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Good news from the City of Shreveport
Shreveport city leaders announce a drop in crime, new efforts to clean streets and major investments in infrastructureCrime trending down Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins announced that crime (including homicides) in Shreveport is down so far this year when compared to...
Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program unveils 10 new North Louisiana companies added to the Dolores George LaVigne Wall of Entrepreneurial Achievement
Shreveport, LA – BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) celebrated its eighth year of operation and the successful launch of local high-growth startups on Friday with the unveiling of 10 new portfolio companies that have been added to the Dolores George...
Radiance Technologies Plans Expansion into Shreveport, LA
Shreveport, LA. Radiance Technologies (Radiance), a national leader in defense technologies and solutions, commits to expanding the economic development of the Shreveport-Bossier City region. Radiance recently partnered with BRF, a North Louisiana economic development...
Medical virtual reality company recruited to Shreveport
Shreveport Next, a division of BRF, today announced the recruitment of California-based BioflightVR to Shreveport. BioflightVR is a virtual reality (VR) medical training company that offers VR training for a variety of medical procedures. Its programs are currently...
BRF’s Bobbie Cates Hicks Science and Medicine Academic Research Training (SMART) program 2022-2023 class begins yearlong research studies
Eleven students from Caddo Parish schools are part of this year’s Bobbie Cates Hicks Science and Medicine Academic Research Training (SMART) program. The students will work alongside investigators at LSU Health Shreveport on various research studies. BRF launched the...
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