WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On January 20, 2023, the City of West Monroe’s Communication Department released its community services 2022 accomplishments. The accomplishments can be seen in the table below:
Location | Accomplishment |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 82,314 units of service to 3,424 participants |
West Ouachita Senior Center | Food for Seniors and USDA Commodities (Distribution count: 4,893) |
West Ouachita Senior Center | Emergency Food Pantry (58 bags/boxes) |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 1,058 education activities |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 16,521 healthy activities |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 36,287 recreational activities |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 6,084 advocacy |
West Ouachita Senior Center | 16 special seasonal/holiday events |
West Monroe Community Center | 65 students enrolled in after school program |
West Monroe Community Center | 94 students enrolled in academic summer camp |
West Monroe Community Center | 53 individuals registered in financial literacy workshop |
West Monroe Community Center | 300 students received backpacks with supplies at back-to-school event |
West Monroe Community Center | 200 individuals/households received turkeys or hams at the Xavier Woods Thanksgiving Giveaway |
West Monroe Community Center | Women and Minority Small Business Seminar, Prevention Festival, Mini Basketball Camp, HiSet Classes, and the South Riverfront Cultural District Holiday Shop offered at the community center |
West Ouachita Public Transit | Won the North Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development “Driven to Succeed” award |
West Ouachita Public Transit | Total of 22,366 trips/rides |
West Ouachita Public Transit | Total of 3,843 registered riders |
Farmer’s Market at Seventh Square | Five full-time produce vendors from Monday through Saturday during the season |
Farmer’s Market at Seventh Square | Saturday Market on the Square from May through October with merchandise vendors, food trucks, and performers |
Farmer’s Market at Seventh Square | Grand opening in May 2022 with over 40 vendors, activities, and food trucks |
Farmer’s Market at Seventh Square | Pea shelling services and Pecan cracking/shelling produced 586 bushels or 14,643 pounds of peas, and 6,230 pounds of pecan |
Farmer’s Market at Seventh Square | Major repairs completed to repair rot on the building, repair lights in office, repair roof, and improve bathrooms |
For more information about the City of West Monroe’s 2022 accomplishments, call 318-396-2600.