GREATER BOSSIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
EIN 20-1024559 · Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (S41)
What they do
THE MISSION of THE GREATER BOSSIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (GBEDF) is to MARKET THE BOSSIER COMMUNITY IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. BY MARKETING THIS AREA for BUSINESS and TOURISM JOBS, WE HELP BUILD UP THE STATES ECONOMY and IN TURN, KEEP OUR TAX BASE HEALTHY and GROWING.THE GREATER BOSSIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (GBEDF) is THE LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BOSSIER CITY and BOSSIER PARISH. BEYOND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WE ALSO SUPPORT REGIONAL EFFORTS to DIVERSIFY OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. GBEDF PLACES EMPHASIS ON FUNDING PROJECTS and INITIATIVES THAT CREATE JOBS for THE LOCAL ECONOMY. OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IMPACTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, QUALITY of LIFE, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, and ASSISTS BOSSIERS RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2005
- Location
- 574 BOARDWALK BLVD, BOSSIER CITY, LA 71111-4384
- County
- Bossier
- In care of
- % DONALD M PIERSON JR