Jeff’s New Year and New Decade Notes
Happy New Year! It’s time for an overview of 2019’s downtown business highs and lows, and thoughts on this new year and new decade with our Executive Director, Jeff Bray.
Category: Business Growth
Congratulations Kyla and Foxy Box Wax Bar!
Repost of Kyla and Foxy Box Wax Bar blogpost to congratulate her on the Best Business 2019 Small Business Awards BC!
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.
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’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.
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".
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.
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.
Kyla: Foxy Box
Meet Kyla Dufresne, owner of Foxy Box. We asked Kyla about her business and finding balance in her busy entrepreneurial life.
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.