... 29 DeSoto Parish ...... 30 Jackson Parish ...... 31 Lincoln Parish ...... 31 Morehouse Parish ...... 31 Natchitoches Parish ...... 32 Ouachita Parish ...... 33 Red River Parish ...... 33 Sabine Parish ...... 33 Union Parish ...... 33 Webster Parish ...... 34 Military Installaons ...... 35 Barksdale Air Force Base ...... 35 Camp Minden ...... 36 Taxes ……………………...... 37 Louisiana Tax Rates ...... 37 Corporate Franchise Tax ...... 37 Personal Income Tax ...... 37 Unemployment Insurance Tax ...... 37 Property Tax ...... 37 Sales/Use Tax ...... 38 Ulies…...... 39 Electric Power ...... 39 Natural Gas ...... 39 Water & Sewer ...... 39 Telecommunicaons/Cable ...... 40 Appendix…...... 42 Parish Profiles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….43

North Louisiana Regional Profile • v Relave Locaon of Shreveport‐Bossier and Monroe‐West Monroe to Other Major Cies

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Major Routes in the North Louisiana Fourteen Parish Region

R 82 Bus 82 79 Proposed I-49 Corridor 82 Proposed I-69 Corridor

371 71

63 Union Claiborne Morehouse 425 Bossier Webster Poverty Point NMON Lincoln Caddo Minden Monroe 167 20 Shreveport-Bossier City 371 Ouachita Bienville Jackson 135 171

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Red River DeSoto

171

Proposed I-69 Corridor 84 65 Natchitoches Kisatchie NF

Sabine NF Sabine 49 165

165 Bus 96

y iana Railwa Angelina NF Louis

167

019012.5 25 50 75 100 Miles

71 10 Big Thicket NPRES 165

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Cost of Living

ACCRA Cost of Living Index —Shreveport‐Bossier City and Monroe Metropolitan Area* The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) produces the ACCRA Cost of Living Index to provide a useful and reasonably accurate measure to compare cost of living differences among urban areas. Items on which the Index is based have been carefully chosen to reflect the difference categories of consumer expenditures. Weights assigned to relave costs are based on government survey data on expenditure paerns for midmanagement households. All items are priced in each place at a specified me and according to standardized specificaons. The index is based on the following categories: Grocery(13%), Housing(28%), Ulies(10%), Transportaon(10%), Health(4%), and Miscellaneous(35%).

ACCRA Cost of Living Index — Average 2011 Annual Data

Springfield, MO 88.8

Oklahoma City, OK 90.5

Des Moines, IA 91.2

Dayton, OH 93.1

Monroe, LA 93.4

Evansville, IN 93.4

Huntsville, AL 93.6 Shreveport-Bossier 95.6 City Dallas, TX 96.2

Atlanta, GA 97.3

Lafayette, LA 97.9

Richmond, VA 100.1

Cleveland, OH 101.4

85 90 95 100 105 110 115

*Cost of Living Index is used to measure the cost of living in metropolitan areas and is not available for the region.

Source: The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) Cost of Living Index, Average 2011 Annual Data.

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Populaon & Demographics

Fourteen‐Parish Region Populaon Change 1990 ‐ 2011 with 5‐year Forecast

(Forecast) 2016 856,977

(Estimated) 2011 817,428

2010 811,678

2000 781,540

756,047 1990

740,000 760,000 780,000 800,000 820,000 840,000 860,000

Percent of Populaon by Age Group (2011)

25.0% 20.7% Region Louisiana United States 20.7% 20.2% 20.0%

15.3% 14.8% 13.7% 13.8% 14.1% 14.3% 15.0% 13.9% 13.4%12.7% 13.7% 13.2% 12.0% 11.2%11.3% 11.3% 10.0% 7.3% 6.9%6.9% 6.7% 6.2% 5.8% 5.0%

0.0% 0‐14 15‐24 25‐34 35‐44 45‐54 55‐64 65‐74 75+ Age Group

Race, Ethnic and Gender Composion (2011) Region

Caucasian 58.1% Male 48.1% African ‐ American 37.8% Female 51.9% Other Races 4.2% Hispanic 2.9%

Source: US Census– 2000, 2010 and 2011 Populaon Division; SRC.LLC (DemographicsNow.com)

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Households

Median Household Income 1990 ‐ 2011 with 5 Year Forecast

Region Louisiana United States

$58,708 $53,616 $52,041 $49,735 $44,544 $42,430 $43,260 $42,257 $39,485 $37,310 $32,927 $30,102 $30,866 $21,969 $20,864

1990 2000 2010 2011 2016

Percentage of Household by Income (2011 Household Income)

Region Louisiana United States

35.7%

28.1% 27.7%

23.6% 23.8%

19.8% 19.4% 18.9% 18.6% 17.5% 16.6% 17.3%

12.2% 11.7%

8.3%

Under $20,000 $20,000‐$29,999 $30,000‐$49,999 $50,000‐$74,999 Over $75,000

Source: SRC, LLC (DemographicsNow.com)

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Households

Percentage of Household by (EBI) Group (2011 Disposable Household Income)

(EBI) Effecve Buying Income is defined as money income less personal tax and non‐tax payments, a number oen referred to as disposable” or “aer tax” income.

Region Louisiana United States

29.4%

25.2% 23.2% 23.3% 23.6% 22.9% 21.7% 18.9% 18.3% 19.8% 17.5% 15.0% 14.3% 14.3% 12.9%

Under $20,000 $20,000‐$29,999 $30,000‐$49,999 $50,000‐$74,999 Over $75,000

Source: SRC, LLC (DemographicsNow.com)

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Transportaon

Road Transportaon • The Region is served by 3 Interstate Highways: I‐20, I‐49 and I‐220. Proposed I‐69 will also serve the region. • U.S. Highways 63, 71, 79, 80 , 84, 165, 167, 171, 371, 425 serves the Region in addion to following Louisi‐ ana state highways: 1 9 118 143 152 160 173 392 487 511 522 532 546 764 1218 2 15 119 145 153 162 174 473 493 514 523 533 551 789 3015 3 21 120 146 154 163 175 474 494 515 526 534 556 792 3118 4 33 133 147 155 164 177 476 507 517 527 538 563 821 3132 5 34 134 149 156 168 179 478 508 518 528 540 593 822 3175 6 72 137 150 157 170 185 483 509 519 530 544 614 1215 3229 7 117 139 151 159 172 191 484 510 520 531 545 615 1216

Motor Freight Service ● Next day and second day motor freight delivery from Northwest Louisiana encompasses most of the Sunbelt and Midwest U. S. ● Northwest Louisiana has convenient access to I‐20 (east‐west) and to I‐49 (north‐south) which connects Shreveport to I‐10 (east‐west) in South Louisiana ● Overnight delivery service can reach more than 43 million people

Public Transportaon SporTran (Shreveport Transit System) is the largest public transportaon system in the region, located in Shreveport, it provides service to Shreveport and Bossier City: ● 50 buses operate 7 days a week ● 9 vans operate a demand‐response para transit system 7 days a week with 3 vans available on weekends • Discount fares accommodate students, senior cizens and monthly riders Monroe Transit System (MTS) is the public transit provider for the Monroe area. Operated by the City of Monroe , MTS provides both fixed‐route bus service and demand‐response Para transit service. • Many routes providing service every 45 minutes Monday through Saturday. • 16 routes covering the Monroe metro area. In addion, since there are no other public transportaon systems in the region, local Council on Aging and/or Office of Community services provide van transportaon within the Region. Railroads Serving the Region • Union Pacific Railroad (UP)—Class I railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska • Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)—Class I railroad headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri • Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)— Short‐line railroad headquartered in Homer, Louisiana; Operates a 62.6 mile line from McNeil, Arkansas to Gibsland, Louisiana in Claiborne Parish where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway • Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS) owned by Watco Companies— Operates 157 miles of track. Northern branch runs from Shreveport to Sibley, LA, north to Springhill, LA. The southern branch runs from Gibsland to Pineville Juncon, LA. LAS interchanges with the KCS at Gibsland, Sibley and Pineville, LA. • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) — Class I railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas operates in Caddo Parish, Louisiana ulizing the UP tracks from Logansport through Shreveport to Texarkana. • Arkansas & Louisiana Mississippi Railroad (ALM) — ALM operates freight service from Crosse, AR to Monroe, LA (53 miles). ALM connects with KCS at Monroe, LA and Franklin and Pisburg Railroad at Crosse, AR.

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Transportaon Ports Port of Shreveport‐Bossier • 2,000 acre mul‐modal complex located at the head of the J. Benne Johnston Red River Waterway • Convenient access to I‐20 , I‐49 and within the proposed I‐69 corridor • Port of Entry for Foreign Trade and Enterprise Zone and U.S. Customs ● General cargo and liquid wharves ● 3,200 foot long slack water harbor and turning basin ● Comprehensive rail network and two locomove switch engines ● Rail links to Union Pacific main line rail, Kansas City Southern and Burlington Northern Santa Fe ● On‐dock rail and roll‐on/roll‐off ramp • 9 . depth and 200 . width channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers • Primary cargoes —liquid products, aggregate, coiled steel, plate steel, ferlizer, ship modules, over dimensional cargoes, containers, scrap steel, steel beams, coal, re chips, logs, and industrial wastewater • Contact: Caddo‐Bossier Port Commission, (318) 524‐2272

Port of Natchitoches • 307 acre facility located in the center of the state, on LA Hwy 6 with easy access to I‐49 and has direct rail access to the Kansas City Southern Railroad • The only Slack Water Port on the Red River • Averages over 100,000 tons of bulk cargo annually and has a new $4.5 million general cargo dock and 60,000 square foot transit shed, rail spur and access road • 9 . dra main channel depth • Primary cargoes—aggregate, forest products • Handled approximately 132,781 tons of cargo in 2007 • Contact: The Natchitoches Port Commission, (318) 356‐9686

Port of Red River Parish ● 50 acre port located at Hanna on the west side of the Red River, adjacent to LA 1 and the Union Pacific Railroad, and near I‐49 • Developing an infrastructure to include an access road, mooring dolphins and a bulk load‐out facility • Future work will add a dock facility, 100‐ton crane, concrete storage area, truck scales and other ancillary improvements • Handled approximately 28,671 tons of bulk commodies in 2007 • 9 . dra main channel depth • Primary cargoes—Inbound—aggregate, agricultural lime and outbound—fly ash • Contact: The Natchitoches Port Commission, (318) 356‐9686 Greater Ouachita Parish Port • Located at river milepost 164 on the west bank of the Ouachita River on southern edge of West Monroe, LA. • Rail spur, dock, crane, and container storage area • Handled 1,130,505 tons of cargo in 2008 • 9 . dra main channel depth by 150 feet wide • Primary cargoes—Inbound: Furniture, baby supplies, fuel; Outbound: Paper, Coon, Oil, Steel. • Contact: Greater Ouachita Parish Port Commission (318) 998‐1271

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Transportaon Airports Arcadia‐Bienville Parish Airport Shreveport Downtown Airport Bienville Parish Jonesboro Airport Caddo Parish Located 2 miles southwest of Located 3 miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana. Located 3 miles South of Jonesboro central Four runways two 5,018 x 150 . and two Arcadia, Louisiana. Two runways business district. Covers 140 acres, one 3,200 x 75 . Ninety‐eight single engine 3,000 x 75 . Five single engine runway 3,203 feet and is owned by city of airplane, 20 mul engine airplanes, 5 aircra based on the field. Owned by helicopters, and 2 ultralights are based on the Jonesboro. field. Owned by the Shreveport Airport the City of Arcadia. Authority Minden‐Webster Airport Bluebird Hill Airport Webster Parish Shreveport Regional Airport Caddo Parish Located 2 miles northwest of Minden, Caddo Parish Located 2 miles northeast of Louisiana. Two runways 5,004 x 75 . Located 4 miles southwest of Shreveport, Keithville, Louisiana. Two runways Nineteen single engine airplanes, 4 mul Louisiana. Four runways two 8,351 x 200 . 3,000 x 40 . Twelve single engine engine airplanes and 1 ultralight are based and two 6,202 x 150 . Twenty‐two single airplanes, 4 glider airplanes and 5 on the field. Owned by the City of Minden. engine airplanes, 19 mul engine airplanes, 10 ultralights are based on the field. jet airplanes, and 1 helicopter are based on the Privately‐owned by Hugh R. Hunton. Monroe Regional Airport field. Owned by the City of Shreveport. Five Located 4 miles east of the City of Monroe. airlines provide service: American Eagle C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport Access to the airport is obtained through Airlines service to Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX and DeSoto Parish Interstate 20/Exit 120 and Louisiana Chicago, IL; Allegiant Air service to Las Vegas, NV and Orlando, FL; Atlanc Southeast Located 3 miles northwest of Highway 80/Kansas Lane. MLU encompasses Airlines (ASA) service to DFW and Atlanta, GA; Mansfield, Louisiana. Two runways approximately 2,600 acres, has two 5000’ 4,500 x 100 . Eight single engine Connental Express Airlines service to runways, one 7500’ runway and is owned airplanes and 1 mul engine airplane Houston, TX; Northwest Airlink service to are based on the field. Owned by the and operated by the City of Monroe. Memphis, TN and Detroit, MI. DeSoto Parish Police Jury. Morehouse Memorial Airport Springhill Airport Farmerville Airport Serves Bastrop and Morehouse parish and is Webster Parish Farmerville Airport serves Farmerville owned by the City Of Bastrop. The paved Located 3 miles East of Springhill, Louisiana. and Union Parish and is owned by runway extends for 4000 feet. The facility is Two runways 4.002 x 75 . Five single engine Union Parish Police Jury. The paved at an elevaon of 167 feet at a distance of airplanes and 1 mul engine airplane are based runway extends for 2997 feet. The about 2 miles from Bastrop. on the field. Owned by the City of Springhill. facility is at an elevaon of 121 feet Natchitoches Regional Airport Thackers Airport at a distance of about 4 miles from Natchitoches Parish Caddo Parish Farmerville. Located 2 miles south of Natchitoches, Located 3 miles north of Oil City, Louisiana. Louisiana. Four runways, two 5,003 x 150 . Hart Airport Two runways 2,900 x 50 . Three single engine and two 4,000 x 100 . Thirty‐three single Sabine Parish aircra based on the field. Privately‐owned by engine airplanes, 2 mul engine airplanes, 2 Located 2 miles southwest of Many, Ms. James Dewey Thacker. helicopters, and 1 ultralights are based on Louisiana. Two runways 4,402 x 75 the field. Owned by City of Natchitoches. . Four single engine airplanes, 1 Vivian Airport mul engine airplane and 2 Caddo Parish Red River Airport ultralights are based on the field. Located 2 miles southwest of Vivian, Louisiana. Red River Parish Owned by the City of Many. Two runways 2,998 x 75 . Five single engine Located 2 miles southeast of Coushaa, airplanes, 2 helicopters, and 1 ultralights are Louisiana. Two runways 5,000 x 75 . Five Homer Municipal Airport based on the field. Privately‐owned by Jarrell single engine aircra based on the field. Claiborne Parish Ward. Located 3 miles east of Homer, Owned by the Red River Parish Police Jury. Louisiana. Two runways 3,199 x 60 . Two single engine aircra based Ruston Regional Airport on the field. Owned by the City of Lincoln Parish Homer. Located 3 miles east of Ruston, Louisiana. Two runways 5,000 x 100 . Thirty single Ida's Heliport engine airplanes, 5 mul engine airplanes Caddo Parish and 2 jet airplanes are based on the field. Located in Ida, Louisiana. One Owned by the City of Ruston. Helipad 40 x 40 . Owned by the Village of Ida. SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT

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Climate

The Shreveport‐Bossier City area has a humid subtropical climate. Rainfall is abundant, with the normal annual precipitaon averaging nearly 47 inches, with monthly averages ranging from less than 3 inches in August to more than 5 inches in May. Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and tornadoes occur in the area during the spring and summer months. The winter months are normally mild, with an average of 35 days of freezing or below‐freezing temperatures per year, with ice and sleet storms possible. Summer months are hot and humid, with maximum temperatures exceeding 90 degrees an average of 91 days per year, with high to very high relave average humidity, somemes exceeding the 90 percent level.

