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NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

DC Main Streets 

(Tenleytown and Van Ness Target Areas)

The Department of Small and Local Business Development is soliciting applications from qualified non-profit organizations that are incorporated in the District of Columbia to operate two DC Main Streets programs for the Van Ness and Tenleytown commercial corridors in Ward 3.

The two designated DC Main Streets programs (organizations) will receive $200,000 each in grant funding and technical assistance to support commercial revitalization initiatives. The Van Ness and Tenleytown Main Streets organizations will develop programs and services to: (1) assist business districts with the retention, expansion and attraction of neighborhood-serving retail stores; and (2) unify and strengthen the commercial corridor. The DC Main Streets grant award is a recurring grant, which can be renewed annually as long as the grantee continues to meet the standards for accreditation by the National Main Street Center.

The grant recipient will be selected through a competitive application process and announced November 16, 2015. Interested applicants must complete an application and submit it electronically via email on or before Friday, October 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Applicants submitting incomplete applications will be notified by Monday, October 5, 2015 and will have two business days to upload missing information.  Corrected applications are due on October 7, 2015 at 2 p.m. DSLBD will not accept applications submitted via hand delivery, mail or courier service.  Late submissions and incomplete applications will not be reviewed. 

Instructions and guidance regarding application preparation can be found in the Request for Applications document attached below. DSLBD will host an Information Session on August 6, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at DSLBD’s office (441 4th Street, NW, #805 South Washington DC 20001).  A photo ID is required to enter the building. 

DSLBD reserves the right to issue addenda and/or amendments subsequent to the issuance of the NOFA or RFA, or to rescind the NOFA or RFA.  For more information, contact Cristina Amoruso, DC Main Streets Coordinator, Office of Commercial Revitalization, Department of Small and Local Business Development at (202) 727-3900 or [email protected].