Mooretown Lighthouse is ready for use

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Shreveport's Mooretown area has a new resource ready to handle any natural disaster or emergency. The community Lighthouse is officially complete.

"Very often where we serve, we are the first to lose power and the last to get it back," said the Rev. Theron Jackson, pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. "So that is about making our community more resilient, and it's absolutely free."

The Mooretown community Lighthouse at Morning Star Missionary Baptist is ready for use in case of an emergency.

"What we wanted to do is make sure communities like ours that are already facing crisis on a daily basis will also be ready when natural disasters happen as well," Jackson said. "So it is about making sure there is power when there are no lights in our community."

The Lighthouse is equipped with solar power and a backup water supply.

It had an official ribbon cutting Sunday.

More community lighthouses will be added throughout Caddo and Bossier parishes. The community hubs are designed to act as neighborhood response centers during power outages and emergencies.

"So that when there is no power, our power comes on and you'll be able to plug in devices," Jackson said.

"Also what's really unique about what we're doing is we're caring and calling the people who live in our community already. ... So we'll be proactive when the power is out."