Indigenous Inspiration Downtown
A brief walking tour of downtown Victoria Indigenous exhibits and shops.
Jeff’s Column: Lights of Wonder connects with community
For the first-ever Lights of Wonder at Centennial Square, the Downtown Victoria Business Association is partnering with four social organizations to support the work they do in our community. While entry to our holiday extravaganza is free, donations will be gratefully accepted on behalf of our community partners.
Jeff’s Column: An honest and open conversation about Pandora Street
Lately, there’s been a lot of media focus on the street level issues impacting the 900 block of Pandora. Residents, businesses, and those that rely on the services housed on that block feel under siege. There’s a feeling that the street issues on Pandora are affecting the people who live and work in the area in a negative way. To say that these issues don’t have an impact, or to pretend that these don’t exist, does an injustice to our downtown Victoria community. Harm reduction must involve the entire community, not just the clients.
Downtown Victoria Highlights: Fave Five Blog Posts
We love writing our weekly blog posts! Check out some of our favourite recent posts, in case you missed them the first time around.
Goodbye to Single Use Plastics: Victoria’s Strategic Planning
On July 24, Jeff Bray and the DVBA team attended a City of Victoria workshop to discuss how businesses can reduce single-use plastics.
Jeff’s Column: Graffiti is more than a nuisance
Graffiti, or tagging as it is more commonly called, is out of control in downtown Victoria. It is not a nuisance, it is not art, it is a crime. It’s estimated that graffiti clean-up costs downtown business and property owners over $1 million a year.
Your Place to Be A PERFORMER
Suzanne is a Victoria local entrenched in our city's fantastic performing arts scene. Watch her Your Place to Be video about why downtown Victoria is her place to be a performer.
Enjoy the 2019 Downtown Victoria Buskers Festival
The Downtown Buskers Festival begins TOMORROW! Check out these tips for how to make the best of this epic, accessible, family-friendly, summer festival.
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.