Business Development is leading formalized efforts to pursue strategic goals in priority areas such as inclusive innovation, commercial revitalization, and employer engagement.
 

Inclusive Innovation

View the activities and resources that support Washington, DC's commitment to be the capital of inclusive innovation here.
 

Small Business and Retail

Great Streets Small Business Retail Grant 
Great Streets is a commercial revitalization initiative designed to support existing small businesses, attract new businesses, increase the District's tax base, create new job opportunities for District Residents, and transform emerging corridors into thriving and inviting neighborhood centers. 
 

Neighborhood Prosperity Fund 
The purpose of the Neighborhood Prosperity Fund grant program is to provide gap funding for the non-residential components of mixed-use projects in targeted neighborhoods (census tracts with >10% unemployment)

 

Other Initiatives

Commission on Fashion Arts & Events
Washington, DC Commission on Fashion Arts and Events (CFAE) was established in May 2013 to promote the fashion and beauty industry as a viable economic resource in the nation’s capital.