Shreveport MPC’s Alan Clarke on blight, race, and retirement with pride and some regret

For years, Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Director Alan Clarke has found himself in the position of responding to hard questions. He has lost some friends along the way because of it.

After 46 years, on December 31, his city journey is coming to an end. It has been a memorable ride.

He was the executive director of the MPC when the Parish of Caddo pulled out of what—until then—had been a city/parish department…

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