Build Shreveport
Build Shreveport Growth Hub is a local development page created to introduce Build Shreveport as an action-based brand for Shreveport, Louisiana.
The page presents Build Shreveport as a platform for construction, entertainment, media, tourism, web systems, memberships, merchandise, events, and community economic activation.
"Build the space. Build the experience. Build the brand. Build the economy. Build Shreveport". Patrick Devers, Founder
Build Shreveport Growth Hub
Top 3 Strategic Areas
1. Construction, Scaffolding & Physical Infrastructure
Build Shreveport can create immediate action through scaffold systems, QES-style structures, stages, platforms, event builds, vendor areas, viewing decks, themed environments, and expandable entertainment spaces.
2. Media, Entertainment & Brand Development
Build Shreveport supports music, film, streaming, fashion, tourism, artist development, photo shoots, brand launches, festivals, and cultural experiences connected to Shreveport.
3. Web, Membership & Economic Systems
Build Shreveport connects websites, domains, ecommerce, memberships, SEO, merchandise, sponsorships, streaming platforms, and customer systems through All Safe Web and partner brand support.
Build Shreveport
Build Shreveport is a local development brand created to support growth, visibility, opportunity, and economic activation in Shreveport, Louisiana.
It is designed to help turn ideas, spaces, brands, people, and local energy into real projects that can be seen, joined, promoted, sold, filmed, streamed, and expanded.
Build Shreveport is not just a website.
It is a movement platform for action.
Structured Exponential Growth
Build Shreveport is powered by Structured Exponential Growth, or SEG.
SEG means growth is organized through connected systems:
Brand + Website + Products + Membership + Events + Content + Sponsorships + Physical Space + Training + Community Participation = Structured Exponential Growth
The goal is to start with fast practical action, then build stronger systems over time.
A small event can become content.
Content can become promotion.
Promotion can create traffic.
Traffic can create sales.
Sales can support memberships.
Memberships can support events.
Events can support tourism.
Tourism can support business.
Business can support jobs.
Jobs can support families.
Families can support neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods can help build Shreveport.
Immediate Economic Action
Build Shreveport is built to start movement now through:
- Merchandise sales
- Membership signups
- Local brand pages
- Event promotion
- Photo shoot areas
- Scaffold demonstration builds
- Vendor opportunities
- Artist showcases
- Streaming content
- Sponsorship packages
- Local business promotion
- Tourism experiences
- Workforce and training connections
The purpose is simple:
Start now. Build visibly. Grow structurally. Expand economically.
Scaffold Ability and Large Entertainment Systems
One of Build Shreveport’s strongest advantages is the ability to use scaffold systems to create large entertainment environments and themed development spaces.
Scaffold systems can help create:
- Concert stages
- Fashion runways
- Music video sets
- Festival platforms
- Vendor villages
- Observation decks
- Brand towers
- Outdoor studios
- Pop-up retail areas
- Photo shoot structures
- Themed entertainment zones
- Training demonstration areas
- Community event spaces
- Tourism attractions
- Multi-level media environments
This gives Build Shreveport the ability to create excitement before permanent development is complete.
Temporary structures can be fast, flexible, expandable, branded, monetized, filmed, streamed, and reused.
That creates immediate economic action.
Themes Build Shreveport Can Activate
Build Shreveport can support multiple themes, including:
- Shreveport music culture
- Southern entertainment
- Film and studio activity
- Fashion and modeling
- Gospel, blues, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Afrobeat, country, and local music
- Family reunion events
- HBCU-related events
- Food and vendor festivals
- Downtown activation
- Sports and recreation
- Youth talent showcases
- Artist development
- Cultural heritage events
- Shreveport-to-Africa entertainment bridges
- NYC-to-Shreveport media connections
Each theme can create content.
Each content piece can drive attention.
Each attention source can support sales, memberships, sponsorships, tourism, and growth.