Precipitaon

● Annual rainfall per year — 2011 33.07 inches ● Measurable snow occurs on average once every 2 years; 5.0 inches measured in 2011.

Temperature •Average warmest months are July‐August •Average Temperature 68°F •The highest recorded temperature was 109°F in 2000 •The average coolest month is January •The lowest recorded temperature was –2°F in 1930 •The maximum average precipitaon occurs in May

Average Temperatures — 2011

104.4 99.6 97.6 91.5 92.5 88.1 85.4 83.3 84.5 82.2 78.6 80 76.5 78.6 73.4 72.2 70.8 73.3 69.9 64.8 67.4 68.2 61.8 62.3 58.3 60.3 58.8 58.3 56.4 53.7 52.6 50.5 48.8 48.4 47.7 44.5 39.2 39.3 35.3

Jan. Feb. Mar April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg.

Average high Average Low Average

Source: Naonal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraon (NOAA)

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Recreaon & The Arts

BIENVILLE PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

2 community swimming pools Bonnie and Clyde Trade Days 8 tennis courts Christmas Parade/Fesval ‐ Arcadia Briarwood Gardens Crawfish Fesval in late Spring Colbert Place built by Captain James Pollard Murphy Fire Ant Fesval ‐ Castor Down Home built by Catle G. Thurmond in 1853 Jonquil Jubilee ‐ Gibsland ‐ March Driskill Mountain, at 535 feet above sea level Mill Creek Reservoir ‐ Saline Jackson‐Bienville Wildlife Management Area Mount Lebanon Church Homecoming ‐ Mt. Lebanon Lake Bisneau with a State park Old Mount Lebanon Day and Chili Cook‐Off ‐ Mt. Lebanon Stagecoach Trail Museum Possums Unlimited Fesval The Blue Hole, spring near Kepler Creek Lake Saline Watermelon Fesval The Bonnie and Clyde Ambush site south of Mt. Leb‐ Slab Town Fesval ‐ Ringgold anon Stage Coach Tour of historic buildings The Dog Trot Stagecoach Trail Days & Quilt Show ‐ Mt. Lebanon The Prothro Place built in the 1850s The Stage Coach Inn built in 1847 by Rueben Drake Trails End Golf Course

BOSSIER PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Arthur Ray Teague Parkway Park Benton on the Square Folk Art Fesval Boomtown Casino & Hotel Bossier Arts Council Bossier Civic Center East Bank Theatre Bossier Parish Library Historical Society Barksdale Air Force Base Open House CenturyLink Center City and Parish Parks Cypress Nature Study Center Cypress‐Black Bayou Recreaon Area Diamond Jack's Casino & Resort East Bank Gallery Eighth Air Force Museum Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Harrah’s Louisiana Downs ‐ Horse Racing Harrah's Louisiana Downs North Bossier Tennis Center Palmeo Country Club Party Central Family Fun Center Red River Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino Stonebridge Golf Club Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum

HARRAH’S HORSESHOE CASINO & HOTEL

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Recreaon & The Arts

CADDO PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS

Airport Park Tennis Center Municipal Auditorium Alpine Meadows Golf Club Noel Collecon ‐ LSUS American Rose Center Northwood Golf & Country Club Ark‐La‐Tex Anque and Classic Vehicle Museum Olde Oaks Golf Club Ark‐La‐Tex Speedway ‐ Stock Cars Party Central Family Fun Center Arts on Fire Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club Barnwell Garden and Art Center Pine Hill Country Club Bayou Kajun Raceway ‐ Go Karts Pioneer Heritage Center Bayou Speedway ‐ Stock Cars Planet Fun Boomtown Casino & Hotel Querbes Park Golf Course Boothill Speedway ‐ Stock Cars Querbes Tennis Center C. Bickham Dickson Park R. W. Norton Art Gallery Caddo Lake Red River Caddo Pine Island Oil and Gas Historical Society Museum Red River Crossroads Museum Champion Links Riverfront Park City and Parish Parks Robinson Film Center of Louisiana Clyde Fant Parkway Park S’port Port Indoor Soccer Cockrell Tennis Center Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino Crooked Hollow Golf Club Sci‐Port Discovery Center and IMax Theater Cross Lake Shreveport Civic Theatre Cypress Nature Study Center Shreveport Convenon Center East Land Country Club Shreveport Country Club East Ridge Country Club Shreveport Parks & Recreaon Planetarium Eldorado Casino & Hotel Shreveport Water Works Museum Expo Hall Southern Hills Tennis Center Fesval Plaza Southern Trace Country Club Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Southern University Museum of Art Hunngton Park Golf Course Spring Street Historical Museum Independence Stadium Stage of Stars Music Museum Indoors Racquet Club State Fair Grounds Interstate Skateboard Park Stephens African‐American Museum Kiddie Mia’s Strand Theatre Kuumba Fine Art & Gi Gallery Two x Four Ranch Rodeo Lakeside Golf Course Vivian Depot Museum Louisiana State Exhibit Museum Wallace Lake Louisiana State Oil & Gas Museum Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park Louisiana State University in Shreveport Gallery Water Town USA LSUS Theatre Westwood Execuve Golf Course Magale Gallery at Centenary College Yogi & Friends Exoc Cat Sanctuary Meadowlake Golf Club Meadows Museum of Art Mooringsport Mini Museum

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Recreaon & The Arts

CADDO PARISH (connued) FESTIVALS & EVENTS

African American History Month Fesval Marjorie Lyons Playhouse American Rose Center Spring Bloom Celebraon Monterey Days Heritage Fesval Annual Sunflower Trail & Fesval Mooringsport Fall Fesval ArtBreak Mudbug Madness Bee Gum Fesval Performing Arts Center Benton on the Square Folk Art Fesval Peter Pan Players Black Arts Fesval Pioneer Days Fesval Black‐Eyed Pea Fesval Poke Salad Fesval Boomtown Days Fesval Pumpkin Shine on Line Christmas on Caddo Red River Revel Arts Fesval Cinco de Mayo Fesval River City Repertory Theater Company Repertory Theatre, Inc Riverblast Dogwood Fesval Rockets Over the Red Gilbert & Sullivan Society Scosh Tartan Fesval Gusher Days Fesval Shreveport Lile Theatre Holiday in Dixie Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet Holiday Trail of Lights Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band at LSUS Hurley School of Music Shreveport Opera James Burton Internaonal Guitar Fesval Shreveport Symphony Orchestra Jazz and Gumbo Music Fesval Springhill Lumberjack Fesval Krewe of Aesclepius Mardi Gras Parade State Fair of Louisiana Krewe of Barkus & Meoux Mardi Gras Parade Strand Theatre Krewe of Centaur Mardi Gras Parade SuperDerby Fesval Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade The Independence Bowl Krewe of Highland Mardi Gras Parade The Laugh Shoppe Comedy Troupe Let the Good Times Roll Fesval Theatre of Performing Arts Louisiana Dance Theatre Twelh Night Celebraon Louisiana Red Bud Fesval Vivian Red Bud Fesval

CLAIBORNE PARISH RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Claiborne Parish Courthouse Buerfly Fesval ‐ Haynesville Corney Lake / Kisatchie Naonal Forest Choral and Lighng Fesval H.S. Ford Memorial Museum Claiborne Christmas Fesval Haynesville Golf Course & Country Club Claiborne Country in Homer Homer Golf Course Claiborne Handmade/Homegrown Cra Fesval Homer Historic District ‐ Courthouse, Ford Museum Claiborne Parish Fair Juncon City Historical Marker Claiborne Parish Jubilee and Art Show Kilgore House on Naonal Register Claiborne Parish Oil Patch Fesval Lake Claiborne State Park Homeplace Acres Bluegrass Fesval Independence Day Celebraon Louisiana Wildlife Fesval North Louisiana Poultry Growers' Associaon Piney Hills Classic Horse Show

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Recreaon & The Arts

DESOTO PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

BackAlley Community Theatre Bee Gum Fesval, City Park, Stonewall Confederate Cemetery‐ Keatchie Cajun Crossroads‐Mansfield DeSoto Mul‐Cultural Center Main Street Celebrates ‐ Logansport Garret Park Old Spanish Trail Ride Gateway to Toledo Bend Re‐enactment Bale of Mansfield Historic Town of Keatchie River City Fest Historic Village of Grand Cane Logan’s Ferry Mansfield Cemetery Mansfield State Historical Site/Mansfield Bale Park Moses Rose "Surviror of the Alamo" Gravesite Original DeSoto Parish Courthouse Red River Waterway Republic of Texas Boundary Marker Rock Chapel

JACKSON PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Biking, hunng, fishing, boang, camping Christmas in the Pines Golf, tennis, bowling, skang, swimming Christmas Parade Jackson‐Bienville Wildlife Mgt Area Chatham Lake Caney Lake Reservoir‐Caney Creek Dugdemona River Jimmy Davis State Park

JIMMY DAVIS STATE PARK CHATHAM LAKE

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Recreaon & The Arts

LINCOLN PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Arsts – painngs, sculptures, poery, photography Crawfish Turn and Burn Rodeo Autrey House ‐ Dubach Chamber Gala ‐ Ruston Camp Ruston – POW internment facility Fire and Ice Winter Celebraon – Ruston Dixie Center for The Arts Juneteenth Celebraon ‐ Grambling Eddie Robinson Museum – Grambling State University Lincoln Parish High School Rodeo (opening soon) Louisiana Chicken Fesval ‐ Dubach Golf at Louisiana Tech University Golf Course, Ruston Country Club, Sandy Hills Golf Course, and Squire Creek Louisiana Peach Fesval ‐ Ruston Country Club Ruston Jaycees Christmas Parade Grambling State University Ruston Mardi Gras Ball Historic Downtown Ruston Safe Halloween – Downtown Ruston Idea Place at Louisiana Tech University Lincoln Parish Visitors Center Lincoln Parish Museum Lincoln Parish Park Louisiana Military Museum Louisiana Tech University North Louisiana Exhibion Center Planetarium at Louisiana Tech Ruston Community Theatre Sco Hamilton Warehouse ‐ Dubach Stone Theatre and Howard Center for the Performing Arts

LOUISISNA PEACH FESTIVAL‐RUSTON

MOREHOUSE PARISH RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Bastrop Municipal Center; The Rose Theater Crawfish Fesval The Snyder Museum Music on Main Street Upper Ouachita Naonal Wildlife refuge Black History Parade Chemin‐a‐Haut State Park Stop City Blues Fesval Handy Break Naonal Wildlife Refuge North Louisiana Coon Fesval & Fair Bastrop Country Club Bastrop Fall Arts & Cras Fesval Bayou Bend Golf Course Farm Fesval Bonita Alligator Fesval

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Recreaon & The Arts NATCHITOCHES PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Adai Indian Naonal Cultural Center Ashland Spring Fesval Alligator Park Blooming on the Bricks & Art on the Bricks American Cemetery Boogie on the Bricks aer NSU Home Football Games Cane Rive Naonal Heritage Area Brown Bag Concerts & Spring Garden Tour Cane River Lake Cane River Green Market Caroline Dorman Nature Preserve Cane River Zydeco Fesval Fort St. Jean Bapste State Commemorave Area Celebraon on the Cane French Selement Christmas Fesval Kisatchie Naonal Forest Christmas in the Park ‐ Rebel State Historic Area Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Drake Salt Works Fesval ‐ Goldonna Natchitoches Naonal Fish Hatchery Fesval of Lights Naonal Fish Hatchery and Aquarium Fireworks every Saturday in December Naonal Historic Landmark District Good Old Days Fesval ‐ Marthaville Rebel State Park Heritage Fesval ‐ Robeline Red River Waterway Holiday Open House Saline Lake, Black Lake, Clear Lake, Chaplin's Lake, Si‐ Holiday Tour of Homes bley Lake Jazz/R&B Fesval Mardi Gras Meat Pie Fesval & Meat Pie Triathlon Melrose Arts & Cras Fesval Natchez Heritage Fesval Natchitoches/NSU Folk Fesval Provencal Fall Fesval Sacred Places Tour Spring Fest at Rebel State Historic Area Witch Way to Main Street

OLD NATCHITOCHES PARISH COURTHOUSE

NATCHITOCHES FRONT STREET

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Recreaon & The Arts

OUACHITA PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Emy‐Lou Biedenharn Museum & Gardens Louisiana Folklife Fesval Elsong Gardens Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras Parade Masur Museum of Art DeltaFest West Monroe's Anque Alley Miss Louisiana Pageant Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo. Dave L. Pearce Memorial Weekend Ike Hamilton Exposion Center Christmas at the Biedenharn Cooley House Christmas on the Ouachita Excaliber Family Fun Center Coonland Christmas Parade

