Benefits of Being a Downtown Merchant

• Participation in Steppin’ Out (held the first Friday and Saturday in August), as well as other annual events throughout the year such as VT Senior Day, the International Street Festival, Art Along the Alley, Some Beach (new in 2008!), downtown Trick-or-Treating, and the Winter Lights Festival.
• Eligibility to participate in block advertising with Chamber of Commerce publications, the Roanoke Times, and the News Messenger, identifying you as a downtown merchant and promoting your business.
• Inclusion in our website.
• Feature listing in our Downtown Merchant brochure, distributed to local lodging facilities, at conferences, at the Virginia Tech Visitors’ Center, and to thousands of students and their families during orientation at Virginia Tech.
• Inclusion in the Downtown Merchant Gift Certificate Program.
• Opportunities to network with other local entrepreneurs: trainings, conferences, support and information, mixers and meetings.

Restaurants, shops, and professionals operating in Blacksburg’s downtown (between Prices Fork Road and Eheart Street) are eligible for membership in DMOB.

The Downtown Merchants hold monthly meetings at 5:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month in the training room of the Blacksburg Police Station, 200 Clay Street. We encourage all members to attend and become an active part of our growing organization.

Interested? Contact:

Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg
P.O. Box 233
Blacksburg, Virginia 24063
540-951-0454
E-mail: dmob@downtownblacksburg.com

OR, download a membership form and return it to us with a check. Annual membership is $125.00.
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