The recipient entity's physical address:
           2200 Milam St.
Shreveport, LA 71103

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           2200 Milam St.
Shreveport, LA 71103

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          Raymond Alford, Beth Psalmonds, Billy Jean Reasor, Earl Culbert, Elton Taylor, Hugh Butterfield, James Carter, Lloyd Brown, Oliver Jenkins, Patrick Hart, Terry Moore, Tyler Williams, Harris Vee, and Virginia Taylor

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  3016

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $667,000

What type of request is this?  Both

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           President - Frederick Lewis
5646 Lakeshore DR. Unit 26
Shreveport, LA 71119

Vice-President - Frederick Henson
3503 Del Rio St.
Shreveport, LA 71103

Treasurer - Raymond Alford
2889 Covington Cir
Shreveport, LA 71106

Secretary - Dr. Regina Webb
2210 Lakeshore D.
Shreveport, LA 71103

Bobby Brown
3544 Greenbriar Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71109

James Carter
1942 Logan St.
Shreveport, LA 71103

Tim Davis
2126 Silverwood DR
Shreveport, LA 71118, LA 71118

Darrin Dixon
6173 Master Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71129

Travis Griffin
6701 Towering Oaks Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71119

Clarence McKinney
119 Collage St.
Shreveport, LA 71104

James Mosley
4124 Calderwood DR
Shreveport, LA 71119

Donnie Sutton
178 Gulfstream LN
Shreveport, LA 71106

Jerry White
6225 Sonhaven Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71119

Don Williams
3768 Crest View LN
Shreveport, LA 71119

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           The proposed project includes:

1. New water irrigation system for golf course: ($450,000.00)

• Full HDPE piping
• 2-wire MAXI wiring
• New irrigation heads, including inner and outer heads around greens
• New central control system
• 90% irrigation coverage over property

Irrigation systems are essential for golf courses, mainly because proper water mechanics will ensure that the grass stays healthy. Too little water (lack of the irrigation system) can cause a problem

2. Two pre-emergent herbicide applications over 40 acres to include tees, fairways, rough, and green surrounds. This will mitigate weeds up to 95% and improve the grounds dramatically. ($30,000.00)

3.Cart path repair and replacement on holes #4 and #6. ($57,000.00)

4. Foresite Golf Simulator with integrated Puttview Green as a part of renovation/rehabilitation of club house due to fire. ($60,000.00)

This will provide the course with an excellent cutting edge training and practice facility for the introduction of golf for the youth program. Additionally the simulator and green can help support the organization financially by renting out to golfers for practice and play on inclement weather days.

5. Driving range infrastructure modernization.($75,000.00)

This project includes the acquisition and installation of a commercial-grade, permanent shade infrastructure at the Jerry Tim Brooks Golf Course driving range. By replicating a proven design standard deployed at federal military facilities, this project will construct an 81-foot joined Full Hip Cantilever shade structure covering six (6) active driving range hitting stalls. This capital improvement protects public users from extreme heat, extends the seasonal usability of a key community recreational asset, and represents a durable, multi-decade investment in the municipal park system of Shreveport.

The Jerry Tim Brooks Golf Course serves as a critical community recreational asset in Shreveport, providing accessible outdoor activity and youth athletic development. However, Northwest Louisiana’s severe summer heat indexes regularly suppress midday facility utilization for nearly four months of the year, limiting public access and municipal revenue.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          The public purpose sought to be achieved is the continued restoration of the Jerry Tim Brooks Golf Course. The golf course is a vital community asset that offers reduced fees golf play in an underserved community. Also, the continued establishment and administering of educational and recreational programs to positively impact the lives of underserved area youth and their families throughout Northwest Louisiana, by offering affordable and accessible golf and recreational facilities to serve those who have not had exposure to the game of golf and its positive values.

Golf in the area has been priced out of the budget for all low-income and many middle-income families, thus denying too many area youth and their families the opportunity to participate and benefit from playing golf and the exposure to golf’s ethical value system. The Foundation offers golf at a below market rate for youth and adults, which provides opportunity for low-income youth and their families to participate in golf. Our Foundation follows the First Tee model of a youth development organization that enables kids to build strength of character by integrating the game of golf with life skills. The Foundation also will continue to create programs, activities and educational opportunities that instill lasting, positive values for the youth served by the Foundation and its partners. Programs like our afterschool and in-school tutoring programs. Through the game of golf, the Foundation promotes life skills, leadership, teamwork, and educational growth among youth. The golf course and its facilities are the vehicles through which the Foundation can fulfill its mission. No other golf courses in the area provide reasonable costs that underserved youth can afford. They and their families are priced out of the game of golf.

The state monies used will provide infrastructure improvement to the golf course to maintain and protect the grounds and facility. Funding will enable the Foundation to maintain and upgrade its facilities and, in turn, expand access to its youth programs which teach core values, healthy habits, and positive character development.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          The goals and objectives for achieving the purpose is the continued operation of the Jerry Tim Brooks Golf Course, which provides the facilities to offer golf training and education opportunities to the middle and low income communities we serve. As a part of the operation of the golf course is the upkeep and capital improvement to maintain the golf course in a standard that allows it to be a positive experience for golfers.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           The purpose is an ongoing purpose that has no end date. The need for the purpose is ongoing and continuing.

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 N/A
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 N/A

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                 N/A

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                  N/A

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               N/A

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               N/A

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                N/A

          What is the nature of the relationship?  N/A

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 N/A

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               N/A


Contact Information
name:  Frederick Lewis 
                                       address:  5646 S Lakeshore Dr Unit 26
Shreveport, LA 71119
                                       phone:  3183449662
                                       fax: 
                                       e-mail:  justustm2@gmail.com
                                       relationship to entity:  President of Board