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FY26 Emerging Retail Initiative

Open: December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Submission Deadline: January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET

FY26 Great Streets Retail

Open: December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Submission Deadline: January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET

FY26 DC Locally Made Manufacturing

Open: December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Submission Deadline: January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET

Great Streets

Great Streets is the District’s commercial revitalization initiative, led by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), designed to support existing small businesses, attract new businesses, increase the District’s tax base, create new job opportunities for District Residents, and transform emerging corridors into thriving and inviting neighborhood centers. Since 2006, Great Streets has grown into a multi-year program that has supported hundreds of small businesses in 13 corridors throughout the district. DMPED fosters economic development on...

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Grant Awardees

Featured Services

Grantees Corner

The following web forms are only for current Great Streets grantees.

Small Business Resources

Great Streets has provided a list of resources to assist you.

Map

Use the maps within to find out if your location is eligible and/or find a storefront....

Upcoming Events

Dec 29 2025 - 10:00

Great Streets Retail and Emerging Retail Initiative Information Session: Columbia Heights

Jan 7 2026 - 12:00

Info Session: All Grants - Great Streets Retail, Emerging Retail Initiative, DC Locally Made

Jan 9 2026 - 12:00

FY26 Great Streets Information and Q&A Session

Latest

Jun 5 2023

Mayor Bowser to Highlight Economic Development East of the River at the New DGS Headquarters Grand Opening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2023 CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM) – (202) 727-5011;...

Sep 8 2022

DC Startup Week Kicks Off Next Week

(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, September 12, DC Startup Week will kick off, the District's...

Mar 24 2021

Mayor Bowser Awards $2.2 Million In Great Streets Retail Grants

(Washington, DC) – Today, at the 2021 March Madness event, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Deputy...

May 13 2019

Mayor Bowser Awards $2.1 Million in Great Streets Small Business Grants to Transform Neighborhood Corridors

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic...

May 3 2018

Mayor Bowser to Announce 53 Recipients of 2018 Great Streets Small Business Grants

(Washington, DC) – On Friday, May 4, at 11 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser, as part of small business...

May 29 2025

DMPED Digest - May 2025 Edition

Letter from the Deputy Mayor This week, Mayor Bowser unveiled Grow DC, her Fiscal Year...

Apr 24 2018

Great Streets Alert - Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Recommend a Business for Great Streets Do you know a business that is Great Streets...

Apr 12 2018

Great Streets Alert - Thursday, April 12, 2018

Let's Talk Eligibility Let's Talk Eligibility You've expressed interest in...

Mar 5 2018

Great Streets Alert - Monday, March 5, 2018

MURALS DC - Beautifying The City One Wall At A Time Donate your wall today!...

Mar 1 2018

Great Streets Alert - Thursday, March 1, 2018

Say Hello to our new team member!! It's with great pleasure that the Great Streets team...

Sep 6 2016

Restaurant Industry Received The Most D.C. Cash To Spruce Up Storefonts

DCist by Christina Sturdivant If the exterior of some of your favorite shops looks different, it...

Sep 2 2016

(Timber Pizza) Timber Pizza Company is On the Upswing, Tom Sietsema Says

DC Eater by Tierney Plumb The Washington Post's Tim Carman visits Luzmary...

Aug 19 2016

(Indique) Indique gets a next-generation makeover

Washington Post by Tom Sietsema The 20-something sons of the owners of Indique in Cleveland...

Aug 17 2016

(Salumeria 2703) The Cutest Little Italian Market With Fresh Pastas Just Opened in Brookland

Washingtonian By Jessica Sidman In Italy, pretty much every neighborhood has at...

Aug 15 2016

(The Daily Rider) H Street Bike Store Gears Up for Move

Borderstan by Andrew Ramonas A bicycle shop on the H Street corridor is set to park itself in a...

Great Streets

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Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

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1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 317, Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 727-6365
Fax: (202) 727-6703
TTY: 711
Email: [email protected]

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