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DLBA Launches Free Entrepreneur and Small Business Education Series and Job Creation Grant
Dreams are being built in Downtown Long Beach and the DLBA is working with entrepreneurs to grow passions into realities in California’s most ideal business destination. We are launching an Entrepreneur and Small Business Education Series and opening the opportunity...
read moreDTLB is Celebrating Pi Day with a Pie in the Face
We know you’ve been eagerly anticipating the biggest day of the year, right? Yes, Pi Day is upon us once again and DTLB is ready to celebrate. That’s right March 14, as in 3/14, otherwise known as 3.14 is a celebration of all things math, pi, and pie. In the spirit of...
read moreFour Long Beach Joints Honored by LA Weekly as Being the Best in LA
DTLB’s own Great Society was honored (appropriately) with the Best Cider and Mead Selection. The honor read: Craft beer might be getting all the attention right now, but it's all cider all the time at Great Society Cider & Mead, the first bar in Southern...
read moreCoffee floats, Booze, and Pot Pie! Oh my!
You may think you know all about The Pie Bar. But do you know about the Pie Bar’s secret menu? Well, we can’t let out all the secrets just yet, but here’s one nugget for you: Nitro Coffee Floats. Nitro cold brew is served on tap similar to beer, and is crisper and...
read moreDowntown Long Beach Alliance Hosts Annual West Coast Urban District Forum
Downtown Long Beach will be home to this year's West Coast Urban District Forum (WCUDF) and will welcome the California Downtown Association (CDA) and International Downtown Association (IDA) from March 14-16, 2017. The annual place management conference is attended...
read moreCreative Crosswalks Coming to Pine Avenue
After many artists vied for a chance to turn crosswalks along Pine Avenue in DTLB into pieces of art, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) is excited to work with artist Hataya Tubtim to create works of art out of six mid-block crosswalks on Pine Avenue. Studies...
read moreNewly-expanded Taste of Downtown Kicks of 2017 Season in the East Village Arts District
Prepare to treat your taste buds with bites from your favorite DTLB restaurants when Taste of Downtown returns to the East Village Arts District on March 15 and 16 from 6PM – 10PM. There is much more to this annual event than pleasing palates, this year we’re...
read moreComing Soon to the Blue Line: LBPD
We’re happy to share that today the LA Metro Transportation Authority (Metro) Board unanimously approved a contract with three separate law enforcement agencies in an effort to improve safety on the Metro systems. The action grants authority and financial resources to...
read moreThe Weekend Ten: Events to Check Out This Weekend in DTLB
From makers to Mardi Gras, this weekend has a little bit of everything. Here are some happenings coming up in #DTLB this weekend. Friday, Feb 24 Urban Hive Market's 4th Fridays at The Pike Outlets 5pm - 10pm Cost: Free Open air night market with over 80 vendors, food...
read moreProposed Designs of New Alamitos Beach Concession Building (Including Coffee & Craft Beer Offerings) Unveiled
Over the past year, the City of Long Beach has been in the planning and preliminary design process for improvements to the waterfront concession buildings. In the Downtown area, the existing Alamitos Beach Concession Building is composed of three sections: food...
read moreNOLA Comes to DTLB with Shoreline Village’s Mardi Gras 2017
Long Beach Mardi Gras returns on Saturday February 25, 2017 to Shoreline Village and Rainbow Harbor. One of the largest annual free community events in Long Beach, #MardiGrasLB invites you to join thousands of cheering revelers as Shoreline Village hosts an afternoon...
read moreDLBA Unveils Redesigned Website and New Branding
You may have noticed a few changes around the Downtown Long Beach Alliance lately, starting with our new name and logo we debuted in the Fall and more recently our redesigned website and branding. With more than half of the visitors to our website doing so via mobile...
read moreHonoring DTLB Champions with the 2017 Spirit of Downtown Awards
Five years ago, the DLBA created the Spirit of Downtown Awards and honored four champions of DTLB we had lost that year: Shaun Lumachi, founder of the Long Beach Post; Larry Allison, long-respected Editor of the Press-Telegram; Bill Baker, a famed volunteer and...
read moreA Multi-Agency Approach is Needed for Policing the Metro
Many people may not know this, but law enforcement on the Metro Blue Line in Long Beach, is NOT the responsibility of the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD). Rather, this arduous task for every part of the Metro light rail system - from Red to Gold to Blue to Green...
read moreDine Out Long Beach, Restaurant Week 2.0 Features More than 15 DTLB Restaurants
Everyone will agree that Long Beach has more than stepped up its food game over the past few years. Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant Week 2.0 aims to showcase the best and brightest of Long Beach eating. Restaurant Week 2.0 takes place February 19-25 with More than 15...
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