SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - Shreveport's Red River District could soon see some new life…

A proposal introduced to the Shreveport City Council would create a Film and Entertainment Gateway Economic Development District, designed to attract more restaurants, music, and entertainment, and possibly film production to the Red River District.

"This is, of course, a different issue. It has to do with downtown development; it doesn't really have that much to do with the film industry, although it would be available for film. It will help with the entertainment district, which is a completely different avenue of economic development than Mr. Jackson (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) is planning to go into," said Mayor Tom Arceneaux.

Under this proposal, a district manager would be appointed, and a b

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