OUACHITA PARISH COURTHOUSE OUACHITA RIVER POND

RED RIVER PARISH RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Armistead Coon Gin Hall Summit Old Time Fesval Coushaa Depot Red River Parish Fall Fesval Coushaa Old Courthouse Bayou Pierre Wildlife Management Area Grand Bayou Resort SABINE PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

El Camino Real Bale of Pleasant Hill Fort Jessup State Commemorave Area Ebarb Indian Pow‐Pow Hodges Gardens Fisher Sawmill Days Pleasant Hill Bale Park Florien (Sabine) Free State Fesval Rebel June Jubliee State Commemorave Area Lagniappe Trade Days The "Hanging Tree" Marthaville Good Ole’ Days Fesval The Sawmill Town of Fisher Sabine Parish Fair (Toledo Fall Fesval) Toledo Bend Reservoir Zwolle Logging and Forestry Fesval Zwolle Tamale Fiesta

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Recreaon & The Arts

UNION PARISH RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Lake D'Arbonne State Park Black History Parade Upper Ouachita/D'Arbonne Naonal Wildlife Refuges Corney Creek Fesval Union Parish Wildlife Management Area D'Arbonne Arts Fesval Sweet Onion House; The Garland House Mayhaw Fesval The J.W. Heard House; The Bernice Civic Clubhouse Stampede Days 1899 Depot Museum in Depot Park Walking Horse Show Alabame Methodist Church; Hopkins House Louisiana Watermelon Fesval Christmas Ceremony Corney Creek Christmas Fesval

WEBSTER PARISH

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & ATTRACTIONS FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Bayou Dorcheat; "Dauchite" is a designated Louisiana Sce‐ Art on Broadway‐Minden nic Waterway Caney‐Dorcheat Triathlon Caney Lakes (Part of the Kisatchie Naonal Forest) Christmas at Germantown‐Minden Champion Park Speedway Christmas Parade of Homes‐Springhill Coca‐Cola Boling Co. Collecon Daffodils, Dungarees and Dirt Garden Fesval‐Minden Coon Valley's Hodges House Downtown Halloween Parade‐Minden Frank Anthony Park and Pine Woods Lumber Steam Engine Dr. Marn Luther King, Jr. Day Parade and Events‐Minden Germantown Colony and Museum February Mardi Gras Parade and Events Historic Main Street Districts (Minden & Springhill) Fourth of July Fireworks Over Turner’s Pond Lake Bisneau State Park Historic Residenal District Christmas Tour of Homes‐Minden Minden Historic District Lumberjack Fesval, Springhill Northwest Louisiana Scenic Byway, Louisiana Highway 2 Main to Main Shopping event from Downtown Minden to Pine Hills Country Club Downtown Springhill Piney Woods Palace March Annual Open Bass Tournament on Lake Bisneau Springhill Art League Minden Christmas Parade Springhill Country Club Minden Jaycees/Webster Parish Fair‐Minden The Moess Center for the Arts & City Farm Minden St. Jude Aucon‐Minden The Neighborhood Art Gallery and Museum My Town Christmas, Springhill The Spring Theatre New Year’s Eve Fireworks Over Turner’s Pond W. R. Shadows Estate (Formerly Sunnyside Plantaon) Pow Wow and Trade Days Fesval‐Minden The Grove Golf Course PRCA Rodeo‐Springhill Small Town Get Down‐Minden Spring Arts Fesval‐Minden Springhill Christmas Parade Veteran’s Day Parade Wrap It Up Downtown‐Minden Young Women’s Service Club Easter Egg Hunt‐Minden

AUTUMN ON THE DORCHEAT

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Health Care Hospitals North Louisiana Region has 58 Hospitals with 5,226 beds. Health care services provided include; Acute Care, Rehabilitaon, Long Term Acute Care, Acute Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Care, and Surgical Speciales.

Bastrop Rehabilitaon Hospital E. A. Conway Medical Center Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Morehouse Ouachita Natchitoches 15 Beds 247 Beds Natchitoches Rehab Acute Care 21 Beds Long Term Acute Care Bienvile Medical Center Edgewood Hospital Bienville Union Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of W Monroe 21 Beds 32 Beds Ouachita Acute Care/Crical Access Acute Care 18 Beds Long Term Acute Care Brentwood Hospital Golden Age Senior Care Hospital Caddo Ouachita LSU Health Science Center‐Shreveport 200 Beds 12 Beds Caddo Acute Psychiatric Psychiatric 459 Beds Acute Care Christus Coushaa Health Care Center Green Clinic Surgical Hospital Red River Lincoln Minden Medical Center 25 Beds 12 Beds Webster Acute Care/Crical Access Acute Care Limited 159 Beds Acute Care Christus Schumpert Highland Healthsouth Specialty Hospital of N LA Caddo Lincoln Monroe Surgical Hospital 160 Beds 91 Beds Ouachita Acute Care Long Term Acute Care 10 Beds Acute Care Limited Christus Schumpert St. Mary Place Homer Memorial Hospital Caddo Claiborne Morehouse General Hospital 410 Beds 60 Beds Morehouse Acute Care Acute Care 60 Beds Acute Care Conerstone Hospital of Bossier City IASIS Glenwood Regional Medical Center Bossier Ouachita Natchitoches Regional Medical Center 102 Beds 237 Beds Natchitoches Long Term Acute Care/Rehab Acute Care 96 Beds Acute Care Conerstone Hospital of West Monroe Jackson Parish Hospital North Caddo Medical Center Ouachita Jackson Caddo 47 Beds 25 Beds 25 Beds Long Term Acute Care Acute Care/Crical Access Acute Care

Northern Louisiana Medical Center DeSoto Regional Health System Liberty Healthcare Systems, LLC‐Bastrop Lincoln DeSoto Morehouse 159 Beds 57 Beds 60 Beds Acute Care Acute Care Psychiatric

Ouachita Community Hospital Doctors' Hospital of Shreveport Liberty Healthcare Systems, LLC‐Farmerville Ouachita Caddo Union 10 Beds 63 Beds 18 Beds Acute Care Limited Acute Care Psychiatric

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Dubuis Hospital of Shreveport LifeCare Hospitals of Shreveport Caddo Caddo Caddo 112 Beds 36 Beds 65 Beds Acute Care Long Term Acute Care Long Term Acute Care

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Health Care

Hospitals (connued) P & S Surgical Hospital St. Francis Medical Center Willis‐Knighton Pierremont Health Center Ouachita Ouachita Caddo 22 Beds 318 Beds 206 Beds Acute Care Limited Acute Care Acute Care

Physicians Behavorial Hospital St. Francis Medical Center (North Campus) Willis‐Knighton South & Women's Health Caddo Ouachita Caddo 14 Beds 209 Beds 152 Beds Long Term Acute Care Acute Care Acute Care

Premier Rehabilitan Hospital St. Francis Specialty Hospital Ouachita Ouachita 20 Beds 32 Beds Rehab Long Term Acute Care

Promise Hospital of Bossier City St. Patrick's Psychiatric Hospital Bossier Ouachita 50 Beds 24 Beds GLENWOOD REGIONAL MED CENTER Long Term Acute Care Psychiatric

Promise Hospital of Shreveport Sterlington Rehab Hospital Caddo Union 146 Beds 10 Beds Long Term Acute Care/Rehab Rehab

Red River Behavorial Center Stonewall Hospital Bossier DeSoto 20 Beds 22 Beds Rehab/Geriatric Psych Psychiatric

Sabine Medical Center Suon Children's Medical Center MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER Sabine Caddo 48 Beds 108 Beds Acute Care Acute Care‐Pediatrics

Shriners Hospital‐Shreveport Tri‐Ward General Hospital Caddo Union 45 Beds 15 Beds Pediatric Orthopedic Acute Care Union General Hospital Specialists Hospital‐Shreveport Union Caddo 25 Beds 15 Beds Acute Care/Crical Access Shriners Hospitals for Children in Shreveport, Louisiana Long Term Acute Care Willis‐Knighton Bossier Health Center Specialty Rehabilitaon Hospital of Bossier Coushaa 171 Beds Red River Acute Care 12 Beds Rehab Willis‐Knighton Medical Center Springhill Medical Center Caddo Webster 344 Beds 60 Beds Acute Care Acute Care

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

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Educaon

North Louisiana Region has 15 school districts with 36 private and 291 public schools. Total enrollment of 146,787 for the 2010‐2011 school year. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

District Public Schools PK‐8 9‐12 Total Enrollment Schools Bienville 1,716 596 2,312 9 Bossier 15,526 5,227 20,753 35 Caddo 31,050 11,092 42,142 71 Claiborne 1,494 613 2,107 10 DeSoto 3,727 1,248 4,975 12 Jackson 1,717 548 2,265 5 Lincoln 4,849 1,825 6,674 21 Monroe 6,627 2,241 8,868 21 Morehouse 3,469 1,035 4,504 13 Natchitoches 5,256 1,571 6,827 16 Ouachita 14,637 5,041 19,678 36 Red River 1,152 374 1,526 4 Sabine 3,319 995 4,314 12 Union 1,896 707 2,603 8 Webster 5,139 1,838 6,977 18

Total 136,525 291

Private (Non‐Public) Schools Bienville 0 0 0 0 Bossier 140 0 140 2 Caddo 3,259 1,120 4,379 12 Claiborne 253 80 333 2 DeSoto 107 38 145 1 Jackson 0 0 0 0 Lincoln 598 244 842 3 Monroe 879 146 1,025 5 Morehouse 190 114 304 1 Natchitoches 274 132 406 1 Ouachita 1,100 394 1,494 5 Red River 228 88 316 1 Sabine 0 0 0 0 Union 207 97 304 1 Webster 256 318 574 2

Total 10,262 36 Total Region Enrollment 146,787 327

Source: Louisiana Department of Educaon

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Educaon

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

Public and private colleges/universies within approximately 100 miles of the region 2‐Year College/University Name Locaon Enrollment Angelina College 3500 South First, Luin, Texas 75902‐1768 5,927 Blue Cliff College‐Shreveport 8731 Park Plaza Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71105 255 Bossier Parish Community College 6220 East Texas, Bossier City, LA 71111‐6922 7,077 Career Technical College‐Monroe 2319 Louisville Ave, Monroe, LA 71201 775 Career Technical College‐Shreveport 1227 Shreveport‐Barksdale Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71105 358 Delta Community College 4014 LaSalle St., Monroe, LA 71203 2,490 Jacksonville College‐Main Campus 105 B J Albrion Dr, Jacksonville, TX 75766 402 Kilgore College 1100 Broadway, Kilgore, TX 75662‐3299 6,691 Lamar Instute of Technology 855 E Lavaca, Beaumont, TX 77705 3,256 Lamar State College‐Orange 410 Front St, Orange, TX 77630 2,649 Louisiana State University‐Eunice 2048 Johnson Hwy, Eunice, LA 70535 3,431 Central Louisiana Technical College‐Alexandria Campus 4311 South MacArthur Dr, Alexandria, LA 71302 4,260 Avoyelles Campus 508 Choupique St, Coonport, LA 71327 Huey P Long Campus 304 South Jones Street, Winnfield, LA 71483 Lamar Salter Campus 15014 Lake Charles Hwy, Leesville, LA 71446 Oakdale Campus 117 Hwy 1152, Oakdale, LA 71463 Northeast Louisiana Technical College‐Delta‐Ouachita Campus 609 Vocaonal Pky, West Monroe, LA 71292 1,536 Bastrop Campus 729 Kammell St, Bastrop, LA 71221‐1120 North Central Campus 605 W Boundary, Farmerville, LA 71241 Northeast La Campus 1710 Warren St, Winnsboro, LA 71295 Ruston Campus 1010 James St, Ruston, LA71273‐1070 Northwest Louisiana Technical College‐NW Louisiana Campus 814 Constable Street, Minden, LA 71055 3,071 Mansfield Campus 943 Oxford Rd, Mansfield, LA 71052 Natchitoches Campus 6587 Hwy 1 Bypass, Natchitoches, LA 71458‐0657 Sabine Valley Campus 1255 Fisher Rd, Many, LA 71449 Shreveport‐Bossier Campus 2010 N Market St, Shreveport, LA 71107 Northeast Texas Community College 2886 FM 1735, Mount Pleasant, TX 75455 3,220 Northwestern University Nursing Educaon Center 1800 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA 1,017 Panola College 1109 W Panola St, Carthage, TX 75633 2,322 Remington College‐Shreveport 2106 Bert Kouns Ind Lp, Shreveport, LA 71118 431 South Arkansas Community College 300 S West Ave, El Dorado, AR 71731‐7010 1,781 South Louisiana Community College 320 Devalcourt Street, Lafayee, LA 70506 4,219 Southern Arkansas University Tech 100 Carr Road, Camden, AR 71701 1,851 Southern University at Shreveport 3050 Marn Luther King Dr, Shreveport, LA 71107 2,834 Sowela Technical Community College 3820 J Benne Johnston Ave, Lake Charles, LA 70616 2,620 Texarkana College 2500 N Robison Rd, Texarkana, TX 75599 4,695 Texas State Technical College‐Marshall 2650 E End Blvd, South, Marshall, TX 75672 949 Tyler Junior College 1400 East Fih Street, Tyler, TX 75789‐0001 11,738 University of Arkansas Community College‐Hope 2500 S Main, Hope, AR 71802‐0140 1,557 Total Enrollment 81,412 Source: State of Louisiana Board of Regents; US DOE Instute of Educaon Sciences‐2010‐2011

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Educaon

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (connued)

4‐Year College/University

Name Locaon Enrollment Alcorn State University 1000 ASU Dr Ste 359, Alcorn State, MS 39096 3,682 Bapst Missionary Associaon Theological Seminary 1530 E Pine St, Jacksonville, TX 75766‐5407 113 Centenary College of Louisiana 2911 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, LA 71134 904 East Texas Bapst University 1209 N Grove, Marshall, TX 75670‐1498 1,197 Embry‐Riddle Aeronaucal University at Barksdale AFB Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, LA 71010 175 Grambling State University 100 Founders Street, Grambling, LA 71245 5,207 Henderson State University 1100 Henderson St, Arkadelphia, AR 71999‐0001 3,708 Jarvis Chrisan College Hwy 80 E, Hawkins, TX 75765‐1470 522 Lamar University 4400 MLK, Beaumont, TX 77705 14,385 LeTourneau University 2100 S Mobberly Ave, Longview, TX 75607‐7001 3,169 Louisiana College 1140 College Dr, Pineville, LA 71359 1,893 Louisiana State University at Alexandria 8100 Hwy 71 South, Alexandria, LA 71302‐9121 2,612 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Ctr‐Shreveport 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103 867 Louisiana State University‐Shreveport One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115 4,562 Louisiana Tech University 305 Wisteria, Ruston, LA 71272 11,518 McNeese State University 4100 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA 70609‐2215 8,941 Northwestern State University of Louisiana College Ave, Natchitoches, LA 71497‐0002 9,191 Ouachita Bapst University 410 Ouachita St, Arkadelphia, AR 71998‐0001 1,504 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 100 E. University, Magnolia, AR 71753 3,379 Southern Illinois‐Carbondale at Barksdale AFB Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, LA 71010 25 Stephen F Ausn State University 1936 North St, Nacogdoches, TX 75962 12,954 Texas A & M University‐Texarkana 2600 N Robison Rd, Texarkana, TX 75505 2,003 Texas College 2404 N. Grand Avenue, Tyler, TX 75702 927 The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75799‐6699 6,476 University of Arkansas at Moncello Highway 425 South, Moncello, AR 71656 3,638 University of Louisiana at Lafayee 104 University Circle, Lafayee, LA 70503 16,763 University of Louisiana at Monroe 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209 8,626 University of Phoenix‐Shreveport/Bossier 350 Plaza Lp Dr. B‐3, Bossier City, LA 71111 342 Virginia College 2950 E. Texas St. Ste. C, Bossier City, LA 71111 n/a Wiley College 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670 1,351 Total Enrollment 130,634 Source: State of Louisiana Board of Regents; US DOE Instute of Educaon Sciences (2010‐2011)

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Business Environment

As of 2010, there were 18,201 business firms in the Northwest Louisiana Region.

