DSLBD Archives - The Washington Informer

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Business, Local Business

Robust Retail Citywide Grant Program

by James Wright Jr. March 22, 2023March 23, 2023

D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development is sponsoring the Robust Retail Citywide grant program.

Courtesy of dslbd.dc.gov

D.C. Announces 2023 Dream Pitch Program

by WI Web Staff February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

Courtesy of dslbd.dc.gov

D.C. Gov’t Launches Annual ‘Dream Pitch’ Program for Small Businesses

by WI Web Staff January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

D.C. Launches WeAspire 2023

by James Wright Jr. January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

COVID-19 Relief Fund Available for Black-Owned Firms

by William J. Ford July 19, 2021December 21, 2021

Local residents crowd the entrance of Janae Coleman's new restaurant during her food giveaway for COVID-19 relief.

D.C. Dream Grant Recipient Gives Back To Ward 7

by WI Guest Author August 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Kristi C. Whitfield, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development (Courtesy of DSLBD)

New Online Portal Connects Small Businesses to D.C.

by James Wright Jr. January 22, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of MWAA

Wacif Supports ‘Made in D.C.’ Entrepreneurs at Reagan Airport

by WI Guest Author November 29, 2019December 21, 2021

Kate Mereand-Sinha of the D.C. Department of Small & Local Business Development chats with Ward 7 business owner Evie Washington. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

Grants Available to Businesses, D.C. Government Says

by James Wright Jr. August 7, 2019December 21, 2021

Kristi Whitfield (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

DSLBD Director to Ward 7 Entrepreneurs: ‘Go For It’

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020