Editing West Monroe, Louisiana (section)

==Government==
The current mayor is Staci Albritton Mitchell, who has served since 2018.

A 2013 "Community Impressions" report complimented the green spaces, including the [[Kiroli Park|Kiroli]] and Restoration parks, and Antique Alley as important assets to the West Monroe community.
According to long-term Mayor [[Dave Norris (Louisiana politician)|Dave Norris]], the study confirms "the value of many of the projects we've focused on to enhance quality of life."<ref name=wmstudy>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130427/NEWS01/304270327/Consultants-West-Monroe-clean-vibrant-growing-?nclick_check=1|title=Greg Hilburn, "Consultants: 'West Monroe clean, vibrant, growing'"|newspaper=[[The News-Star|Monroe News-Star]]|access-date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> The report identifies situations in need of improvement, many of which have already been addressed, including insufficient or inaccurate signage to area attractions, brown water and the need to renovate certain wells, limited shopping opportunities for clothing, traffic problems on Thomas Road, and the failure to promote the popular phenomenon created from the West Monroe-based [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] [[reality show|reality]] [[television series]], ''[[Duck Dynasty]]''.<ref name=wmstudy/> The consultants declared West Monroe and the general area west of the Ouachita River overall as "a clean, vibrant, growing friendly area ... [with] a small town atmosphere and yet ... many of the amenities and features of a [larger] city."<ref name=wmstudy/>

===National Guard===
1022nd Engineer Company (Vertical) of the 527th Engineer Battalion of the [[225th Engineer Brigade]] is located in West Monroe.