Why Downtown Membership Matters….

Becoming a Member of the Downtown Billings Association is the ideal way to contribute to the continued development of downtown. Membership support is a vital, ongoing investment in our district’s future and provides ample opportunities for you to partner with other downtown businesses and organizations to collectively improve the Downtown business climate. 

Membership is open to all associations, partnerships, firms, corporations, and businesses interested in the growth and economic development of Downtown Billings. As a business or property owner, you already have a stake in Billings’ downtown community. Through membership, you have greater influence on Downtown Billings’ accelerating revitalization and economic growth. As membership grows so does our ability to market all the great things downtown has to offer. Whether through large scale marketing campaigns, event promotions, or social media posts, your membership dollars directly contribute to the amount of funds available to communicate what is happening in the heart of our city.

Your membership impacts and improves your investment through programs which:

  • Support economic development opportunities
  • Affect the allocation of resources for Downtown Billings
  • Improve your visibility to patrons, residents, businesses and government
  • Keep you informed of current issues in which you may want a voice

Become a member

Membership tiers are offered to match your ability and desire to support downtown projects and programs. In selecting a membership category, please consider the extent to which you and your organization can benefit from a vital, thriving Downtown Billings.

PlaceMaker Membership – $365/year

For as little as $1 a day, initiate your engagement with the Downtown Billings community through our foundational membership tier. This entry-level option provides essential resources to establish your presence and connections within our vibrant district.

PlaceMaker Member Perks

  • Downtown Connection: Downtown Billings emails for members with news and events.
  • Downtown Calendar: Submit your events & happenings to the highly viewed online calendar.
  • Website Directory: A dedicated online directory listing for your business.
  • Downtown Job Postings: Share your job opportunities with Billings workforce.
  • Membership Promotions: Promote your business news and social media through our marketing efforts.
    • Social Media – Give your social media efforts a boost. @tag the various downtown billings social media pages on posts you make. We aim to share member’s downtown happenings and show visitors what they could see and/or experience downtown.
    • First Friday promotion – Includes social media and email marketing efforts to list each of the special downtown happenings (shopping, dining, special events, entertainment, and art) that our members to the event calendar.
    • Downtown News – Feature your downtown related news on our website, social media, and email marketing efforts.
  • Downtown Gift Card Program: Join a successful program with over $200,000 in sales in the last four years.
  • Member Socials: Sneak peaks and networking with industry peers and downtown business owners.

Investor Membership – $600 /year

With a $50 a month investment, you can elevate your Downtown Billings presence with our second membership tier. The Investor package delivers critical tools for establishing your business footprint in the community and network connections throughout our dynamic district, while providing valuable and in-depth visitor analytics for the downtown area.

Investor Member Perks

  • All PlaceMaker Member Perks +
  • Quarterly Analytics Overview Report: Receive a quarterly data filled PlacerAI report with insights and metrics regarding visits and other essential information for our distinct downtown zone.
  • Downtown Project Investment: Your membership supports initiatives in downtown that will benefit your business and ensure your voice is heard and impactful. The FY26 project focuses on Wayfinding Signage.

Champion Membership – $1,200 /year

At $100 a month, the Champion package provides essential resources to establish your commercial presence and forge network relationships across our vibrant district, while delivering valuable foot traffic analytics for both the downtown area and your enterprise.

Champion Member Perks

  • All PlaceMaker Member Perks +
  • All Investor Member Perks +
  • Downtown Resource Sponsorship: Showcase your business logo on DBA’s prominent public branding platforms – our website, membership email, etc.
  • Cultural Initiative Sponsorship: Support a downtown cultural organization with a sponsored membership opportunity and contribute to enhancing our downtown’s cultural amenities.
  • Personalized Business Analytics Report: Receive a PlacerAI data analytics report that leverages valuable and in-depth visitor metrics that are essential and tailored to your business
    • ie. visitor journey and cross-destination data reports, competition-based and category-based insights and comparables, demographic and psychographic data and more…

Our members say it best…

Yarn Bar

Owners, sue B. and linda H.

“The DBA helps keep Billings’ Downtown a cohesive, vibrant, and special place in our community. Membership is critical to maintain this! As a business owner, we can’t imagine how we would find the time to keep our sidewalks clean and inviting, coordinate with all other business owners to have cohesive flower baskets in the summertime, holiday decorations in the winter, plan and market fun events to take advantage of our downtown spaces and be great cheerleaders for all of Downtown.”

Art House Billings

Matt B.

“When we first opened, we were solely focused on our mission and getting our vision off the ground. After a few months of flying solo in our work we came to know the staff and mission of the DBA and found that we were not alone in our vision to elevate our community through our work and draw more people downtown to experience great film, art, and culture. Our choice to become a member of the DBA has been a choice to partner with not only the DBA but the hundreds of other businesses who are engaged in a similar work. Downtown Billings is truly unique in the neighborhood feel where businesses know each other, recommend each other, and cheer for the new guy on the block to succeed. DBA Membership is foundational in keeping this culture alive and well.”

Rocky Mountain College

Shaydean s.

“While we are not located downtown, it’s valuable to be connected to our downtown Billings partners. As members we have the opportunity to have an informed voice on the efforts of the DBA in support of our student needs and desires. The vibrancy the DBA helps create for downtown makes coming to Rocky Mountain College that much more attractive to our out of town/state students. We appreciate the consideration the DBA has for the population we serve.”

SomethingCHIC

Linda B.

“The Downtown Billings Association is essential to the health and vitality of our downtown. Without it, downtown would have no coordinated marketing, and no one championing continued improvement and development. Their team is constantly moving downtown forward and advocating for business growth, beautification projects, and other programs that enhance the downtown experience for current or future customers. That’s why I believe in and proudly support the DBA.”

Cushing Terrell

Amanda J.

“Cushing Terrell really enjoys the communications we receive from DBA through their newsletter/e-blast. We rely on posting our Art Walk events on their online event calendar. As a perk of being a member, we are able to share press on their website and social platforms about our firm, enhancing the exposure of our news to a large audience of community members and media. Their far reach is a testament to the great work they do on behalf of downtown.”