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Membership makes Magic!
Downtown isn’t just another shopping district; it’s truly the heart of our community. And it’s the support of businesses and individuals alike that make our work supporting downtown Minot possible. So, if you’d like to join, we’d love to have you!
About Minot's DBPA
Downtown Business & Professional Association
We view ourselves as the stewards of downtown. We don’t own it, but we accept responsibility for it — for its past — both good and bad, for its current, exciting progress, and for its future.
We accept this responsibility because we believe downtown matters more than people realize. Downtown is quality of life through events and everyday activities. Downtown is uniqueness, Minotness — it is all those things that can only be found here. It is history and tradition. It is for people, first.
It’s our community’s living room, it’s where we take our friends and family when they come to visit. It is financial viability and resilience with the DNA of a time and sensibility that had to survive without the hidden subsidies that drive current development practices.
And perhaps most importantly, downtown is community. It is the place where the path between customer and friend is the easiest to travel, it is the place where it is easiest to become a part of Minot.
Obviously, we’re passionate about downtown 
If you join us, you’ll get a regular dose of our enthusiasm for Minot and downtown!
We’re the ones doing the doing and doing the fighting for downtown Minot. Here’s a few of the items we’re proud of!
- Pretty Things! Ever wonder how the Christmas tree gets done each year? Or what about the flowers during the summer? That’s us.
- Events & Fun! From fun on Thursday’s to Christmas Tree lightings and all the Wine Walks and Festivals in between. We’re always on the lookout for a fun way to bring people downtown!
- Political Stuff! We’re there behind the scenes and in the rooms letting elected leaders and others know both why downtown is more important and how to help us prosper. This work is central to the slow, steady progress that will lead to Minot’s long-term success and sustainability.
- Stuff for Members! From essential information to education and training to merchant access to our Go Downtown Gift Card program, we’re always working to provide value to our members!
What do I get with My Membership?
Downtown Business & Professional Association
Honestly, member benefits are more intangible than tangible, but just because you can’t hold it doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable. Here are a few ways we believe your membership makes sense:
Support
If you need someone to talk to about an idea or problem? Recruiting help? Advice on where to go to dinner? We can Help.
Information.
Part of our job is knowing what’s going on or being able to find out quickly, so when the information matters to you, you’ll have it.
Relationships
We cross paths all over town in all sorts of circles, and it’s our job to know you and your business. When some asks we can tell them all about you.
Training
We offer Eduction and Training. Sometimes it’s as simples as a five minute aha! lesson, but we’re building a library of them!
Events & Fun
There's always great events on our horizon! Our members get first looks at participation and sponsorship in all our activities.
Gift Card Program
Our special Downtown Minot gift card gives consumers the ablity to go Downtown and use it any participating store, just like yours!
Promotions
You'll get your own Member Database profile with all of your business's information and contact info. So shoppers can find you fast.
Involvement
Want to be more engaged with the work of organization? We are always looking for help. We’ll get you in the game!
Membership Plans
Supporter
Anyone and Everyone
You’re a passionate downtown believer and you want to support Minot’s success, but you don’t really have a business or professional interest. Does that sound like you? If so, we’d love to have you with us!
- Profile Listing in our Member Database
- Notification about events scheduled.
- Invited to all Member Meetings. (You get a Vote!)
$100 / yearly
Maker
Vendor / ARtists / Musicians
Are you an artist or musician? How about a food truck owner or a home baker with an emerging following? Or maybe you’re a jewelry designer starting from a tabletop?
Makers are just what they sound like, people who passionately make something and want to share it with others, but they’re not always open or haven’t yet committed to a permanent, physical space. If that sounds like you, you’ve found the organization here in Minot that wants to support and help your business grow!
- Profile Listing in our Member Database
- Notification about events scheduled
- Invited to all Member Meetings. (You get a Vote!)
- Discount of 35% on space during Downtown Festivals
Member Profile Listing Perks
- Add your Logo
- Add Website and Social Media Links
$100 / yearly
Professional
Real Estate Agents / Accountants / ETC.
Are you a real estate agent or an accountant? How about a business banker or an insurance specialist? If you trade on your knowledge and experience, we’d like to call you a professional, and this is the DBPA membership for you.
- Profile Listing in our Member Database
- Notification about events scheduled
- Invited to all Member Meetings. (You get a Vote!)
- Discount of 35% on space for events
- Can choose to participate in DBPA events
Member Profile Listing Perks
- Add your Logo
- Custom Header Background
- Add your Hours of Operation
- Add Website and Social Media Links
- Add Google Map Location
- Add an Image Gallery
- Add Team Member Profiles
- Submit Your Events (Displayed on our homepage and your profile!)
$250 / yearly
Business
Brick and Mortar / Retail
This is the membership for the classic brick-and-mortar small business. Day in and day out these businesses feed us, fix us up, keep us clothed, and a whole lot more. If this sounds like your business, we’d love to have you!
- Profile Listing in our Member Database
- Notification about events scheduled
- Invited to all Member Meetings. (You get a Vote!)
- Discount of 35% on space for events
- Can choose to participate in DBPA events
Member Profile Listing Perks
- Add your Logo
- Custom Header Background
- Add your Hours of Operation
- Add Website and Social Media Links
- Add Google Map Location
- Add an Image Gallery
- Add Team Member Profiles
- Submit Your Events (Displayed on our homepage and your profile!)
$250 / yearly
Corporate
Organizations / Financial Institutions
Is your business bigger than small? Or do you do business under multiple names but one legal entity? If so, we’d invite you to consider a corporate membership. And don’t worry, we don’t want you to do this alone. If this is where you think you fit, we’ll come to see you!
- Profile Listing in our Member Database
- Notification about events scheduled
- Invited to all Member Meetings. (You get a Vote!)
- Discount of 35% on space for events
- Can choose to participate in DBPA events
Plus
- 2 tickets to Yearly Wine Walk Events
- Your Logo in rotation on DBPA Homepage
- First consideration for services
Member Profile Listing Perks
- Add your Logo
- Custom Header Background
- Add your Hours of Operation
- Add Website and Social Media Links
- Add Google Map Location
- Add an Image Gallery
- Add Team Member Profiles
- Submit Your Events (Displayed on our homepage and your profile!)
- Add an embeded Video to your Profile!
$500 / yearly
Investor
For Long Term Minot Success!
Is your business dependent on a vibrant, healthy Minot economy? Do you need community, quality of life, uniquely-Minot diversity in fun, food, and shopping to recruit successfully and support your operation? Do a lot of your customers do business downtown? If the answer is yes, it may be that a downtown investment is the best way to support your business and ours!
All of the Coroprate Level Perks Plus +
- 4 total tickets to Yearly Wine Walk Events
- A Featured Logo on DBPA Homepage
- Logo recognition at Yearly Wine Walk Events
$1,000 / yearly
Reciprocal
Our Critical Partners
Does your organization’s mission align with our mission? Are you doing something remarkably important that contributes directly to the downtown district? If you can answer yes in part or whole, it may be that we’re supposed to partner up.
All of the Coroprate Level Perks Plus +
- 8 total tickets to Yearly Wine Walk Events
- A Featured Logo on DBPA Homepage
- Your Logo in two different places on the DBPA website
- Logo recognition at Yearly Wine Walk Events
- Plus other Benefits!
