Downtown Scene

UPDATE: avana creative's KIVA loan has been fully funded! To learn more about the KIVA program, click here. Did you know that the Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s Economic Development Committee is a Kiva Trustee? That means the Committee is able to endorse promising...

A fast-paced, busy organization like the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) benefits greatly from team members who can assist its leaders and facilitate communication between multiple departments. That's where DLBA Executive Assistant Kelsey Mader comes in. "I knew I...

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is proud to present the winners of this year's Women-Owned Business Accelerator (WOBA) grants: Orsa Modica, owner of Modica's Deli; Maggie Stoll, sole proprietor of the clothing and gift shop Burke Mercantile; and the co-owners...

The Downtown Discussions Webinar Series was created by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) last May to provide immediate assistance to Downtown businesses affected by COVID-19. Beginning December 4, and continuing on the first Friday of each month, the series will...

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is always looking for new ways to encourage people to support Downtown businesses. With the seasons changing and Shop Small Saturday coming up, DLBA is honing its marketing efforts around holiday shopping and dining. For those...

To help everyone get in the holiday shopping spirit, we are launching a new giveaway competition to encourage shopping and dining in DTLB! One lucky winner will receive a $200 gift card to a DTLB establishment of their choice! To enter, simply: Sign-up for our...

The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is offering the public an opportunity to get an inside look at the work of its public safety partners with a virtual tour series. DLBA's YouTube channel now features video tours of the Long Beach Rescue Mission and Long Beach...

As the holidays approach, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is pleased to announce an advertising partnership with the go-to publication for dining and day trip recommendations in Los Angeles County: Los Angeles Magazine. Through online advertising, social media...

After a six-month closure due to COVID-19 concerns, the Downtown Fitness Loop has re-opened, enabling exercise enthusiasts to partake of its varied scenery and opportunities to work out for free on a variety of sturdy, high-quality fitness equipment. The Loop, which...

Starting and maintaining a small business is a huge challenge. To do so in the midst of a global pandemic is that much tougher. Help for Downtown small businesses is available right now; P.A.C.E., a coaching program created in 2019 by Downtown's Fuller Management...

Morris Mills, affectionately known as Mo by his friends and colleagues, is the Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s (DLBA) Research and Public Policy Analyst. His job is to conduct research and provide analysis on the Downtown Long Beach economy, including real estate...

This month, Downtown Scene highlights DLBA Board Member John Keisler, a City of Long Beach official who is focused on the development and prosperity of Long Beach. The November newsletter also marks the beginning of our profiles of DLBA Committee Members, starting...

The following perspective pieces were written by Alan Pullman, the new Chair of the DLBA Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2020-21, and Past Chair Silvano Merlo, who served during Fiscal Year 2019-20. Both include reflections upon the past fiscal year, which ended in...