Good Afternoon Long Beach Networking Luncheon
Name:
Good Afternoon Long Beach Networking Luncheon
Date:
August 12, 2025
Time:
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
Registration:
Register Now
Event Description:
Join the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce for our Monthly Good Afternoon Long Beach Networking Luncheon!
Hear from Austin Metoyer, the new President & CEO of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance!
About Austin: Austin Metoyer serves as the President & CEO for the Downtown Long Beach Alliance. In his role, he oversees the management of the Downtown’s Property Based Improvement District and Downtown Business & Parking Improvement Area, both of which consist of nearly 5,000 stakeholders and an annual budget that exceeds $5.5 million. The DLBA offers programs and services that shape public policy, planning, and economic development efforts to improve downtown's quality of life and economy. Moreover, has spearheaded several organizational initiatives, including DLBA's Roadmap to Recovery Strategic Plan, a Downtown retail and office recruitment strategy, and the completion of the Downtown Property-Based Improvement District renewal. Before his arrival at the DLBA, Metoyer served under former Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa's Office of Economic and Business Policy and the National Foreign Trade Council in Washington D.C. During his stint in D.C., he served as Senior Project Analyst for Brailsford & Dunlavey, a real estate development planning firm.
Please bure sure to bring lots of business cards to share with your fellow professionals and be prepared to give a quick 30 second elevator pitch to get to know everyone in the room!
Hear from Austin Metoyer, the new President & CEO of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance!
About Austin: Austin Metoyer serves as the President & CEO for the Downtown Long Beach Alliance. In his role, he oversees the management of the Downtown’s Property Based Improvement District and Downtown Business & Parking Improvement Area, both of which consist of nearly 5,000 stakeholders and an annual budget that exceeds $5.5 million. The DLBA offers programs and services that shape public policy, planning, and economic development efforts to improve downtown's quality of life and economy. Moreover, has spearheaded several organizational initiatives, including DLBA's Roadmap to Recovery Strategic Plan, a Downtown retail and office recruitment strategy, and the completion of the Downtown Property-Based Improvement District renewal. Before his arrival at the DLBA, Metoyer served under former Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa's Office of Economic and Business Policy and the National Foreign Trade Council in Washington D.C. During his stint in D.C., he served as Senior Project Analyst for Brailsford & Dunlavey, a real estate development planning firm.
Please bure sure to bring lots of business cards to share with your fellow professionals and be prepared to give a quick 30 second elevator pitch to get to know everyone in the room!
Location:
Parkers' Lighthouse
435 Shoreline Dr.
Long Beach, CA
Date/Time Information:
Registration and networking: 11:30am-12:00pm
Program: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Program: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Contact Information:
Natalie Leighton
Fees/Admission:
$25 Members
$35 Non-Members
Thank you to our sponsors!
$35 Non-Members
Thank you to our sponsors!
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