Downtown Scene

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) has entered the third year of its partnership with 1 Million Cups, a free nationwide program begun in 2012 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that convenes on the first Wednesday of every month. Designed to help...

A broad spectrum of Downtown stakeholders is represented in the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA)'s many public-facing committees. As part of its monthly series, DLBA would like to introduce Placemaking Committee member Cynthia Lujan, an active and engaged member of...

Austin Metoyer, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA)'s Economic Development and Policy Manager, has been a dedicated champion for the economic wellbeing of the Downtown community since he joined the organization in 2016 as Research & Policy Manager. What set...

Guest Perspective by Justine Nevarez I was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic, but I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m not saying navigating through the pandemic was easy, but I certainly recognize that I didn’t have it nearly as bad as most of my restaurant...

After four years of research, development, and community outreach, the City of Long Beach has created a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). The document addresses a broad spectrum of climate change issues and has several provisions that will directly affect...

Guest Article by Kena Fuller Owner & Executive Director, Fuller Management Corporation So, here we are. It is finally 2021, and yet, there still remains remnants of 2020. As entrepreneurs, it has been one of the longest and hardest years that any of us have faced....

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance's (DLBA) Operations Department staff is reporting a 30% spike in refuse and green waste collected by its Clean Team in Downtown since the beginning of COVID-19 restrictions last March. "We've always dealt with trash, but we're noticing...

On January 15, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) released the Q4 Residential Snapshot Report, an in-depth look at the Downtown Long Beach residential market. The report reveals how Downtown's market stacks up against other regional cities in the wake of the...

As the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) continues to navigate the COVID-19 health crisis, members of its several public-facing committees continue to bring a wide range of experience and expertise to the table in an effort to address the challenges currently faced...

If you happen to be on a Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) Zoom meeting and "Captain Awesome" checks in, do not be alarmed; that is Steve Be Cotte, who just celebrated his seventh anniversary as DLBA's Community Outreach Manager. While he does not always use that...

With world-class museums on two of its corners, the intersection of Seventh Street and Alamitos Avenue on the eastern edge of Downtown Long Beach is a crossroads of culture. Although the doors of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) and the Pacific Island Ethnic...

Each year, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance produces an Annual Report to highlight major milestones, initiatives, and projects over the past 12 months and to provide an accounting of the organizations’ finances and operations. DLBA’s Annual Report for 2020 is unique...