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Great Streets

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2021 Great Streets Grant Announcement

The grants award up to $50,000 to qualified small business owners.

Are you Great Streets Ready?

Take a look at some of what it takes to apply for the Great Streets Small Business Retail Grant. Prepare your business to submit a complete and competitive application starting with these steps.

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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Funding Incentives

The District of Columbia offers a wide variety of incentives for businesses looking to locate or...

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. ...

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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 Mayor for...

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

Since 2015, the Bowser Administration has awarded over $14 million to 274 small businesses, and...

Jul 27 2017

Mayor Bowser to Announce Great Streets Grant Recipients

Mayor Muriel Bowser will announce this year’s Great Streets grant recipients at the second...

Apr 19 2016

Mayor Bowser Announces Winners of Great Streets Grants

District to provide over $5 million to support small businesses, job growth across all 8 Wards.

Oct 8 2019

DMPED's Closer: September Edition 2019

Housing, Housing, Housing!

Jun 3 2019

DMPED's Closer: May Edition 2019

June Housing Bloom

Apr 1 2019

DMPED's Closer: March Edition 2019

Our #FairShotBudget This month, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020)...

Mar 4 2019

DMPED's Closer: February Edition 2019

Next On Tap: DMPED's March Madness

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 Ready ? Tell...

Sep 6 2016

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

DCist by Christina Sturdivant

Sep 2 2016

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

DC Eater by Tierney Plumb

Aug 19 2016

(Indique) Indique gets a next-generation makeover

Washington Post by Tom Sietsema

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 least one little...

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...

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