Downtown Scene

Downtown navigation has a stylish new twist this year due to new wayfinding signage gifted to the City by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA). Twelve contemporary-looking signs designed by the Playa Del Rey-based firm Selbert Perkins now provide Downtown...

For the fourth year, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) and its partners have given a big boost to a group of new local businesses; After an extensive selection process, three innovative entrepreneurs will share in a grant totaling $20,000 to help them establish...

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is gearing up for a new, post-pandemic era in Downtown, with many lessons learned and new opportunities for positive growth beginning to materialize. This is the atmosphere in which our new Administrative Assistant, Eileen...

Great communication is essential for the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA), which is constantly networking with Downtown stakeholders, City agencies, charitable organizations, and the general public. As part of our monthly series, DLBA is proud to introduce you to...

The internet has revolutionized the way we communicate and do business. Unfortunately, it has also created opportunities for thieves to steal and scramble data, disrupt systems, and demand exorbitant ransoms. Just last week, the largest ransomware attack in history...

Downtown Long Beach summer is a state of mind. Locals can spend an 80-degree day at the beach in January, so with extended daylight, summer means more time for adventuring, relaxing, and enjoying the best parts of our neighborhoods.  In the years preceding COVID-19,...

Since December 2020, the Downtown Discussion series has featured seven webinars including experts on topics of importance to the business community from racial inequities to economic development, climate change, and more. A new Downtown Discussions panel closed out...

During the pandemic, Long Beach Transit (LBT) kept its buses running throughout the city. Major routes in and out of Downtown were maintained on a schedule very close to pre-pandemic frequency, and buses citywide were (and continue to be) maintained with COVID-19...

As part of our monthly Committee Member Profile series, DLBA would like to introduce you to Brian McGraw and Dwayne Horton, two Downtown stakeholders and Committee Members who have a flair for bringing folks together. This will come in handy this summer and beyond as...

According to city estimates, about 2,000 people experience homelessness on any given night in Long Beach. Daily, there are hundreds of men and women seeking services at shelters and homeless service providers. So, it was no surprise several months ago that members of...

Safety is a key to a thriving downtown. Helping to make people feel safer in the neighborhood encourages living, working and visiting the community. That remains part of DLBA’s mission to cultivate, preserve, and promote a healthy, safe and prosperous Downtown. ...

To coincide with National Pride Month, we highlight several businesses in Downtown that feature entrepreneurs and small business owners who welcome and celebrate diversity. The DLBA is committed to spotlighting job creators, helping to tell their stories in a variety...

One could describe the Long Beach City Prosecutor’s office as an innovative incubator when it comes to getting high frequency offenders off the streets.  In 2017, high frequency offenders arrested in Long Beach were found to be struggling with drug abuse or mental...

A notable visual that has developed during the COVID-19 pandemic is the huge queue of ships on the horizon, stretching from the Port of Long Beach (POLB) all the way down to Huntington Beach. A plethora of vessels is anchored offshore, including mighty tankers that...

Downtown is set to host the Long Beach Juneteenth Celebration, a free event which commemorates the June 19th,1865 proclamation that signaled the end of the Civil War and the true end of African-American enslavement in the United States. The Downtown Long Beach...