Great

Streets

YOUR STORE

Small Business
Grant
Great Streets Corridors:
- 7th Street NW
- 14th & U Street NW (including Adams

Morgan, Mt. Pleasant & Columbia Heights)

Connecticut Avenue NW
Georgia Avenue NW
H Street & Bladensburg Road NE
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue &
South Capitol Street SE/SW
Minnesota Avenue & Benning Road NE
Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE
New York Avenue NE
North Capitol Street NW/NE
Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Rhode Island Avenue NE
Wisconsin Avenue NW

The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and

Economic Development (DMPED) is inviting
qualied small business owners who wish to improve
their place of business to apply for Great Streets
Retail Small Business Grant(s).
The purpose of this grant is to transform emerging
commercial corridors into thriving and inviting
neighborhood centers by investing in existing small
businesses, attracting new businesses, increasing
the Districts tax base, and creating new job
opportunities for District residents.
As a small business owner(s) you can receive:
- Individual grant of up to $50,000
- Buildings with two businesses, grant of up to $75,000
- Buildings with three businesses, grant of up to

$100,000

Application deadline: October 21, 2016 at 6 p.m.

Apply online at greatstreets.dc.gov

Find out where the next information session will be held.

Text GreatStreets to 41411 for our calendar.

greatstreets@dc.gov | 202.741.7620

*Text messaging rates may apply.

ARE YOU GREAT STREETS READY?

Eligible applicants must:

What businesses are ineligible?

Own a retail or service business within the approved

boundaries.

Ineligible businesses include:

Adult entertainment
Auto body repair
Bank
Bar
Construction, general contracting, architecture,
design-build
Financial services
Home-based business
Hotel
Liquor store
Nightclub
Phone store
Professional services*
Real estate, property management, realtor

Be a registered business in Good Standing with the DC

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
(DCRA), the DC Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR), the
DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) and
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Own or otherwise possess site control of the business
property.
Possess proof of property and liability insurance.
Proof of business average annual revenue (based on the
last 3 years of completed scal years), or projected
average annual revenue for rst three (3) years in
business does not exceed $1 million.
Basic business license.

*Professional services are dened as accountant, actuary,

architect, dentist, engineer, evaluator, nancial planner,
lawyer, pharmacist, physician, registered nurse, and training
& development

ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER SMALL BUSINESS HELP

Anacostia Economic Development Corporation
Business Development Center
www.anacostiacdc.com | (202) 889-5090
Central Community Development Corporation
www.central-cdc.org | (202) 255-8611
Cohns Culinary & Hospitality Management
www.cohnskitchen.org | (202) 957-3443
Congress Heights Training & Development Corporation
www.chctd.org | (202) 563-5201
DC Fashion Foundation
www.dcfashionfoundation.org | (202) 355-3929
DC Small Business Development Center Network,
Howard University School of Business
www.dcsbdc.org | (202) 806-1550
DC Womens Business Center National Community,
Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
www.dcwbc.org | (202) 393.8307
Development Corp. of Columbia Heights
www.dcch.org | (202) 483-4986
Emory Beacon of Light, Inc.
www.emorybeaconoflight.org | (202) 829-5732

Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

www.gwhcc.org | (202) 728-0352
The HIVE 2.0
www.thedchive.com | (202) 733-6810
Latino Economic Development Center
www.ledcmetro.org | (202) 540-7416
Life Asset
www.lifeasset.org | (202) 709-0652
Old Takoma Business Association
mainstreettakoma.org | 301-891- 6789
SB Works
www.sbworksdc.org | (202) 803-5400
Ward 7 Business Partnership
www.wardseven.com | (202) 621-2288
Rhode Island Avenue Main Street
www.friendsofria.org | (202) 808-9050

You can find more information and help at:

Business.dc.gov
DCSmallBizHelp.com

If you need more information regarding the application, special accommodations, or language assistance services (including translation
or interpretation) please contact: LaToyia Hampton at LaToyia.hampton@dc.gov or 202-724-7648.