The Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) is excited to announce that they will be accepting applications for the 2022 Robust Retail Citywide Grants.
Donor Name: Department of Small & Local Business Development
State: District of Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/08/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $7,500
Details:
A robust retail sector is critical to maintaining the vibrancy of DC neighborhoods, but due to market realities of the past years, retail businesses are under threat of business decline and closure.
Funding Information
- DSLBD intends to award up to $7,500 per business to 78 businesses from the total $588,000 in available funding for Fiscal Year 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
Only for-profit, customer-facing, brick and mortar small retail businesses that are independently owned, operated and controlled, open and operating, with 25 or fewer employees and a licensed location in DC are eligible for Robust Retail Citywide Grants. Businesses that were awarded a Robust Retail Grant in FY2021 are not eligible for the FY2022 round. Professional service industry, home based, and non-profit businesses are not eligible for this grant opportunity.
To be eligible, applications must be submitted by the business owner. Businesses must submit all required documentation in advance of an application being entered into the lottery for a single eligible business with a valid business license. All documentation is subject to verification.
- Unverifiable information will result in the application being disqualified.
- Applications from businesses that have demonstrably failed to meet reporting requirements on previous DC Government and DSLBD grants will be deemed ineligible.
- Failure to meet any requirement of the application and eligibility criteria by the application deadline will result in the application being disqualified as ineligible.
- Failure to honestly and accurately represent the factual truth in the attestations may result in being disqualified, forfeiture of an awarded grant, or greater penalties as appropriate.
For more information, visit DSLBD.
