Business Growth – Downtown Victoria Business Association

July 15, 2019

Jeff’s Column: Downtown Victoria’s First Annual Report Highlights A Growing and Vibrant Downtown

DVBA Executive Director, Jeff Bray, has a monthly column in Victoria News. See what he wrote this month about the DVBA's first data-driven annual report on downtown.

June 27, 2019

Jeff’s Column: Resiliency a hallmark of small business owners

DVBA Executive Director, Jeff Bray, has a monthly column in Victoria News. See what he wrote this month about resiliency in downtown Victoria.

Jeff Bray June 7, 2019

Jeff’s Column: Small business is downtown Victoria’s secret sauce

DVBA leader, Jeff Bray, has a monthly column in Black Press. This month, he talked about the fire that surprised our downtown, and how we can rally as a community in support of the affected small businesses.

May 16, 2019

Jeff’s Column: Downtown’s urban renaissance

DVBA Executive Director, Jeff Bray, has started writing a monthly column in Victoria News. See what he wrote this month about downtown Victoria's "urban renaissance".

Becca Blachut May 10, 2019

DVBA by the Numbers

Ever wondered what the DVBA does? Take a look at our infographic to find out what we have accomplished since we began in 2005.

Becca Blachut March 22, 2019

Trish: Smoking Lily

Allow us to introduce you to the wonderful Trish Tacoma, owner of Smoking Lily. Trish is a downtown businesswoman who shared with us some sound advice on starting your business.

Becca Blachut March 15, 2019

Kyla: Foxy Box

Meet Kyla Dufresne, owner of Foxy Box. We asked Kyla about her business and finding balance in her busy entrepreneurial life.

Becca Blachut March 8, 2019

Downtown Victoria’s Businesswomen

Happy International Women’s Day. Our downtown core hosts many remarkable female business owners and professionals, and we thought we should celebrate them on this important day.