WEST MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Downtown West Monroe has a new look thanks to a $50,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant. The city has installed new signs, landscaping, upgrades to the park area and improved the fishing pier. The improvements are designed to bring more attention and tourism to the Ouachita River. “We really learned that the public wanted to see the river activated and they wanted to be able to utilize the Ouachita River.