Downtown Billings Alliance

A limited number of tickets are available for the first ever Downtown Mug Crawl that promises to take residents on a "Coffee Scene adventure" through the heart of the Magic City.

A giveaway of up to $2,000 in "downtown dining dollars" will be going on through the month of November, with a daily chance to enter for gift cards from participating restaurants.

Live music has been silenced on Thursday evenings in downtown this summer, with the cancellation of the Alive After 5 concert series.

Downtown Billings is becoming more pet friendly. Fido now has his very own place to do his business near the corner of North 29th Street and 2nd Avenue North.

The Downtown Billings Alliance is hosting a "safe Halloween alternative" this Wednesday, October 31st from Noon to 5pm. Participating business will have candy, prizes and other healthy treats along with special themes and activities.

The 9th annual Purple 5K raised money on Sunday morning for the Downtown Billings Alliance Spare Change for Real Change program. Q2 reports that runners started at Granview Park near St. Vincent and MSU Billings. The course took runners through Pioneer Park, into downtown Billings and finished at Skypoint...

Q2 reports the ongoing saga of the One Big Sky Center project has taken another turn. What was once a plan for a $165 million dollar center with a tower has been toned down. The project, now called One Big Sky District Development, drew some excitement at the First Interstate Bank Operations Center meeting among the partners on Wednesday afternoon...

The Gazette reports that the Billings City Council will decide on Monday, March 26th whether to invest $100,000 toward further study that could lead to the One Big Sky Center concept for downtown economic development. That commitment will get a group of partners, including the Downtown Billings Alliance, the Tourism Business Improvement District and what Big Sky’s spokesman called “a handful of p

Q2 reports the proposed One Big Sky Center project in downtown Billings has supporters, but it also faces a lot of funding questions, as evidenced by citizens at a public meeting on Thursday night. Those involved in studying the project say to get to the second phase, they need $675,000...

Last Best News reports that the new Downtown Strategic Plan will be made public next Tuesday at 8 a.m. in the Royal Johnson Community Room of the Billings Public Library. It’s the product of a year’s worth of work by Billings residents and the consulting firm of Thomas P...

The DBA in Billings wants stricter enforcement of the no candy for kids law at our parades. I think that's ridiculous. Candy at parades is about as American as you can get. What's next; no bicycles, no skate boarding, no sledding because of safety concerns...

Poverty, homelessness and addiction is more prevalent in Billings than you may think.