Firms by Employment Size

Employees Region 1‐99 17,820 100‐249 290 250‐499 55 500‐999 25 Over 1000 11

Business Establishments by Industry, 2010

Unclassified Forestry, agricultural,Mining establishments etc. 2% 0% 1% Utilities 1%

Accommodation & food Other services services 10% Construction Manufacturing 7% 8% 3%

Arts, entertainment & Wholesale trade recreation 5% 1%

Health care and social assistance 12% Retail trade 17%

Educational services 1% Prof, scientific & Management tech services 1% Finance & Admin, support, 9% insurance waste mgt, etc. 8% Information 4% 1% Real estate & Transportation & rental & warehousing leasing 3%

Source: U.S. Census ‐ County Business Paerns, 2010

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Business Environment

Major Employers * State of Louisiana‐Dept of Civil Service Government 15,985 Barksdale Air Force Base Military 10,284 LSU Health Sciences Center‐Shreveport Health Care 6,200 Willis Knighton Health System Health Care 6,145 Caddo Parish School Board School System 6,101 * Wal‐Mart/Sam's Stores Retail 5,861 Ouachita Parish School Board School System 2,999 Bossier Parish School Board School System 2,926 * Brookshire's & Super 1 food Stores Grocery 2,847 City of Shreveport Government 2,700 St. Francis Medical Center Health Care 2,219 J. P. Morgan Chase‐Monroe Banking 2,100 * U.S. Postal Service Postal Service 1,822 Harrah's Horseshoe Casino & Hotel/ Harrah's Louisiana Downs Gaming Casino & Hotel 1,800 Christus Schumpert Health Sys‐Shreveport Health Care 1,800 * McDonald's Corp Fast Food Restaurant 1,701 * Internaonal Paper Company Wood Product Mfg 1,651 Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Health Care 1,590 U.S. Support Company (Answer Group) Call Center 1,585 CenturyLink‐Monroe Phone Service 1,400 * Gamble Guest Care Group Nursing and/or Rerement Home 1,390 Monroe City School District School System 1,387 Eldorado Resort Casino Gaming Casino & Hotel 1,300 Sam's Town Hotel & Casino Shreveport Gaming Casino & Hotel 1,194 Graphic Packaging Intl‐West Monroe Paper Products 1,167 City of Monroe Government 1,150 Gorman Group/Tango Transport, Inc. Transportaon 1,100 Louisiana Tech University Educaon 1,095 University of Louisiana At Monroe Educaon 1,061 Webster Parish School Board School System 995 Red River Sanitors Inc Janitorial Services 975 Lincoln Parish School Board School System 963 Libbey Glass, Inc. Glassware manufacturer 950 Glenwood Regional Medical Ctr Health Care 950 Foster Farms Poultry Processing and/or Hatchery 950 DeSoto Parish School Board School System 881 The Arc of Caddo‐Bossier Non Profit Organizaon 857 Sabine Parish School Board School System 850 Natchitoches Parish School Board School System 843 Diamond Jack's Casino Resort Gaming Casino & Hotel 837 House of Raeford Farms LLC Raeford Farms of Louisiana Poultry Processing and/or Hatchery 825 Chase Home Finance Real Estate Mortgages 800 Northwestern State University Educaon 774 Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office Public Service 766

* Regional‐More than one branch, office or store within the region.

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Workforce

Labor Force Growth 2000‐2011 Region (2011) Average Employment Total Civilian Labor Force 364,273 Total Employment 336,381 Total Unemployment 27,892 Unemployment Rate 7.7%

Thousands Work Force

390

310

230

150

70 Year 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Region Shreveport‐Bossier City MSA Monroe MSA

Average Unemployment Rate % 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 Year 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Region Shreveport‐Bossier City MSA Monroe MSA

Source: Louisiana Department of Labor

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Workforce

Average Employment (2011)—Fourteen‐Parish Region Average Average Weekly Employment Percent Wages $ North Louisiana Region 306,591 100.0% 687 Health care and social assistance 59,345 19.4% 601 Retail trade 39,408 12.9% 431 Accommodaon and food services 27,610 9.0% 251 Educaonal services 23,877 7.8% 674 Manufacturing 23,386 7.6% 880 Administrave and waste services 16,477 5.4% 496 Construcon 16,054 5.2% 753 Public administraon 14,788 4.8% 744 Wholesale trade 11,188 3.6% 881 Finance and insurance 10,850 3.5% 697 Professional and technical services 9,223 3.0% 729 Transportaon and warehousing 9,013 2.9% 980 Mining 8,949 2.9% 1,158 Arts, entertainment, and recreaon 7,974 2.6% 335 Other services, except public administraon 7,683 2.5% 484 Informaon 5,060 1.7% 738 Real estate and rental and leasing 4,914 1.6% 668 Management of companies and enterprises 3,063 1.0% 909 Ulies 2,747 0.9% 994 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunng 2,029 0.7% 698 Average BY REGION AND PARISH Average Weekly Employment Percent Wages $ NORTH LOUISIANA REGION 306,591 100.0% 687 CADDO 117,750 38.4% 770 OUACHITA 65,799 21.5% 715 BOSSIER 44,460 14.5% 705 LINCOLN 17,691 5.8% 660 NATCHITOCHES 12,969 4.2% 645 WEBSTER 12,835 4.2% 716 DESOTO 7,019 2.3% 849 MOREHOUSE 6,953 2.3% 559 SABINE 5,437 1.8% 595 UNION 4,840 1.6% 581 BIENVILLE 4,209 1.4% 693 CLAIBORNE 3,999 1.3% 709 JACKSON 3,567 1.2% 701 RED RIVER 2,630 0.9% 717 Source: Louisiana Department of Labor

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Workforce Wage Rates for Selected Occupaons ‐ 2011

Salary Range‐Hourly Rate (Dollars)

Monroe MSA Shreveport/Bossier MSA Employed Median Mean Employed Median Mean

Professional/Technical Accountants and Auditors 470 $24.85 $25.97 1,070 $27.26 $28.63 Computer Programmers 150 $20.22 $21.84 180 $30.42 $31.39 Construcon Managers 70 $32.59 $38.70 140 $34.20 $37.46 Financial Managers 170 $36.56 $48.79 380 $33.45 $37.07

Clerical Bill & Account Collectors 200 $13.26 $13.45 370 $14.75 $14.76 Bookkeeping, Accounng, & Auding Clerks 1,060 $14.02 $14.62 2,500 $15.88 $16.33 Cashiers 2,550 $8.60 $8.62 5,840 $8.62 $8.70 Customer Service Representaves 1,930 $12.70 $13.42 2,320 $13.29 $13.90 Data Entry Keyers 110 $12.90 $13.84 140 $13.41 $13.89 Office Clerks, General 1,640 $10.33 $10.97 3,000 $10.62 $11.39 Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks 110 $13.79 $14.36 260 $18.16 $17.63 Receponists & Informaon Clerks 660 $10.01 $10.34 1,700 $10.27 $10.87 Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Execuve 1,710 $12.64 $12.66 3,800 $12.98 $13.40 Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks 270 $12.46 $13.31 650 $12.25 $13.33 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 680 $9.08 $10.27 2,460 $9.28 $10.31 Switchboard Operators, Including Answering 100 $10.22 $10.70 380 $10.34 $10.82 Service Tellers 510 $10.34 $10.59 780 $10.23 $10.20

Sales Retail Salespersons 2,950 $9.53 $11.94 6,080 $9.78 $11.64 Sales Managers 130 $33.79 $40.93 330 $36.75 $43.46 Sales Representaves, Services, All Other 160 $23.50 $27.43 180 $22.54 $25.14

Producon and Maintenance Construcon Laborers 350 $11.49 $11.66 810 $11.22 $12.33 Machinists 330 $15.52 $16.01 690 $20.14 $21.32 Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 1050 $15.19 $16.49 2,590 $14.67 $15.84 Team Assemblers 430 $11.83 $13.27 1,310 $19.58 $18.99 Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor‐Trailer 680 $16.06 $17.19 2,620 $17.29 $18.42 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 420 $10.87 $13.16 1,290 $12.13 $13.77

Source: Louisiana Department of Labor ‐ 2011 BLS/OES

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Industrial Parks

BOSSIER PARISH (cont’d) BIENVILLE PARISH

Arcadia Industrial Site I Arcadia Industrial Site II Viking Drive Industrial Park • Owned by Town of Arcadia • Owned by Town of Arcadia ● Owned jointly by Bossier Parish and the City of Bossier City • 69 Acres—55 acres available • 26 Acres—22 acres available ● Managed by the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon • Ulies available • Ulies available ● 85 acres available for development • On Felts Rd—Off U.S. Hwy 80, • On I‐20, between Hwy 519 ● Located on Viking Drive West, 1/4 mile off Swan Lake Road 2 miles south of I‐20 and Hwy 151 ● Rail service ‐ Kansas City Southern Railroad • Located in an Enterprise and • Located in an Enterprise and Renewal Community Zone Renewal Community Zone ● City water and sewerage • Rail Service—KCS • 4 acre hotel site planned ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ SWEPCO) • Tenant—Infistar (Oil/Gas) • Cleared of trees ● Natural gas ‐ Centerpoint Energy Arkla • Contact: Omar Valenne • Contact: Omar Valenne (318) 263‐8456 (318) 263‐8456 • 1/2 mile to I‐220 interchange and 1 1/2 miles to I‐20 interchange • Contact: Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon, (318) 742‐6043

Plain Dealing Industrial Park BOSSIER PARISH ● Owned and operated by the Town of Plain Dealing ● 40 acres available for development Benton Industrial Park ● Located on Industrial Drive in Plain Dealing ● Owned and operated by the Town of Benton ● 20 miles north of I‐220 and 25 miles from I‐49 ● 40 acre development ● Rail service—Union Pacific ● Located on Industrial Drive in Benton, 1/2 miles off Hwy 3 ● City water and sewerage ● 16 miles north of I‐20 and within 25 miles of I‐49 ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ SWEPCO) ● Rail Service ‐ Union Pacific Railroad ● City water and sewerage • Natural gas ‐ Centerpoint Energy Arkla ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ • Fire Staon Number 2 located in the park SWEPCO) • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, CDC ● Natural gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy Arkla (318) 632‐2022

• Primary tenant ‐ Capro, Inc. and Elite RV Ruben E. White Industrial Park • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, CDC (318) 632‐2022 • Marketed by the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon Commerce Industrial Park • Located on Shed Road approximately 1 mile south of I‐220 and 1.5 ● Owned jointly by Bossier Parish and the City of Bossier City miles north of I‐20 ● Managed by the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foun • 4 acres remain in the old poron of the park; an addional 86 daon acres have been acquired that adjoin the old secon ● 83 acres available for development • Zoned for heavy industry ● Located at I‐220 and Shed Road • City water & sewerage ● Rail service — Kansas City Southern Railroad • Electric: AEP‐SWEPCO Gas: CenterPoint Energy ● City water and sewerage • Rail Service: KCA ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ SWEPCO) • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Natural gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy Arkla • Contact: Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon, (318) 742‐6043 • Contact: Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundaon, (318) 742‐6043

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CADDO PARISH The Port of Shreveport‐Bossier ● Owned and operated by the Caddo‐Bossier Port Commission ● 2,000 acre development site at the head of navigaon on the J. Benne Johnston Red River Waterway with land available for lease ● Located 4 miles south of Shreveport on Louisiana Highway 1 ● 220 acres devoted to river usage infrastructure ● 3,200‐foot‐long slack water harbor and turning basin ● Convenient access to I‐20 (east‐west) and I‐49 (north‐south); planned I‐69 corridor will run through or adjacent to Port Complex ● Comprehensive rail network with rail links to Union Pacific main line rail, Kansas City Southern and Burlington Northern Santa Fe ● On‐dock rail, roll‐on/roll‐off ramp and rail switch yard on site with two locomoves for immediate rail car switching ● Access roads to all available sites ● General cargo and liquid wharves ● Liquid storage tanks on site and available for lease ● Foreign Trade Zone, U. S. Customs Port of Entry ● City water, sewerage and fire protecon ● Electric Power Suppliers‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/SWEPCO) and Valley Electric ● Natural Gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy ● Build‐to‐suit and long‐term lease arrangements • 9 . depth and 200 . width channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers • Contact: Caddo‐Bossier Port Commission, (318) 524‐2272

