| Partners |
Downtown Long Beach Associates
Belmont Shore Business Association
East Anaheim Street Business Association
Historical Society of Long Beach
Long Beach Shakespeare Company
BKBIA Mission
The purpose of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association is to promote the interests of its professional, service and retail members, to enhance the common areas within the BIA area, to facilitate the exchange of business information and ideas, and to promote the highest business and ethical standards.
BKBIA History and Structure
The BKBIA is a nonprofit organization of over 800 business that was founded in 1989 by the Long Beach City Council at the request of local businesses. It was incorporated in 1994 as a 501(c)6 nonprofit. Each business in the District is assessed annually by the City of Long Beach and these funds are then returned to the BKBIA for activities focused on revitalization, promotion, street aesthetics, and security. The association is governed by an elected eleven member Board of Directors and association work is accomplished through voluntary committees working with an Executive Director and part time staff.
| Annual Assessment Structure | |
| Retail Businesses | $185 Plus $4.25 per Employee |
| Service Businesses | $165 Plus $3.25 per Employee |
| Professional Businesses | $135 Plus $2.25 per Employee |
The BKBIA Business District encompasses the area bounded on the south by the 405 Freeway, bounded on the east by Atlantic Avenue, bounded on the west by Long Beach Boulevard. Atlantic Avenue is bounded on the north by Del Amo Boulevard and by 44th Street on Long Beach Boulevard.
Click here for map of the district
The BKBIA Board
The association is governed by an elected 11 member volunteer Board of Directors. Directors are elected for two year terms and may serve three consecutive terms. Directors are elected from different areas of the district with three from both Atlantic Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard, two Directors from the Wardlow Road area, two Directors are At Large and one Director from the Bixby Knolls Shopping Center.
Advertising 
The BIA also works with local newspapers to secure opportunities for cooperative advertising. The newspapers will put together a Bixby Knolls feature offering a discounted advertising rate to BIA members.
Special Events
The BIA produces several special events each year including Community Happy Hours, Dragster Expo and Car Show, First Fridays Long Beach, Business Tools Seminars and our street fairs – Bixby Knolls Street Fair and Snow in Bixby Knolls. The success of the events is dependent upon the support of BIA members. There are opportunities to promote your business at the events on a variety of levels, the most visible being an event sponsor.
The BIA also produces Business Tools Seminars throughout the year with topics designed to help you grow, improve and sustain your business. Please take advantage of these seminars, most are free of charge to our members (occasionally, there is a materials charge).
The BIA offers a number of seminars to its members.
* Fraud Prevention and Awareness
* Defeating counterfeiting - The New Color of Money
* Choosing a Video Surveillance System
* Business Safety (Long Beach Police Department)
* Retail Security for the Holidays
* Computer and Network Security
Please contact the BIA to set up one of these or a combination of these seminars for your business.
Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association, 4313 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone 562-595-0081 Fax 562-595-0281