Benefits to Shreveport
Build Shreveport is designed to help create:
- More local business visibility
- More downtown energy
- More entertainment activity
- More tourism movement
- More content production
- More vendor opportunities
- More brand ownership
- More workforce pathways
- More community participation
- More cultural pride
- More reasons to visit, invest, shop, perform, build, and participate
The goal is visible action that people can support, join, buy from, work with, and build upon.
Owner
Owner Profile: Patrick Devers
Build Shreveport is led by Owner Patrick Devers, a Shreveport-rooted builder, brand creator, web designer, content creator, construction professional, scaffold builder, OSHA training business owner, and multi-sector development strategist.
Patrick Devers brings a rare combination of field experience and digital business ability. His background connects construction, scaffolding, safety, web design, branding, training, entertainment, real estate interest, and economic development into one operating vision.
Core Qualifications
Patrick Devers’ experience includes:
Web design
App design
Search engine optimization
Content writing
Content creation
Sales and marketing
Brand development
Clothing and merchandise design
Construction
Scaffolding
Hoist and rigging knowledge
Safety supervision
Quality control
OSHA training
Business planning
Real estate education
Entertainment industry strategy
Genealogy and cultural development
Shreveport cultural connection
NYC construction and business experience
Construction and Scaffold Experience
Patrick Devers has worked across major construction, scaffold, industrial, and infrastructure environments, including:
Ground Zero Rebuild
Madison Square Garden
NYC Port Authority
Con Edison
Saint John the Divine
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Flushing Mall
Deutsche Bank NYC
Bovis Lend Lease
NYCHA emergency work
Big Cajun Power Plant boiler layout
Shell Platform 331A and 331B
Chevron-Texaco Typhoon
Refinery and offshore scaffold work
Industrial scaffolding in Louisiana, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, and the Gulf of Mexico
His construction background includes work as a carpenter, scaffold builder, hod hoist carpenter, foreman, safety supervisor, quality control worker, offshore scaffold specialist, and industrial scaffold professional.
Business and Digital Leadership
As Manager of All Safe Web, Patrick Devers has worked in:
Website creation
App design
SEO
Content writing
Digital marketing
Brand creation
Sales systems
Customer engagement
Business services
Merchandise and clothing design
As Owner/Manager of Choyce OSHA Training, LLC, he connects training, construction, safety, web services, genealogy, business services, and entertainment industry services into a broader development platform.
Education
Patrick Devers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Public Administration from the Center for Worker Education at the City College of New York.
He also completed a Certificate in Business Planning from Pace University and studied real estate sales through the New York Real Estate Institute.
At City College of New York, he earned Dean’s List honors every semester until graduation and received a Labor Scholarship.
Military Service
Patrick Devers served in the United States Army, reaching the rank of E-3. He entered under the CASP system connected to college-credit-related placement.
Certifications and Licenses
Patrick Devers’ certifications and training include:
OSHA 10
OSHA 30
OSHA 500
OSHA 510
Construction Site Safety Technician 100-Hour Program
Rigging Supervisor
Suspended Scaffold Supervisor
Canadian Scaffold Qualification
NCCER Competent Person Scaffold Qualification
Dynamic Industry Offshore Rigging Training Foreman
Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
House Framing
Concrete Forms
Peri Form
Drywall and Metal Studs
Nail Gun Training
Why This Matters for Build Shreveport
Build Shreveport is not only a website or a brand name. It is backed by an owner with direct experience in physical construction, digital infrastructure, safety training, brand creation, marketing, content, and business development.
This gives Build Shreveport a powerful foundation:
Build the space.
Build the structure.
Build the website.
Build the brand.
Build the content.
Build the community.
Build the industry.
Build Shreveport.
Call to Action
Build Shreveport invites local businesses, artists, creators, contractors, property owners, sponsors, vendors, volunteers, professionals, and community supporters to connect with the movement.
Shreveport has the culture.
Shreveport has the people.
Shreveport has the story.
Shreveport has the opportunity.
Now it is time to build.