Caddo Ward II Industrial Park • Located off LA Highway 1 between Vivian and Oil City Shreve Park Industrial Campus • 239 acres zoned for heavy industrial ● Owned by the Greater Shreveport Industrial Park Development Foundaon, Inc. • Water & sewer, electricity, and gas available ● Campus‐style park located in West Shreveport, 7 miles from • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, the Central Business District CDC (318) 632‐2022 ● 500 acre development on the Inner Loop Expressway (LA Hwy 3132) zoned for heavy industry ● One mile south of I‐20, 5 minutes from Shreveport Regional North Shreveport Industrial Park Airport, close proximity to I‐49 and the Port of Shreveport‐ Bossier ● Owned jointly by the Caddo Parish Commission and the City of Shreveport ● Landscaped and lighted roadway system • Located in northwest Shreveport at LA Hwy 173 and Roy Road; ● Rail service ‐ Union Pacific Railroad Inside the city limits; Three miles from I‐220 ● City water and sewerage; Natural gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy ● 110 acre development zoned for heavy industry ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ • Rail service ‐ Kansas City Southern Railroad SWEPCO) • City water & sewerage; Natural gas—CenterPoint Energy • Primary tenants ‐ Frymaster Manufacturing Plant, Louisiana Tech University ‐Technology Transfer Center, and Ivan Smith Furniture • Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/SWEPCO) and Appliances, Inc. • Contact: Div. of Markeng & Industrial Development, CDC (318) • Contact: Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, (318) 677‐ 632‐2022 2503

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CADDO PARISH (Connued)

Shreveport Regional Airport Industrial Park Vivian Industrial Park ● Owned and operated by the Shreveport Regional Airport Authority • Located in the City of Vivian, off LA Highway 1 ● 800 acres of prime land for development • 37 acres zoned for heavy development ● Central U. S. locaon makes the park readily accessible for any air • Rail, Water & sewer, electricity, and gas available cra/aerospace related industry requiring taxiways and ramp access • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, ● Maintenance facilies are available for corporate planes and offices CDC (318) 632‐2022 ● Aircra rescue and fire fighng facilies meet FAA index E ● Twenty‐four hour emergency crews on site ● City water and sewerage ● Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/ SWEPCO) ● Natural gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy • Primary tenant ‐ Connental Express Regional Jet Maintenance Facility • Contact: Shreveport Regional Airport Authority, (318) 673‐5370 or Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, (318) 677‐2503

RED RIVER BOATRAMP

West Shreveport Industrial Park • Owned by the Caddo Parish Commission ● Located in west Shreveport, less than 5 miles from the Shreveport Regional Airport ● 900 acre development zoned for heavy industry • Rail Service ‐ Union Pacific Railroad ● Surrounded by divided four‐lane highways ‐ Bert Kouns Industrial Loop (LA 526) and West 70th Street (LA 511) ● City water and sewerage; Natural gas ‐ CenterPoint Energy • Electric power ‐ AEP/Southwestern Electric Power (AEP/SWEPCO)—Primary tenant‐General Motors • Contact: Div. of Markeng & Industrial Development, CDC (318) 632‐2022

Privately‐Owned Industrial Parks

Freestate Industrial Park • Located north of downtown Shreveport in Bossier Parish. • Contact: Freestate Circle, LLC (318) 222‐7173 Slack Industrial Park • Located in south central Shreveport • Contact: Sealy & Company, Inc. (318) 222‐8700

CADDO LAKE

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Industrial Parks CLAIBORNE PARISH

North Homer Industrial Park Claiborne Industrial Park • Located on U.S. Highway 70 within the Homer town limits • Owned and operated by the Claiborne Economic Development Board • Various sized locaons available with all ulies installed • Located on U.S. Highway 79 between Homer and Haynesville • City water and sewage • 134 acres with ulies installed • Electric Power: Entergy and Claiborne Electric Coop • 2,000 acre development site • Gas: CenterPoint Energy • City sewage and water; Gas: CenterPoint Energy • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Electric Power: Claiborne Co‐op • Rail Service is available with Louisiana and North West Railroad • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Contact: Homer Industrial Foundaons, (318) 927‐3271 • Rail service is available with Louisiana and North Railway • Contact: Claiborne Economic Development Board, (318) 927‐ 6333 South Homer Industrial Park • Located within the Homer town limits Haynesville Industrial Park • Locaon is available with all ulies installed • Owned and operated by the Town of Haynesville • City water and sewage • Located on U.S. Highway 79 in Haynesville city limits • Electric Power: Entergy and Claiborne Electric Coop • 134 acres with ulies installed • Gas: CenterPoint Energy • Approximately 1 mile north of downtown Haynesville • Located in an Enterprise Zone • City sewage and water; Gas: CenterPoint Energy • Rail Service is available with Louisiana and North West Railroad • Electric Power: Entergy • Contact: Homer Industrial Foundaons, (318) 927‐3271 • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Rail service is available with Louisiana and North Railway • Contact: Haynesville Chamber of Commerce, (318) 624‐9603

DESOTO PARISH

DeSoto Parish Air Industrial Park Interstate 49 Business Park • Owned and operated by the DeSoto Parish Police Jury • Privately owned • Located 2 miles north of Mansfield, LA on Highway 171 • Located at the intersecon Highway 175 and I‐49 in Frierson, Louisiana • 200 acre development zoned for heavy industry • 101.89 acres zoned for heavy industry • Electric Power: Central Louisiana Electric Company (CLECO) • Water & sewer, electricity, and gas available • Natural Gas: Trans Louisiana • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, • Located in an Enterprise Zone CDC (318) 632‐2022 • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, CDC (318) 632‐2022 Logansport Industrial Park • Located 3 miles north of Logansport on the east side of LA Highway 5 • Located in an Enterprise Zone • 42 acres are available for development and improvement incenves available • Contact: Division of Markeng and Industrial Development, OLD LOG COURTHOUSE IN MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA CDC (318) 632‐2022

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Industrial Parks

JACKSON PARISH

Jonesboro Industrial Park • 80 acre located on US Hwy 167 • Contact: The town of Jonesboro Mayor, P.O. Box 610, Jonesboro, LA 71251 • Telephone: (318) 259‐2385 Fax: (318) 259 ‐4177

JACKSON PARISH COURTHOUSE

LINCOLN PARISH

Ruston Industrial Park • Owned by various private landowners • Located on McDonald Avenue in Ruston, Louisiana, within 5 miles of I‐20 • City water and sewerage • Electric Power: City of Ruston • Gas: CenterPoint Energy • Rail Service: Kansas City Southern • Located in an Enterprise Zone and Community Renewal Zone • Contact: The Ruston ‐ Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, (318) 225‐2031 TL JAMES HOUSE

MOREHOUSE PARISH

Bastrop/Coulter Industrial Park • 165 acres (142 acres available) located on US Hwy 165; 10 nukes from Intestate 20 • Electricity‐Entergy; Natural Gas‐La.Gas Service Co; Water‐Peoples Water Co. • Enterprise Zone; Northern Renewal Com‐ munity; Aainment Zone • Contact: Kay King; morehouseedc@a.net • Morehouse Economic Development Telephone:(318) 283‐4000

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NATCHITOCHES PARISH

Natchitoches Parish Industrial Park Natchitoches Industrial Park • Owned by the City of Natchitoches • Owned by the City of Natchitoches • Located on Highway 1 bypass within the city limits • Located at the Natchitoches Airport • 80 acres are zoned for heavy industry • Approximately 20 acres available • City water & sewage • City water & sewage • Electric Power: Valley Electric • Electric Power: Valley Electric • Natural Gas: Trans Louisiana Gas Company • Natural Gas: Trans Louisiana Gas Company • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Contact: City of Natchitoches, Randy LaCaze (318) 357‐3838 • Improvement incenves available • Contact: City of Natchitoches, Randy LaCaze (318) 357‐3838

OUACHITA PARISH

Downing Pines Industrial Park West Ouachita Industrial Park • 90 industrial acres on US Hwy 80 • 200 acres (100 acres available) located on US Hwy 80 • Interstate 20 one mile away • Light industrial land use. • Contact: • Interstate 20 one mile away • Contact:

West Monroe Industrial Park Monroe Air Industrial Park • 125 acre located on US Hwy 80 • 610 acres (300 acres available) located on US Hwy 80 and 165 • Interstate 20 one mile away • 1/4 mile from Interstate 20 • Mixed use land • Light industrial land use • Contact: • Regional airport on site. • Contact:

Southwest Industrial Park • 110 acres (64 acres available) located on US Hwy 165 • 3 miles from Interstate 20 • Light industrial land use • Dock located in park • Contact:

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RED RIVER PARISH

Red River Industrial Park • Located within the city limits of Coushaa • 125 acre development (80 acres available) • Zoned for heavy industry • Rail service available. • City water & sewerage • Electric Power: Central Louisiana Electric Company (CLECO) • Natural Gas: Trans Louisiana Gas Company • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Contact: Div. of Markeng & Industrial Development, CDC (318) 632‐2022

SABINE PARISH Sabine Parish Industrial Park • Sabine Parish currently owns land that is to be developed as an industrial park. • Plans are connuing for the establishment of an industrial development site by the Town of Many • Contact: The Town of Many, (318) 256‐3651

UNION PARISH Bernice Industrial Park • Located near Bernice Louisiana • 150 acres; sub dividable; agricultural type • Located in an Enterprise Zone • US Hwy 167 primary access; Interstate 20 near. • Contact: Paula Walker; [email protected]; (318) 651‐0770

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WEBSTER PARISH North Webster Parish Industrial Park South Webster Industrial Park • Located near Springhill Louisiana • Owned by the South Webster Industrial District • 160 acres with all ulies installed • 320 acres with ulies • City water & sewerage • Located outside the Minden city limits on U.S. Highway 371 • Electric Power: Entergy • Located in and Enterprise Zone • Natural Gas: CenterPoint Energy • Contact: The South Webster Industrial District, (318) 377‐4240 • Located in an Enterprise Zone • Contact: The North Webster Parish Industrial Park, (318) 539‐5058

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Military Installaons

Barksdale Air Force Base — Bossier Parish

● Largest employer in the Shreveport‐Bossier City MSA ● Largest single site employer in Louisiana ● Annual payroll of $485.3 million • Annual Economic Impact of $855.7 million ● Employees Total: 10,284 ● 6,851 acve duty military ● 1,380 reservists ● 2,053 civilians ● Barksdale medical care, commissary, and base exchange services support ● 6,481 acve duty family members ● Over 40,000 rerees and their family members ● 2nd Bomb Wing host unit ● B‐52 Stratofortress operaons ● B‐52 bomber crew training ● 8th Air Force headquarters ‐ comprises nearly 500 aircra and 80 major installaons worldwide ● 917th Wing ‐ composite wing flies both the B‐52 and the A‐10 Thunderbolt II aack jet ● Air Force Global Strike Command headquarters (Acvated August 7, 2009) ‐ 20th Air Force and 8th Air force ● 90th, 91th, and 341st Missile Wings; 2d, 5th and 509th Bomb wing ● B‐2 Spirit, B‐52 Stratofortress, Uh‐1N Iroquois, LGM‐30G Minuteman III ● Base land allocaon ● 4,000 acres of developed area ● 18,000 acres of undeveloped area with 1,400 acres of reclaimed wetlands Source: Barksdale AFB Public Affairs, Economic impact analysis as of 30 September 2011..

B‐52 STRATOFORTRESS

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Military Installaons

Camp Minden — Webster Parish

Camp Minden, the former Louisiana Army Ammunion Plant, is now used for military training and houses a growing industrial community.

• Total square footage approximately 2.8 million

• 1.2 million square feet leased for industry use

• 16,500 acres: 15,000 acres used for military training and 1,500 acres used for industry

Amenies: Controlled‐access area with 24‐hour military security; site‐owned electric, sewer and telecommunicaons; rail on‐site; more than 100 miles of roads; close proximity to interstate

Current tenants: More than 20 companies, including six explosives manufacturers, the Bayou Dorcheat Correconal Center and warehousing companies

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Taxes

Louisiana Tax Rates Corporate Income Tax Rates

● Federal income taxes are an allowable deducon in compung Louisiana taxable income. The tax structure is ● 4% on the first $25,000 of net income ● 5% on the second $25,000 ● 6% on the next $50,000 ● 7% on the next $100,000 ● 8% on the excess over $200,000 ● Franchise tax is assessed on the value of all real and personal property in the state, or the amount of issued and out Corporate Franchise Tax standing capital stock, surplus, undivided profits and borrowed capital. The rate is ● $1.50 per $1,000, or major fracon thereof up to $300,000 ● $3.00 per $1,000, or major fracon thereof in excess of $300,000 ● Tax rates for individuals filing single, married filing separately, or head of household are

Personal Income Tax (Effecve January 1, 2009) ● 2% of the first $12,500 ● 4% of the next $37,500 ● 6% of taxable income over $50,000 ● The above rates remain the same for married couples filing a joint return; however, the taxable income amounts are doubled ● Louisiana's simplified income tax law includes a combined personal exempon and standard deducon of $4,500 ($9,000 for married couples filing jointly) ● Dependent deducon is $1,000 per dependent ● Age 65 or over deducon is $1,000 for the taxpayer and/or dependent • Blind deducon is $1,000 for the taxpayer and/or dependent ● Taxable base is $7,000 per employee Unemployment Insurance Tax

● Standard rate range is .10% ‐ 6.2% ● Rate for new employers is the average rate for the parcular industry • Maximum unemployment weekly benefit is $258 for 26 weeks Source: Louisiana Department of Revenue

Property Tax – 2011 Parishwide Millage Average

Parish (mills –1/10th of 1 cent) Parish (mills –1/10th of 1 cent) Bienville 107.4 Morehouse 79.4 Bossier 100.3 Natchitoches 93.9 Caddo 141.2 Ouachita 95.0 Claiborne 72.7 Red River 95.7 DeSoto 102.4 Sabine 82.1 Jackson 92.4 Union 65.1 Lincoln 88.2 Webster 104.4 Source: Louisiana Tax Commission Annual Report 2011

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Taxes

Sales/Use Tax (Includes 4% Louisiana State Tax)

Bienville Bossier Caddo Claiborne DeSoto Jackson Lincoln Morehouse Natchitoches Ouachita Red River Sabine Union Webster Parish 7.00% 8.25% 7.35% 7.00% 8.00% 8.00% 7.25% 7.00% 7.50% 8.6‐9.6% 8.00% 7.63% 8.00% 7.00% Cies Arcadia 9.00% Castor 8.00%

Gibsland 9.00%

Ringgold 9.00%

Bossier City 9.00%

Benton 9.25% Haughton 9.25% Plain Dealing 9.25% Shreveport 8.60% Vivian 7.85% Oil City 8.35% Mooringsport 8.35% Greenwood 8.35%

Haynesville 8.00% Homer 8.00% Juncon City 8.00% Logansport 9.00% Mansfield 9.00% Stonewall 9.00% Eros 9.00% Hodge 9.00% Jonesboro 9.00% Dubach 8.25% Grambling 9.00% Ruston 8.75% Bastrop 10.00% Mer Rouge 9.00% Bonita 9.00% Camp 9.50% Clarence 8.50% Natchitoches 9.00% Monroe 9.99% Richwood 9.50% Sterlington 9.50% Coushaa 9.00% Hall Summit 9.00% Converse 8.63% Many 8.88% Zwolle 9.63% Bernice 10.00% Farmerville 9.50% Marion 9.00% Coon Valley 8.00% Sibley 9.00% Dixie Inn 9.50% Springhill 9.50% Minden 9.50%

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Ulies

Electric Power

AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co (SWEPCO) (888) 216‐3523 (318) 222‐2141 www.swepco.com

Entergy Louisiana, LLC (800) 368‐3749 www.entergy‐louisiana.com

Central Louisiana Electric Company (CLECO) (318) 484‐7400 www.cleco.com

Claiborne Electric Coop (800) 929‐3504 (318) 927‐3504 www.claiborneelectric.org

Natural Gas

CenterPoint Energy‐‐Arkla (866) 275‐5252 www.centerpointenergy.com

Trans Louisiana Gas (Atmos Energy) (888) 286‐6700 www.atmosenergy.com

Water and Sewer Generally, municipalies provide water and sewage services within the city or town limits. Independent water systems and ground wells provide water in unincorporated areas. Sewer services in unincorporated areas are generally provided by home owners with sepc systems or water treatment systems.

