Breakfast Info Sessions

Learn and meet your downtown friends and neighbours!
Sessions will be held at the Stanford Inn – 8am to 9:20am, doors open at 7:30am. The $7.50 (or 3 sessions for $20) cost includes continental breakfast.

Crime Prevention Week – May 10 - 16!
In recognition the Downtown Business Association and The City of Red Deer have partnered together to present the following two sessions:

May 12 - Preventing Business Crime - Inside and Out
Join Steve Woolrich, a "certified" Crime Prevention Practitioner for an informative session on preventing crime and loss in your business. Learn innovative techniques that are proactive and will help you maintain a strong bottom-line.
Topics will include: shoplifting, employee theft and methods of protecting your business assets.

May 14 - Design Out Crime - Inside and Out
Join Steve Woolrich, a "certified" Crime Prevention Practitioner for an informative session on design principles that will prevent crime and loss in your business. Learn more about the key principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and local funding opportunities for downtown businesses.
Topics will include: business design inside and out, employee awareness regarding theft deterrence, defining public/private space, activity support and maintenance.

Click here for more information about the presenter.


June 18 – Opening Downtown Doors
Special downtown events and festivals offer unique opportunities. But how do we translate that added sidewalk traffic into new relationships, new customers, and new business? This session will explore how to encourage individuals attending festivals and other events to open new downtown doors. You will leave with tips, tools, and strategies to build community connections and customers.

Glynis Wilson Boultbee has been a small business owner for the past 10 years. During that time, she has regularly worked for and in partnership with downtown businesses and the Downtown Business Association. As a promoter of the September Earthdance festival, she appreciates the importance of building mutually beneficial relationships between businesses and festival organizers. Like many downtown businesses, Glynis enjoys finding creative ways to build her own business while also contributing in meaningful ways to her community.

To register, contact Janice at 403.340.8696 or email.

Adopt-A-Planter

It's Spring! Time to consider beautifying the sidewalk in front of your business.

The DBA sponsors the Adopt-A-Planter Program, providing the planter, dirt and the flowers for a minimal charge. All that is required of you is a little TLC and the water.

Please click on the planter for the form and fax/email it to the DBA Office. Planters are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis.

Make It Real Awards

This annual Yellow Pages Group program recognizes and rewards small businesses of fewer than 50 employees contributing to the social development of their community. This year, the business that best meets the Make It Real criteria will receive the YPG Community Investment Prize. The deadline for businesses to submit an application is April 10, 2009, while nominations will be accepted until March 27, 2009. Details and nomination info.

Kiosk Rental

Make your Business more visible, no matter where you are in the Downtown!

We currently have open space on all of the kiosks in the BRZ. The space is rented on a yearly basis and is in plain sight of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

Click on the Kiosk for more information OR for specific locations and cost, please contact the DBA office.

CPTED Fund

The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Incentive Fund will provide funding assistance for pre-approved crime-prevention related upgrades to downtown businesses or property owners.

Matching funding up to a maximum of $2500 can be available for approved upgrade projects.

The fund is available to all downtown businesses or social agencies within the designated area who meet the program criteria. All projects must be reviewed and approved prior to start-up.

For more information, see
CPTED Information and Program Guidelines
CPTED Incentive Fund Application
CPTED Boundaries Map