Brains Matter gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors that make the maintenance, upgrading, and marketing of this portal possible. They include:

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) with the support of Governor Blanco and the state Legislature, has offered theRegional Awards and Matching Grant Program. District 7 has been awarded a Tier 1 Grant which is administered by the Alliance Northwest. This alliance is comprised of Northwest Louisiana Economic Development Foundation (NLEDF), Coordinating Development Corporation (CDC), and allies from all 10 parishes within the region.

Alliance Northwest commissioned a labor analysis to be completed and DADCO Consulting was contracted to perform this study December 2006.

Alliance Northwest, is a consortia of Economic Development Agencies that includes:

• AEP
• Biomedical Research Foundation/InterTech Science Park
• Camp Minden Industrial Park
• CenterPoint Energy
• City of Natchitoches
• City of Shreveport
• Claiborne Chamber of Commerce
• Claiborne Electric Power Cooperative
• Cleco Power LLC
• Consortium for Education, Research and Technology
• Coordinating & Development Corporation
• DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce
• DeSoto Parish Police Jury Economic Development Advisory Committee
• Entergy Louisiana LLC
• Greater Bossier Economic Dev. Foundation
• Louisiana Economic Development
• North Webster Parish Industrial District
• NW Louisiana Economic Dev. Foundation
• Parish of Caddo
• Plain Dealing, Town of
• Red River Parish Chamber of Commerce
• Red River Waterway Commission
• Ruston/Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
• Ruston/Lincoln Industrial Development Corporation
• Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce
• Shreveport Airport Authority
• The Port of Shreveport/Bossier
• Town of Arcadia
• Town of Many
• Town of Vivian
• Valley Electric Member Cooperative
• Ward II Industrial Development Corporation