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Ulies

Telecommunicaons/Cable

Telephone Service—AT&T/BellSouth and CenturyTel provide telephone service throughout the Region. In addion, local and long distance telephone service is available from most of the naonwide wireless companies.

AT&T/BellSouth (888) 757‐6500 (888) 620‐6000 www.bellsouth.com

CenturyTel (800) 831‐1733 (800) 793‐7269 www.centurylink.com

Television Cable Service—provided throughout the Region by the following companies:

CP‐TEL (318) 796‐3355 www.cp‐tel.com DeSoto Parish (Part) Natchitoches (Part) Sabine (Part)

CMA Communicaons (800) 753‐2465 www.cmaaccess.com Claiborne Parish DeSoto Parish (Part)

Comcast Corporaon (800) 266‐2278 www.comcast.com Caddo Parish

Rapid Cable (800) 687‐1258 Bienville Parish

Red River Cable TV (318) 932‐4991 Red River Parish

Suddenlink Communicaons (877) 694‐9474 www.suddenlink.com Bossier Parish Lincoln Parish Natchitoches Parish (Part) Sabine Parish (Part) Webster Parish

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FOURTEEN PARISH NORTH LOUISIANA REGION

Union Parish Morehouse Parish Bossier Parish Claiborne Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 22,732 Esmate: 27,608 Esmate: 119,732 Esmate: 16,914

Lincoln Parish Webster Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 46,856 Ouachita Parish Caddo Parish Esmate: 41,288 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Bienville Parish Esmate: 154,919 Esmate: 257,051 2011 Populaon Jackson Parish Esmate: 14,335 2011 Populaon Esmate: 16,323 Red River Parish DeSoto Parish 2011 Populaon 2011 Populaon Esmate: 8,890 Esmate: 26,812

Natchitoches Parish 2011 Populaon Esmate: 39,442 Sabine Parish 2011 Populaon Esmate: 24,526

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APPENDIX

FOURTEEN PARISH PROFILES

Page Bienville Parish ...... 43 Bossier Parish ...... 45 Caddo Parish ...... 47 Claiborne Parish ...... 49 DeSoto Parish ...... 51 Jackson Parish…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….53 Lincoln Parish ...... 55 Morehouse Parish……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...57 Natchitoches Parish ...... 59 Ouachita Parish………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….61 Red River Parish ...... 63 Sabine Parish ...... 65 Union Parish……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….67 Webster Parish ...... 69

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Parish Profile—Bienville

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 822 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 811 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 Water 11 Sq. miles US Highway 80, 371

LA Highways 4, 9

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 14,335 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Total Households 5,668 Louisiana & Northwest Rail System (LNW) Median Age 41.7

Nearest Major City

Household Income Shreveport, Louisiana 52 miles Median Household Income $32,999 Average Household Income $49,143 Nearest Commercial Airport Per Capita Income $20,329 Shreveport Regional Airport 50 miles

(2,8300 & 2,6200 runways)

Populaon by Employment White Collar Jobs 43.7% Nearest Airport Service Jobs 17.7% Arcadia‐Bienville Parish Airport 2 miles Blue Collar Jobs 38.6% (2,3000 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Nearest Port High School Graduate 45.1% Port of Shreveport/Bossier 35 miles Associate Degree 3.5% Bachelor’s Degree 8.3% Nearest Deepwater Port Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 4.5% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average MAJOR EMPLOYERS Civilian Labor 6,384 House of Raeford Farms, LLC Employed 5,799 Raeford Farms of Louisiana 825 Unemployed 585 Bienville Parish School Board 391 Unemployment Rate 9.2% Haynes Internaonal 141

Willow Ridge Nursing & Rehab 130

Bapst Rerement Center of Arcadia 122

TAXES Leslie Lakes Rerement Center 122 Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 107.4 Graphic Packaging Intl‐Arcadia 112 SALES TAX CLIMATE Parish 7.0% Annual average high temperature 75.5°F Arcadia 9.0% Annual average low temperature 52.9°F Castor 8.0% Average temperature 64.2°F Gibsland 9.0% Average annual precipitaon 61.0 in Ringgold 9.0%

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Parish Profile—Bienville

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Town of Arcadia Bienville $693 Jan Sims Agriculture 1,037 1819 S. Railroad Avenue Mining 1,227 Arcadia, Louisiana 71001 Ulies 1,111 Telephone: (318) 263•8456 Construcon 620 Manufacturing 578 Wholesale Trade 891 Arcadia/Bienville Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade 345 2440 Hazel Street Transportaon & Warehousing 1,186 Arcadia, Louisiana 71001 Informaon 573 Telephone: (318) 263•9897 Finance & Insurance 639 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 1,247 Minden Professional & Technical Services 402 7 Conn Arcadia Management Companies & Enterprises * Gibsland 80 20 Administrave & Waste Services 403 Educaonal Services * Healthcare & Social Assistance 482 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon * Bienville Accommodaon & Food Services 216 154

Other services, except public administraon 321 4 4 J 155 Public Administraon 811 71 4

*Data Non‐publishable*

371 Kisatchie NF EDUCATION 84

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 9 Private Schools 0 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐Year Colleges

Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Louisiana Technical College‐Ruston Campus Louisiana Technical College‐Delta‐Ouachita Campus Unitech Training Academy‐West Monroe Campus

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVIVERSITIES

Grambling State University

Louisiana Tech University

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Parish Profile—Bossier

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 867 Sq. miles Land 839 Sq. miles Major Highways Water 28 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 I‐20, I‐49,I‐220

US Highway 71, 79, 80

DEMOGRAPHICS LA Highways 2,3

Populaon Total Populaon 119,732 Freight Railroad Total Households 45,657 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Median Age 34.4 Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $53,309 Shreveport, Louisiana 10 miles Average Household Income $65,793 Per Capita Income $25,711 Nearest Commercial Airport

Shreveport Regional Airport 15 miles

Populaon by Employment (2,8300 & 2,6200 runways) White Collar Jobs 56.7% Service Jobs 20.4% Nearest Airport Blue Collar Jobs 22.9% Shreveport Downtown Airport 2 miles

(2,3000 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ High School Graduate 33.5% Nearest Port Associate Degree 9.5% Port of Shreveport/Bossier(9Ft) 10 miles Bachelor’s Degree 13.5% Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 6.0% Nearest Deepwater Port Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average MAJOR EMPLOYERS Civilian Labor 54,346 Employed 51,175 Barksdale Air Force Base 10,284 Unemployed 3,171 Bossier Parish School Board 2,926 Unemployment Rate 5.8% Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino & Hotel 1,800

Diamond Jack’s Casino Resort 837

City of Bossier City 705

TAXES Boomtown Casino 644

Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 100.3 CLIMATE

SALES TAX Parish 8.25% Annual average high temperature 75.4°F Bossier City 9.00% Annual average low temperature 50.6°F Benton 9.25% Average temperature 63.0°F Haughton 9.25% Average annual precipitaon 53.3 in Plain Dealing 9.25%

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Parish Profile—Bossier

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Greater Bossier Economic Development Bossier $705 Foundaon Agriculture 799 David Rocke Mining 1,484 710 Benton Road Ulies 1,108 Bossier City, Louisiana 71111 Construcon 766 Telephone: (318) 742•6043 Manufacturing 913 Facsimile: (318) 742•6044 Wholesale Trade 1,038 E‐mail: [email protected] Retail Trade 493 Transportaon & Warehousing 912 Springhill 659 Cullen Informaon 71 Plain Dealing 371 2 157 2 159 Finance & Insurance 740 a n 2 2 0 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 748 Professional & Technical Services 854

519 Benton Kisatchie N Management Companies & Enterprises Bossier

Administrave & Waste Services 499 Minden * 80 Educaonal Services North Highlands 7 Conn North Shreveport 220 79 20 Healthcare & Social Assistance 733 Bossier City Shreveport 432 371 Arts, Entertainment, and SHREVEPORT220 REGIONAL Accommodaon & Food Services 390 49 Other services, except public administraon 597 171 154 Public Administraon 1,027 4 1 *Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 35 Private Schools 2 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Career Technical College‐Shreveport Louisiana Technical College‐Shreveport Bossier Campus

Remington College‐Shreveport

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Centenary College of Louisiana

Louisiana State University‐HSC

Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

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Parish Profile—Caddo

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 937 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 882 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20, I‐49,I‐220 Water 55 Sq. miles US Highway 71,79, 80,171

LA Highways 1,2

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 257,051 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Total Households 101,179 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Median Age 35.9 Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)(Use UP Tracks)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $37,709 Dallas, Texas 188 miles Average Household Income $56,507 Per Capita Income $23,202 Nearest Commercial Airport

Shreveport Regional Airport 0 miles

Populaon by Employment (2,8300 & 2,6200 runways) White Collar Jobs 55.6% Service Jobs 22.1% Nearest Airport Blue Collar Jobs 22.2% Shreveport Downtown Airport 2 miles

(2,3000 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ High School Graduate 34.4% Nearest Port Associate Degree 5.2% Port of Shreveport/Bossier(9Ft) 5 miles Bachelor’s Degree 14.7% Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 7.8% Nearest Deepwater Port

Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average

MAJOR EMPLOYERS Civilian Labor 119,356 Employed 110,785 LSU Health Sciences Center‐Shreveport 6,200 Unemployed 8,571 Willis Knighton Health System 6,145 Unemployment Rate 7.2% Caddo Parish School Board 6,101

City of Shreveport 2,700

TAXES Wal‐Mart/Sam’s Stores 2,006

Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 141.2 Christus Schumpert Health System 1,800 SALES TAX

Parish 7.35% CLIMATE Shreveport 8.60% Annual average high temperature 76.3°F Vivian 7.85% Annual average low temperature 55.1°F Oil City 8.35% Average temperature 65.7°F Mooringsport 8.35% Average annual precipitaon 51.3 in Greenwood 8.35%

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Parish Profile—Caddo

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Caddo $770 Agriculture 741 Mining 1,425 Ulies 1,295 Construcon 823 Manufacturing 1,042 Wholesale Trade 965 Retail Trade 518 Transportaon & Warehousing 1,026 Informaon 798 Finance & Insurance 1,046

77 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 746 Springhill Professional & Technical Services 937 Cullen 71 Plain Dealing 371 2 157 2 Vivian 2 1 Management Companies & Enterprises 1,034 2 170 Administrave & Waste Services 441 Educaonal Services 570 Benton Healthcare & Social Assistance 936 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 437 Caddo North Highlands North Shreveport 220 Accommodaon & Food Services 280 20 Bossier City 20 Waskom Other services, except public administraon 532 80 Shreveport SHREVEPORT220 REGIONAL Public Administraon 904 49 49 *Data Non‐publishable* 171

79 1 4 EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 71 Private Schools 12 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐TWO YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Career Technical College‐Shreveport Louisiana Technical College‐Shreveport/Bossier

Remington College‐Shreveport

Blue Cliff College‐Shreveport

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Centenary College of Louisiana

Louisiana State University‐HSC Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

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Parish Profile—Claiborne

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 768 Sq. miles Land 755 Sq. miles Major Highways Water 13 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 nearby

US Highway 79

DEMOGRAPHICS LA Highways 2,9

Populaon Total Populaon 16,914 Freight Railroad Total Households 5,877 Louisiana & Northwest Rail System (LNW) Median Age 39.7

Nearest Major City

Household Income Shreveport, Louisiana 52 miles Median Household Income $30,302 Average Household Income $45,702 Nearest Commercial Airport Per Capita Income $19,482 Shreveport Regional Airport miles

(2,8300 & 2,6200 runways)

Populaon by Employment White Collar Jobs 43.9% Nearest Airport Service Jobs 22.3% Homer Municipal Airport 2 miles Blue Collar Jobs 33.8% (2,3200 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Nearest Port High School Graduate 35.0% Port of Shreveport/Bossier(9Ft) 45 miles Associate Degree 3.6% Bachelor’s Degree 8.8% Nearest Deepwater Port Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 4.0% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average MAJOR EMPLOYERS

David Wade Correconal Center 396 Civilian Labor 6,522 Claiborne Parish School Board 329 Employed 5,937 Homer Memorial Hospital 263 Unemployed 585 Berry Plascs 126 Unemployment Rate 9.0%

CLIMATE

TAXES Annual average high temperature 74.4°F

Annual average low temperature 51.8°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 72.7 Average temperature 63.1°F

SALES TAX Average annual precipitaon 55.8 in Parish 7.00% Haynesville 8.00% Homer 8.00% Juncon City 8.00%

