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Ward 4 is Open for Business!
Ward 4 has great neighborhoods and great streets. Decades of disinvestment are now subsiding to over 2.4 million square feet of new development totaling almost $756 million in new private and public investment – and that is just on Georgia Avenue!
I am working hard on the dais with my DC Council colleagues to pass legislative initiatives that help small business. The DC Council has the following committees that work closely with businesses: Committee on Finance and Revenue http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/EVANS/legislativeactions.html), Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations (make this a hyperlink to: http://www.dccouncil.us/SCHWARTZ/committee.htm ), Committee on Economic Development http://www.kwamebrownatlarge.com/Site/Economic_Development.html)
I’m also in the community with hands-on events to bring resources closer to small businesses to make doing business in Ward 4 beneficial for all.
Here are a few resources to help small businesses:
The BRC can be reached at 202-545-0220 and at www.dcchamber.org/brc.
Gateway-Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corporation is a community development corporation chartered in 1997 to spearhead revitalization along Georgia Avenue from Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the Discovery Communications facility in Silver Spring, MD. Gateway Georgia Avenue specializes in forging public-private partnerships with a menu of services including: real estate marketing, facade improvement, business assistance and recruitment programs, capacity building, community relations and planning.
The Gateway Georgia Avenue Executive Director is Marc D. Loud and he can be reached at 202-291-2400 or at www.gatewaycdc.com.
The Executive Director of EBOL is Mr. Nkosi Ayize and he can be reached at 202-326-8674 or at nkosi.ayize@emorybol.org. The website is: www.emorybol.org.
The Old Takoma Business Association (OTBA) is a membership organization of over 70 local businesses in the Old Takoma area. Their mission is to bring together businesses, residents and community organizations dedicated to developing a vibrant market center, from Takoma Junction, Maryland to the Takoma Theatre, DC.
The Executive Director of OTBA is Rosaline Grigsby and can be reached at 240-253-4229 or at www.takomaonline.com.
The Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) is the citywide resource for assistance to start, operate and expand a business in the District, through training, certification, business opportunities, and neighborhood commercial revitalization services.
Funding has been allocated in this year’s budget for additional Ward 4 business retention and revitalization services in a commercial corridor, as established by the Neighborhood Investment Fund (NIF) target areas. These additional services will be delivered through a grant to existing non-profits with the capacity to implement commercial corridor revitalization services – using the Main Streets approach.
Businesses interested in: DSLBD’s workshops and training available at the eBIC (located at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library) should contact Samira Cook at 202-727-2241 or samira.cook@dc.gov; information on business opportunities contact Kimberly R. Smith at 202-727-3900 or kimberlyr.smith@dc.gov; information regarding services available through the Office of Commercial Revitalization contact Phyllis R. Love at 202-727-3900 or phyllis.love@dc.gov.