D.C. streetscape relief fund open for business BY MICHAEL NEIBAUER Aug 19, 2011, 6:00am EDT D.C. business owners who can prove they have experienced financial hardship as a result of a District government streetscape project may be eligible for zero-interest loans under a new city program. The rules establishing the Streetscape Loan Relief Fund took effect […]
Community development funds in D.C. area scrape for cash In the area’s toughest neighborhoods, the most visible lenders are often the sort who deal in used guitars, well-worn jewelry and firearms. But amid the neon pawn signs are dozens of quiet lenders known as community development financial institutions. Their loans help build schools, small businesses […]
Lending a hand Capital is the lifeblood of any business, and Donna Grigsby has been giving transfusions to cash-strapped entrepreneurs for nine years as executive director of the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF). Now Grigsby is helping rehab post-fire Eastern Market. The best thing about funding small businesses is that they end up receiving […]
D.C., Prince George’s small businesses to share $760,000 Small businesses in parts of the District and Prince George’s County will benefit from a $760,000 grant courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money will be distributed by the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, a nonprofit group that provides loans and consulting […]
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