The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) invites the submission of proposals for the DC Local Equity, Access and Preservation Funds – Locally Made Manufacturing Grant Program
Donor Name: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED)
State: District of Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $200,000.00
Details:
The Office of the Deputy Mayor recognizes manufacturing supply chains have become more complicated due to multiple suppliers, challenging international trade and import and export regulations, and the rapid acceleration of e-commerce demands and absorption, and the exacerbation of the COVID-19 global pandemic and public health emergency. Supply chains were distressed and, in some cases, disrupted. There is increasing need to manufacture and procure consumer goods locally. Locally Made incentivizes and bolsters the Great Streets initiative to grow the District’s local small business economy and bolster neighborhoods with inadequate access to retail opportunities. The purpose of the Great Streets Initiative is to transform certain designated emerging commercial corridors into thriving, walkable, shoppable and inviting neighborhood experiences. DMPED invests in 13 retail priority areas, “Great Streets Corridors,” with the goal of creating livable, walkable, shoppable, community-serving retail experiences across all eight wards. The Great Streets Initiative does this by supporting existing businesses, attracting new businesses, increasing the District’s tax base, and creating new job opportunities for District residents. DMPED believes that the industrial sector can and will flourish in the District, increase employment opportunities for local residents, and offer light manufacturing opportunities that provide economic stability, mitigate blight, and add vibrancy to their designated Great Streets corridors. The Locally Made Manufacturing grant will support qualified small businesses for the capital or tenant improvements of commercial property with a designated industrial use.
Funding Priorities
The Grant identified the following program funding priorities.
- The Great Streets program grows the District’s local small business economy and bolsters neighborhoods with inadequate access to retail opportunities. DMPED seeks to invest in 13 retail priority areas, “Great Streets Corridors,” with the goal of creating livable, walkable, shoppable, community-serving retail experiences across all eight wards.
- DMPED seeks to invest in small businesses:
- That are Local Business Enterprise (LBE) eligible;
- Have core operations which align with small to medium light manufacturing of fast consumer goods (i.e., dry goods, processed foods, beverages, baby food, consumer electronics, frozen food) and/or consumer durables (appliances, furniture, equipment);
- That currently operates or will operate within a designated Great Streets Corridor.
- That maintain and/or create new jobs, with a commitment to hire District residents.
- That serves or may serve a community anchor and impacts the Great Streets corridor and community by its presence, and
- That can support existing retailers and the designated Great Streets corridors economic vitality by attracting new consumers and/or visitors to the area.
Funding Information
- DMPED will award up to $600,000.00 total in grants to be disbursed to successful applicants of the Grant. Maximum award per application is $200,000.00.
Eligible Funding Uses
- DC Locally Made grant may be used for exterior and/or interior improvements including the purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (up to 50% of the grant).
Great Street Corridors (Retail Priority Areas):
Grants are offered to small businesses located in the following Great Street Corridors:
- 7th Street NW 6
- 14th & U Streets NW (including Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights)
- Connecticut Avenue NW
- Georgia Avenue NW
- H Street/Bladensburg Road NE
- Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue/South Capitol Street SE/SW
- Minnesota Avenue/Benning Road NE
- Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE
- New York Avenue NE (boundary extended)
- North Capitol Street NW/NE
- Pennsylvania Avenue SE
- Rhode Island Avenue NE
- Wisconsin Avenue NW
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include real estate developers and/or existing small business whose core business aligns with light manufacturing and is located either within or plans to move to a Great Street Corridor are eligible.
For more information, visit Locally Made Manufacturing Grant.