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Parish Profile—Claiborne

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Claiborne $709 Claiborne Chamber of Commerce Agriculture 484 519 S Main Street Mining 1,290 Homer, Louisiana 71040 Ulies 952 Telephone: (318)927•3271 Construcon 729 Manufacturing 809 Junction City Wholesale Trade 1,113 63

Retail Trade 402 Haynesville Transportaon & Warehousing 1,177 Informaon 1,073 Kisatchie NF Finance & Insurance 452 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 456 Claiborne Homer 2 Professional & Technical Services 590 Management Companies & Enterprises * Administrave & Waste Services 520 79 Educaonal Services * Healthcare & Social Assistance 485

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 318 Arcadia Gibsland 20 Accommodaon & Food Services 209 80 Other services 359 Public Administraon 840

*Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 10 Private Schools 2 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Blue Cliff College‐Shreveport

Career Technical College‐Shreveport Louisiana Technical College‐Shreveport‐Bossier

Remington College‐Shreveport

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Centenary College of Louisiana

Louisiana State University‐HSC

Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

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Parish Profiles—DeSoto

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 894 Sq. miles Land 877 Sq. miles Major Highways Water 17 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐49

US Highway 84,171,371

DEMOGRAPHICS LA Highways 5

Populaon Total Populaon 26,812 Freight Railroad Total Households 10,742 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Median Age 38.3 Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $38,325 Shreveport, Louisiana 45 miles Average Household Income $52,728 Per Capita Income $21,337 Nearest Commercial Airport

Shreveport Regional Airport miles

Populaon by Employment (2,8300 & 2,6200 runways) White Collar Jobs 44.20% Service Jobs 18.80% Nearest Airport Blue Collar Jobs 36.90% CE’RUSTY” Williams Airport 2 miles

(2,4,500 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ High School Graduate 44.40% Nearest Port Associate Degree 4.60% Port of Shreveport/Bossier(9Ft) 20 miles Bachelor’s Degree 8.50% Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 3.30% Nearest Deepwater Port

Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average

MAJOR EMPLOYERS Civilian Labor 11,470 DeSoto Parish School Board 881 Employed 10,580 Wal‐Mart/Sam’s Stores 311 Unemployed 890 DeSoto Regional Health System 253 Unemployment Rate 7.8% Dolet Hills Mining Venture 248

TAXES CLIMATE

Annual average high temperature 76.5°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 102.4 Annual average low temperature 53.0°F

SALES TAX Average temperature 64.8°F Parish 8.00% Average annual precipitaon 54.45 Logansport 9.00% Mansfield 9.00% Stonewall 9.00%

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Parish Profiles—DeSoto

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) DeSoto $849 DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce Agriculture 740 Kathi Wells Mining 1,364 115 North Washington Avenue Ulies 1,197 Mansfield, Louisiana 71052 Construcon 949 Telephone: (318)872•1310 Manufacturing 1,349 Wholesale Trade 778 Facsimile: (318)871•1875 Retail Trade 458 E‐mail: www.desotoparishchamber.net Transportaon & Warehousing 1,207 [email protected] Informaon 874 Finance & Insurance 603

Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 782 Shreveport

Professional & Technical Services 747 79 49 Management Companies & Enterprisse 1,208 171 Administrave & Waste Services 690 Educaonal Services * 71 4 Healthcare & Social Assistance 618 1 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 374 49 Accommodaon & Food Services 229 Other services 483 De SotoMansfield Public Administraon 708 1 *Data Non‐publishable* 84

171

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 12 Sabine NF Private Schools 1 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Blue Cliff College‐Shreveport

Career Technical College‐Shreveport

Louisiana Technical College‐Shreveport/Bossier

Remington College‐Shreveport

NEAREST 4‐ YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Centenary College of Louisiana

Louisiana State University‐HSC

Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

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Parish Profile—Jackson

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 580 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 570 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy N/A Water 11 Sq. miles US Highway 167

LA Highways 4,34

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 16,323 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Total Households 6,266 Median Age 40.7 Nearest Major City

Shreveport, Louisiana 80 miles

Household Income Median Household Income $39,737 Nearest Commercial Airport Average Household Income $52,899 Shreveport Regional Airport miles Per Capita Income $21,459 (2,8300 & 2,6200 runways)

Populaon by Employment Nearest Airport White Collar Jobs 48.0% Jonesboro Airport 2 miles Service Jobs 17.2% (1,3,203 runways) Blue Collar Jobs 34.8%

Nearest Port

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Port of Shreveport/Bossier(9Ft) 20 miles High School Graduate 43.0% Associate Degree 4.1% Nearest Deepwater Port Bachelor’s Degree 9.7% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 4.9%

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average

Rock‐Tenn Services, Inc. 460 Civilian Labor 6,393 Jackson Parish School Board 378 Employed 5,878 Unemployed 515 CLIMATE Unemployment Rate 8.1%

Annual average high temperature 82.3°F

Annual average low temperature 45.9°F

TAXES Average temperature 78.9°F

Average annual precipitaon 58.85 Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 92.4

SALES TAX Parish 8.00% Eros 9.00% Hodge 9.00% Jonesboro 9.00%

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Parish Profile—Jackson

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Jackson $701 Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce Agriculture 851 102 Fourth Street Mining * Jonesboro, Louisiana 71251 Ulies 1,125 Telephone: (318) 259•4693 Construcon 571

Manufacturing * 63 20 Ruston167 Wholesale Trade 958 20 80 Retail Trade 369 Transportaon & Warehousing 671 167 Informaon 432 Finance & Insurance 602 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 512 Professional & Technical Services 847 Jackson

Jonesboro 4 Management Companies & Enterprises 340 147 Administrave & Waste Services 597 4 Educaonal Services * Healthcare & Social Assistance 539 Kisatchie NF Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 407 Accommodaon & Food Services 214 Other services 409 Public Administraon 498

*Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 5 Private Schools 0 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES Louisiana Technical College‐Delta‐Ouachita Campus

Louisiana Technical College‐Ruston Campus Unitech Training Academy‐West Monroe Campus

NEAREST 4‐ YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Grambling State University

Louisiana Tech University

University of Louisiana at Monroe

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Parish Profile—Lincoln

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 482 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 471 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 Water 1 Sq. miles US Highway 80, 167

LA Highways 33

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 46,856 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Total Households 18,067 Median Age 26.9 Nearest Major City

Shreveport, Louisiana 70 miles

Household Income Median Household Income $34,089 Nearest Commercial Airport Average Household Income $50,241 Shreveport Regional Airport miles Per Capita Income $21,559 (2,8300 & 2,6200 runways)

Populaon by Employment Nearest Airport White Collar Jobs 61.1% Ruston Regional Airport 0 miles Service Jobs 19.1% (1,3,203 runways) Blue Collar Jobs 19.8%

Nearest Port

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Greater Ouachita Parish Port(9Ft) 30 miles High School Graduate 25.9% Associate Degree 5.5% Nearest Deepwater Port Bachelor’s Degree 19.1% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 15.1%

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average Louisiana Tech University 1,095

Lincoln Parish School Board 963 Civilian Labor 19,159 Grambling State University 691 Employed 17,457 Northern Louisiana Medical Center 678 Unemployed 1,702 Louisiana United Methodist Children 363 Unemployment Rate 8.9% Verallia North America 360

TAXES CLIMATE

Annual average high temperature 75.7°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 88.2 Annual average low temperature 51.7°F

SALES TAX Average temperature 63.7°F Parish 7.00% Average annual precipitaon 55.0 in Dubach 7.75% Grambling 8.75% Ruston 8.50%

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Parish Profile—Lincoln

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Ruston‐Lincoln Chamber of Commerce/ Lincoln $660 Ruston Agriculture 622 Lincoln Mining 1,224 Industrial Development Corp Ulies 707 Sco Terry Construcon 981 104 E Mississippi Avenue Manufacturing 945 Wholesale Trade 730 Ruston, Louisiana 71270 Retail Trade 453 Telephone: (318) 255•2031 Transportaon & Warehousing 1,060 Fascimile: (318)255•3481 Informaon 625 E‐mail: [email protected] Finance & Insurance 773 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 491 City of Ruston Professional & Technical Services 1,060 Kris Lumpkin Management Companies & Enterprises 1,996 401 North Trenton Administrave & Waste Services 529 Ruston, Louisiana 71273 Educaonal Services 661 Telephone: (318) 251•8643 Healthcare & Social Assistance 677 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 429 Facsimile:(318)251•8612

Accommodaon & Food Services 228 Bernice

2 Other services 489 Farmerville 63 2 Public Administraon 733 2 *Data Non‐publishable* 15

EDUCATION

Lincoln Primary/Educaon Arcadia 20 Public Schools 21 167 Ruston 20 Private Schools 3 80

School District 1 167

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Louisiana Technical College‐Ruston Campus

NEAREST 4‐ YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Grambling State University

Louisiana Tech University

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Parish Profile—Morehouse

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILITY Total 805 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 794 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy N/A Water 11 Sq. miles US Highway 165,425

LA Highways 2

DEMOGRAPHICS Populaon Total Populaon 27,608 Freight Railroad Total Households 10,539 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Median Age 38.5 Arkansas & Louisiana Mississippi RR (ALM)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $32,586 Shreveport, Louisiana 130 miles Average Household Income $45,582 Per Capita Income $18,047 Nearest Commercial Airport

Monroe Regional Airport 30 miles

Populaon by Employment (2,5000 & 1,7500 runway) White Collar Jobs 46.2% Service Jobs 20.0% Blue Collar Jobs 33.8% Nearest Airport

Morehouse Memorial Airport 5 miles

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ (1,4000 runway) High School Graduate 43.1% Associate Degree 3.8% Nearest Port Bachelor’s Degree 8.2% Greater Ouachita Parish Port(9Ft) 25 miles Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 3.1%

Nearest Deepwater Port

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Civilian Labor 10,944 Employed 9,385 MAJOR EMPLOYERS Unemployed 1,559 Morehouse Parish School Board 721 Unemployment Rate 14.2% Morehouse General Hospital Inc 335

D G Foods, LLC 317

Cherry Ridge Guest Care, LLC 120

TAXES Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 79.4

SALES TAX CLIMATE Parish 7.00% Annual Average High Temperature 75.5°F Bastrop 10.00% Annual Average Low Temperature 53.1°F Mer Rouge 9.00% Average Temperature 64.3°F Bonita 9.00% Average Annual Precipitaon 57.1 in

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Parish Profile—Morehouse

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Morehouse Economic Development Corp Morehouse $559 CapitalOne Bank Building Agriculture 556 Suite A 101 Franklin Street Mining * Bastrop, Louisiana 71220 Ulies 838 Telephone: (318)283•4000 Construcon 1,094 Facsimile: (318)283•0651 Manufacturing 476 E‐mail: morehouseedc@a.net Wholesale Trade 1,074 Retail Trade 431 Transportaon & Warehousing 883 425 Informaon 685 Finance & Insurance 691

436 Morehouse Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 165 Bastrop Professional & Technical Services 680 Mer Rouge Management Companies & Enterprises * Sterlington Administrave & Waste Services 588 2 Educaonal Services * Oak Ridge Poverty Point NMON Healthcare & Social Assistance 490

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 290 MONROE REGIONAL 80 Rayville Accommodaon & Food Services 239 Other services 346 Public Administraon 794

*Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 13 Private Schools 1 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Louisiana Technical College‐Bastrop Campus

NEAREST 4‐ YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

University of Louisiana at Monroe

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Parish Profile—Natchitoches

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 1,299 Sq. miles Land 1,255 Sq. miles Major Highways Water 44 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐49

US Highway 71,84 LA Highways DEMOGRAPHICS 1,6,9,117,119,126,153,156,1226 Populaon Total Populaon 39,442 Freight Railroad Total Households 15,512 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Median Age 30.8 Kansas City Southern (KCS)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $29,950 Shreveport, Louisiana 77 miles Average Household Income $44,480 Per Capita Income $18,703 Nearest Commercial Airport

Natchitoches Regional Airport 0 miles

Populaon by Employment (2, 5000 & 4000 runways) White Collar Jobs 53.5% Service Jobs 19.0% Nearest Port Blue Collar Jobs 27.6% Port of Natchitoches(9Ft) 5 miles

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Nearest Deepwater Port High School Graduate 34.9% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Associate Degree 3.7% Bachelor’s Degree 13.6% MAJOR EMPLOYERS Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 7.2% Natchitoches Parish School Board 843

Northwestern State University 774

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average Roy O Marn‐Plywood 715

Pilgrim’s Pride—Natchitoches 702 Civilian Labor 16,745 Alliance Compressors 600 Employed 15,328 Natchitoches Regional Medical Center 513 Unemployed 1,417 Parish of Natchitoches 206 Unemployment Rate 8.5%

CLIMATE

TAXES Annual average high temperature 76.6°F Annual average low temperature 54.7°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 93.9 Average temperature 65.6°F

SALES TAX Average annual precipitaon 54.9 in Parish 7.50% Camp 9.50% Clarence 8.50% Natchitoches 9.00%

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Parish Profile—Natchitoches

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Natchitoches $645 City of Natchitoches Economic Development Agriculture 673 700 Second Street Mining * Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457 Ulies 1,129 Telephone: (318) 238•7223 Construcon 573 Manufacturing 899 Wholesale Trade 844 Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade 432 562 2nd Street Transportaon & Warehousing 886 Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457 Informaon 795 Telephone: (318) 352•6894 Finance & Insurance 774 Facsimile: (318) 352•5385 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 408 E‐mail: [email protected] Professional & Technical Services 747 Management Companies & Enterprises 869 1

371 Administrave & Waste Services 407 84 Coushatta 167 Educaonal Services 864 Kisatchie NF 1 Healthcare & Social Assistance 562 Winnfield Campti 167 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 365 84

Accommodaon & Food Services 225 Natchitoches

Other services 597 Natchitoches Public Administraon 694 171 *Data Non‐publishable* Many 71

Colfax 8

49

EDUCATION 8

Primary/Educaon 8 Public Schools 16 Private Schools 1 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES Louisiana Technical College‐Natchitoches Campus

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

North Louisiana Regional Profile • 60

Parish Profile—Ouachita

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 633 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 611 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 Water 22 Sq. miles US Highway 80,165

LA Highways 2,15,34

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 154,919 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Total Households 58,596 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Median Age 33.5 Arkansas & Louisiana Mississippi Railroad (ALM)

