The #iBuyDC Challenge allows residents and businesses to showcase how they support the local economy everyday while highlighting the local businesses they love to visit and challenge their friends and family to do the same to keep the challenge going. 

DSLBD is proud to announce that we have improved the Agency Subcontracting Requirement Waiver Requests Page by creating an all-new District CBE Waiver Portal (made possible through the District Enterprise System). 

In March 2021, Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) joined forces with Kiva, a nonprofit worldwide microlender, to offer DC  businesses and DC resident entrepreneurs no-barrier, favorable term crowdfunding loans to help them open, operate, pivot and grow their business in the District of Columbia. 

In response to the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor's (ODCA) release of a report that has severe factual deficiencies, the Executive (Bowser Administration) has released a statement that highlights the many assertions, findings, and recommendations in the ODCA's report that are based on an incomplete record, misunderstanding of agency practices, and inaccurate interpretations of District law.

Mayor Bowser has announced the District Government's FY21 Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Spending Goal and announced that the FY21 Green Book has gone all virtual with a newly created Green Book Website and Interactive District Spend Data Dashboard. Visit the GreenBookDC.com Today! 

The Executive has listened to the small and local business community and has been working hard on strengthening the current CBE Law to weed out non-local CBEs, streamline payments to CBE subcontractors, and increase penalties for bad actors, among other comprehensive changes.

Using the CBE Wizard, you can begin the process of helping your business become a Certified Business Enterprise (CBE).