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Small Business Assistance Project. About $2 million from NCRC (TIF funds)Commercial corridors:14th Street between Monroe St and Shepard St NWPark Rd between Holmead Place and 16th Street11th Street NW: between Kenyon St and Monroe St. ObjectivesHelp local small businesses adjust to the rapid changes in the neighborhoodLeave a long-lasting investment in the revitalization of the commercial corridorStrengthen community-based organizations.
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1. Columbia HeightsSmall Business Assistance ProjectOctober 2006
2. Small Business Assistance Project About $2 million from NCRC (TIF funds)
Commercial corridors:
14th Street between Monroe St and Shepard St NW
Park Rd between Holmead Place and 16th Street
11th Street NW: between Kenyon St and Monroe St
3. Phase 1: Establish Project Parameters May 22 – May 26, 2006Phase 2: Build Momentum May 30 - July 7, 2006Phase 3: Conduct Needs Assessment July 8 - July 20, 2006Phase 4: Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) October 1 – November 30, 2006
4. Phase 1: Establish Project Parameters (May 22 – May 26, 2006) NCRC and DMPED Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Columbia Heights Collaborative
Understanding small businesses and the community
5. Understanding Small Businesses and the Community The People
Very dense community, about 35,000 people (13,864 Households within ½ mile)
Young population (55% 34 or younger)
Low home ownership rate (23%)
About ¾ or residents are new to the neighborhood
6. Phase 2: Build Momentum (May 30 - July 7, 2006) Getting the community involved while building institutional capacity
Rat Abatement
Parking, Alleys and Sidewalks
Homelessness and Vagrancy
Start Work on Long-Term Issues
7. Build Momentum
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11. Phase 3: Conduct Needs Assessment (May 30 - July 7, 2006) Collaborative Inputs
Consider past identified Needs of the Collaborative (Nov. 2005)
Business Interviews & Observations
Individually business interviews
DMPED-LEDC-DCCH observations
Residents Survey
Online surveys
Street surveys
Other
Identified gaps (homelessness, destination)
Innovative projects
Enablers
12. Interior and exterior improvements on individual properties
Exterior neighborhood improvements
Gap financing
Marketing initiatives
Other: Training, technical assistance, personal loans
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17. Phase 4: Draft Request for Proposals
18. CURRENTLY:
Identifying the capacity, willingness, and scope of community-based organizations to provide services in Columbia Heights and identifying the demand for services from small businesses
Defining individual activities that make up the Areas of Intervention
Identifying gaps in service delivery
Working with District Government Agencies to focus delivery of services in Columbia Heights
Sharing Needs Assessment findings with residents, community-based organizations, ANC. Inviting comments and participation.