Household Income Nearest Major City Median Household Income $39,932 Shreveport, Louisiana 100 miles Average Household Income $56,178 Per Capita Income $22,427 Nearest Commercial Airport

Monroe Regional Airport 0 miles

Populaon by Employment (2, 5000 & 1, 7500 runway) White Collar Jobs 59.9% Service Jobs 19.1% Nearest Port Blue Collar Jobs 21.0% Greater Ouachita Parish Port (9Ft) 5 miles

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Nearest Deepwater Port High School Graduate 31.8% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Associate Degree 4.5% Bachelor’s Degree 17.3% MAJOR EMPLOYERS Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degee 7.9% Ouachita Parish School Board 2,999

St. Francis Medical Center 2,219

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average J. P. Morgan Chase/Monroe 2,100

CenturyLink‐Monroe 1400 Civilian Labor 70,019 Monroe City School District 1,387 Employed 64,504 Graphic Packaging Int’l—West Monroe 1,167 Unemployed 5,515 Unemployment Rate 7.9% CLIMATE

Annual average high temperature 77.1°F

TAXES Annual average low temperature 54.6°F

Average temperature 65.8°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 95.0 Average annual precipitaon 53.4in

SALES TAX Parish 8.6‐9.6% Monroe 9.99% Richwood 9.50% Sterlington 9.50%

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Parish Profile—Ouachita

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT (3RD QUARTER 2011) City of Monroe Ouachita $715 Dwight D. Vines Agriculture 488 400 Lea Joyner Expressway Mining 1,069 Monroe, LA 71201 Ulies 991 Phone: 318‐329‐2250 Construcon 715 Manufacturing 947 City of West Monroe Wholesale Trade 995 Eric T. Hale, Ph.D. Retail Trade 457 2305 North 7th Street Transportaon & Warehousing 912 West Monroe, LA 71291 Informaon 787 Phone: (318)‐396‐2600 Finance & Insurance 735 E‐mail: [email protected] Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 670 Professional & Technical Services 877 Monroe Chamber of Commerce Management Companies & Enterprises Sue Nicholson 1,369 212 Walnut Street, Suite 100 Administrave & Waste Services 492 Monroe, LA 71201 Phone (318) 323‐3461 Educaonal Services 1,274 Fax (318) 322‐7594 Healthcare & Social Assistance 718 [email protected] Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 263 Accommodaon & Food Services 259 West Monroe Chamber of Commerce Other services 536 Mary Ann Newton 112 Professional Drive Public Administraon 796 West Monroe, LA 71291 *Data Non‐publishable* Phone (318) 325‐1961 Fax (318) 325‐4296 [email protected] EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon

Public Schools 57 143 2 15 Sterlington Private Schools 10 School District 2 (Ouachita Parish School Board & Monroe Ciy School District)

20 80 Monroe MONROE REGIONAL NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES 165 Bus

Ouachita 20 Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Louisiana Technical College‐Delta‐Ouachita Campus 15 Unitech Training Academy‐West Monroe Campus

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 165 4 University of Louisiana at Monroe

North Louisiana Regional Profile • 62

Parish Profile—Red River

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 402 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 389 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐49 nearby Water 13Sq. miles US Highway 71, 84, 371

LA Highways 1

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 8,890 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Total Households 3,444 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Median Age 35.3

Nearest Major City

Household Income Shreveport, Louisiana 53 miles Median Household Income $32,417 Average Household Income $51,432 Nearest Commercial Airport Per Capita Income $19,985 Monroe Regional Airport 0 miles

(2, 5000 & 1, 7500 runway)

Populaon by Employment White Collar Jobs 41.4% NEAREST AIRPORT Service Jobs 19.3% Red River Airport Blue Collar Jobs 39.3% (2,5,000 runways)

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Nearest Port High School Graduate 41.5% Port of Red River (9Ft) 5 miles Associate Degree 3.2% Bachelor’s Degree 6.5% Nearest Deepwater Port Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 2.5% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Red River Parish School Board 262 Civilian Labor 4,115 Christus Coushaa Health Care Center 168 Employed 3,758 Unemployed 357 Unemployment Rate 8.7% CLIMATE

Annual average high temperature 61.0°F

TAXES Annual average low temperature 32.0°F

Average temperature 47.0°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 95.7 Average annual precipitaon 52.21in

SALES TAX Parish 8.00% Coushaa 9.00% Hall Summit 9.00%

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Parish Profile—Red River

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Red River $717 Coushaa‐Red River Chamber of Commercy Agriculture 650 P. O. Box 333‐622 Rush Street Mining 1,439 Coushaa, Louisiana 71019 Ulies 1,063 Telephone: (318) 932•3289 Construcon 798 Facsimile: (318) 932•6919 Manufacturing 872 E‐mail: [email protected] Wholesale Trade 457 Retail Trade 391 4 Transportaon & Warehousing 1,195 4 4 Informaon 580 Finance & Insurance 591 1 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 1,013 Professional & Technical Services 528 49 Management Companies & Enterprises * 371 84 Red River Administrave & Waste Services 387 Coushatta

Educaonal Services * 1 Healthcare & Social Assistance 525 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon * 71 49 Accommodaon & Food Services 290 Campti Other services 659 Public Administraon 740 *Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 4 Private Schools 1 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Blue Cliff College‐Shreveport

Career Technical College‐Shreveport Louisiana Technical College‐Shreveport‐Bossier Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Centenary College of Louisiana

Louisiana State University HSC

Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

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Parish Profile—Sabine

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 1,012 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 865 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐49 nearby Water 146 Sq. miles US Highway 171

LA Highways 6

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 24,526 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Total Households 9,473 Median Age 40.0 Nearest Major City

Shreveport, Louisiana 95 miles

Household Income Median Household Income $37,601 Nearest Commercial Airport Average Household Income $52,781 Shreveport Regional Airport 0 miles Per Capita Income $20,942 (2, 8300 & 1, 6200 runway)

Populaon by Employment Nearest Airport White Collar Jobs 45.9% Hart Airport Service Jobs 16.4% (2,4400 runways) Blue Collar Jobs 37.6%

Nearest Port

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Port of Natchitoches (9Ft) 30 miles High School Graduate 44.8% Port of Red River(9Ft) 30 miles Associate Degree 4.1% Bachelor’s Degree 8.4% Nearest Deepwater Port Master’s Professional/Doctorate Deg 4.3% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater)

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Sabine Parish School Board 850 Civilian Labor 9,453 Boise Cascade, LLC 396 Employed 9,781 Big Star Supermarket of Many, Inc. 240 Unemployed 671 Sabine Medical Center 195 Unemployment Rate 7.1%

CLIMATE

TAXES

Annual average high temperature 76.5°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 82.1 Annual average low temperature 52.4°F

SALES TAX Average temperature 64.4°F Parish 7.63% Average annual precipitaon 51.2in Converse 8.63% Many 8.88% Zwolle 9.63%

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Parish Profile—Sabine

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Sabine $595 Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce Agriculture 749 1125 W. Mississippi Ave, Ste F Mining 1,045 Many, Louisiana 71449 Ulies 695 Construcon 541 Telephone: (318) 256•3523 Manufacturing 861 Wholesale Trade 681 Town of Many Retail Trade 418 965 San Antonio Avenue Transportaon & Warehousing 915 Many, Louisiana 71449 Informaon 712 Telephone: (318) 256•3651 Finance & Insurance 703 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 590 1 49 Professional & Technical Services 763 Management Companies & Enterprises 486 Administrave & Waste Services 371 Educaonal Services * 171 Healthcare & Social Assistance 534 Many

Sabine Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon * Sabine NF Kisatchie Accommodaon & Food Services 280 Other services 408 Public Administraon 550 *Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 12 Private Schools 0 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University‐Shreveport

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES Louisiana Technical College‐Natchitoches Campus Louisiana Technical College‐Sabine Valley Campus

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Parish Profile—Union

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 905 Sq. miles Major Highways Land 878 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 (12 miles south of parish) Water 28 Sq. miles US Highway 63,167

LA Highways 2,15,33

DEMOGRAPHICS

Populaon Freight Railroad Total Populaon 22,732 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Total Households 8,869 Median Age 40.4 Nearest Major City

Shreveport, Louisiana 90 miles

Household Income Median Household Income $38,976 Nearest Commercial Airport Average Household Income $53,649 Monroe Regional Airport 30 miles Per Capita Income $21,488 (2, 5000 & 1, 7500 runway)

Populaon by Employment NEAREST AIRPORT White Collar Jobs 48.2% Farmerville Airport Service Jobs 15.3% (1, 3000 runway) Blue Collar Jobs 36.5%

Nearest Port

Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ Greater Ouachita Parish Port(9Ft) 25 miles High School Graduate 43.7% Associate Degree 3.6% Nearest Deepwater Port Bachelor’s Degree 9.7% Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 3.8%

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average Foster Farms 950

Union Parish School Board 415 Civilian Labor 9,771 Union General Hospital 134 Employed 8,976 Unemployed 795 Unemployment Rate 8.1% CLIMATE

TAXES Annual average high temperature 55.0°F

Annual average low temperature 32.0°F Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 65.1 Average temperature 44.0°F

SALES TAX Average annual precipitaon 51.2in Parish 8.00% Bernice 10.00% Farmerville 9.50% Marion 9.00%

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Parish Profile—Union

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) Union $581 Union Parish Chamber of Commerce Agriculture 654 303 E. Walter Street Mining 881 Farmerville, Louisiana 71241 Ulies 852 (318)368•3947

Construcon 549 Strong 82 * Manufacturing Huttig Wholesale Trade 726 Junction City Retail Trade 437 63 Kisatchie NF Transportaon & Warehousing 713 Informaon 1,079 Bernice Union 2 Farmerville Finance & Insurance 670 2 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 338 2 143 Sterlington Professional & Technical Services 556 15 2 Management Companies & Enterprises * 165 Administrave & Waste Services 517 167 Ruston Monroe 20 Educaonal Services * 80 MONROE REGIONAL 167 Healthcare & Social Assistance 527 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 382 Accommodaon & Food Services 209 Other services 493 Public Administraon 674

*Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 8 Private Schools 1 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES

Louisiana Delta Community College

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES Louisiana Technical College‐North Central Campus

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Grambling State University

Louisiana Tech University

University of Louisiana at Monroe

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Parish Profile—Webster

AREA MARKET ACCESSIBILTY Total 615 Sq. miles Land 595 Sq. miles Major Highways Water 20 Sq. miles Interstate Hwy I‐20 US Highway 79,80,371 DEMOGRAPHICS LA Highways 2 Populaon Total Populaon 41,288 Freight Rail Total Households 16,287 Kansas City Southern (KCS) Median Age 39.1 Midsouth Rail (Operated by KCS) Louisiana & North West Railroad (LNW) Household Income Median Household Income $38,028 Nearest Major City Average Household Income $49,420 Shreveport, Louisiana 31 miles Per Capita Income $20,285 Nearest Commercial Airport Populaon by Employment Shreveport Regional Airport 0 miles White Collar Jobs 47.3% (2, 8300 & 2,6200 runways) Service Jobs 18.4% Blue Collar Jobs 34.3% Nearest Airport Minden‐Webster Airport Populaon by Educaon,25 Years+ (2, 5000 runways) High School Graduate 38.9% Springhill Airport Associate Degree 6.4% (2,4000 runways) Bachelor’s Degree 10.2% Master’s Professional/Doctorate Degree 4.2% Nearest Port Port of Shreveport/Bossier 40 miles LABOR FORCE‐YEAR 2011‐Average Nearest Deepwater Port Civilian Labor 19,598 Port of New Orleans (Deepwater) Employed 18,039 Unemployed 1,559 MAJOR EMPLOYERS Unemployment Rate 8.0% Webster Parish School Board 995 Wal‐Mart/Sam’s Stores 630 TAXES Minden Medical Center 515 Kenyan Enterprises, Inc. (Piggly Wiggly) 415 Property Taxes (Mills) Parish Wide 104.4 Springhill Medical Center 232 SALES TAX City of Minden 219 Parish 7.00% Coon Valley 8.00% CLIMATE Sibley 9.00% Annual average high temperature 75.4°F Dixie Inn 9.50% Annual average low temperature 52.5°F Springhill 9.50% Average temperature 63.9°F Minden 9.50% Average annual precipitaon 55.2in

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Parish Profile—Webster

Average Weekly Wages ($) by Major Industry Division ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

(3RD QUARTER 2011) North Webster Industrial Park Webster $716 Post Office Box 176 Agriculture 730 Springhill, Louisiana 71075 Mining 1,446 (318) 539•5058 Ulies 859

Construcon 826 Springhill Manufacturing 874 Cullen Haynesville 2 371 Plain Dealing Wholesale Trade 1,084 157 2 159 Retail Trade 425 2

Transportaon & Warehousing 976 Homer Informaon 661 Finance & Insurance 735 Benton Webster Kisatchie NF 79

Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 920 Minden

7 Conn Professional & Technical Services 618 Arcadia 220 Gibsland Management Companies & Enterprises 20 80 362 Bossier City Shreveport Administrave & Waste Services 506 71 1 Educaonal Services * 371 Healthcare & Social Assistance 594 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreaon 327 Accommodaon & Food Services 242 Other services 550 Public Administraon 652 *Data Non‐publishable*

EDUCATION

Primary/Educaon Public Schools 18 Private Schools 2 School District 1

NEAREST COMMUNITY & 2‐ YEAR COLLEGES Bossier Parish Community College

Southern University at Shreveport Northwestern University Nursing Edu Center

NEAREST TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Louisiana Technical College‐NW Louisiana

NEAREST 4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Louisiana State University‐Shreveport

Louisiana State University HSC

Centenary College of Louisiana

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North Louisiana Regional Profile • 73 The informaon presented in this publicaon represents the most reliable and current data available for the 14 parish region gathered from recognized and credible sources. The publicaon is the result of an ongoing partnership between the North Louisiana Economic Partnership (NLEP) and the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSUS).

The CBER provides applied economic and business research to organizaons and businesses in North Louisiana. The Center serves as a collecon center for research data and strives to partner with government, businesses and industry to promote economic growth for the region. The Center maintains a database of local and regional economic indicators analyzes area economic trends and provides comprehensive demographic and Census Data for the area.

LSUS Center for Business and Economic Research One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115 Telephone: (318) 797‐5187 Fax: (318) 797‐5208 Website: www.lsus.edu/cber