Restaurant Industry Received The Most D.C. Cash To Spruce Up Storefonts
DCist by Christina Sturdivant

DCist by Christina Sturdivant

DC Eater by Tierney Plumb

Washington Post by Tom Sietsema

Community-Based Non-Profit Organizations (CBO) provide technical assistance, support and training to small and retail businesses focusing on neglected commercial corridors in low and moderate income areas in DC. Assistance provided includes micro-loan packaging, business planning, entrepreneurial training, one-on-one business technical assistance, tax preparation assistance, accounting assistance, or legal assistance.
The following attachments are required for submission of the RFA.
Use the maps within to find out if your location is eligible and/or find a storefront.
Borderstan by Andrew Ramonas

A bicycle shop on the H Street corridor is set to park itself in a new location about a half-mile down the road from its current home next year, one of its owners said today.
The Daily Rider at 1108 H St. NE is slated to open at 600 H St. NE this spring, co-owner Loren Copsey told Borderstan.
Washingtonian By Jessica Sidman

In Italy, pretty much every neighborhood has at least one little market that sells cold cuts, cheeses, and other prepared foods.
DC Inno - Ryan O. Ferguson
Cullen Gilchrist and Jonas Singer never meant to start a food incubator. Initially, they just needed some kitchen space to prep the food for their own Blind Dog Cafe. But they ended up with too much space, so started renting it out to other small food businesses. A few short years later, Gilchrist and Singer are managing two large locations of shared industrial kitchen space, as well as a grocery market to sell its members goods, with a second store coming on line in the coming months.
DC Inno by Eric Hal Schwartz