Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
Downtown Long Beach is very fortunate to have many shining lights in our community — individuals and organizations who tirelessly pursue their goals for the betterment of Downtown. Honoring them has become a tradition through the Spirit of Downtown Awards,...
Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
Urban gardening in Downtown is a fluid situation, as evidenced by the impending closure of the East Village’s beloved 1st & Elm Community Garden after a 30-year run. On the positive side, other Downtown gardens continue to thrive, and there are more gardens...
Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
– By Cheantay Jensen When the Long Beach Walking Club meets for its weekly rendezvous with the pavement, they’re hard to miss. The throng of women clad in leggings and sneakers, many leading their dogs or pushing strollers, claim the sidewalk. Their two-mile...
Mar 4, 2024 | Events, News
On Saturday, March 9, you’ll have the chance to bid a fond “goodbye and good luck” to a pair of East Village fixtures; 6th and Detroit, the vintage shop at 105-B Linden Ave. owned and operated by Michelle Qazi for the last eight years, and the 1st...
Feb 29, 2024 | Events, News
– By Cheantay Jensen In early February this year, not long after Maggie Stoll had closed her clothing store Burke Mercantile to customers for the night, she reopened it to allow a trail of women inside. They’d come from next door, or down the street after...
Feb 29, 2024 | Events, News
Our Black History Month celebration continues by putting the spotlight on three more Black-owned Downtown businesses. We invite you to get familiar with these businesses (including the three we highlighted in our previous newsletter) and discover the history and...