DC Mayor’s Office announced on Thursday that the city has awarded 106 local businesses with $7,500 under its Robust Retail Grants program.
The grants overseen by the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) are provided to eligible businesses in all eight wards selected through a blind lottery process from among the applicants.
The program is for businesses with an open, brick and mortar retail location in the District and 25 or fewer full-time or full-time equivalent employees.
“Our local businesses have sacrificed so much during the pandemic, and we are committed to using every resource available to us to help them make it to the other side of this,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press release. “These grants are about supporting the businesses that employ DC residents and make our neighborhoods the vibrant places we love to call home.”
The District has granted over $150 million to local businesses and nonprofits since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the region in March 2020 via various funding programs such as the Bridge Fund and the DC Small Business Microgrant Program.
The grantees of the Robust Retail program are as follows:
- 1402 Revo Nails Inc
- 2012 9th Street Cafe LLC
- All N’ 1 Medical Supplies & Treasures. LLC
- Alta Strada-City Vista LLC
- ANSEBA GE INC
- ArtJamz LLC
- B.Lincatering LLC
- Bar di Bari LLC
- BBH LLC
- Boxcar Partners LLC
- Brixton Pub LLC
- Callister Technology and Entertainment LLC
- Cantina Calle N, LLC
- Cherry Blossom Creative Co
- Chikiting, LLC
- CHILDREN’S HUT LLC – duplicate of 293
- CHO’S FAMILY MARKET INC
- COAM NET LLC
- Cornerstone Cafe
- Crave Inc.
- De Colores Learning Center Incorporated
- DE LOUICE CUSTOM TAILORS INC
- Deli Group Inc.
- Double J LLC
- Earl Howard Studios
- Ellas Wood Fired Pizza LLC
- EMB INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Farmbird Restaurant 2, LLC
- Ferrari & Clott LLC
- FGEDAS INC
- FishScale Inc
- Florida Avenue Group, LLC
- GCDC LLC
- Glass House Coffee, LLC
- Global Print Master
- Grubb’s Pharmacy SE, Inc.
- H Street F & B LLC
- Harworth, LLC
- Hatch Worskpace 4001 Brandywine LLC
- HB WHARF LLC
- Hecht MRG LLC
- Home Run One LLC
- Independence 4 U LLC
- Jahan Corporation
- Jeong Hee Jeon Kim
- JEWELERSWERK Galerie Inc
- Jlaa Inc
- Ice Cream Jubilee
- Justina’s Hair Gallery LLC
- K & C INC
- Ken Mart Inc
- KT LLC dba Jake’s Tavern
- LA CASITA PARTNERS DC
- Le Caprice DC Cafe Bakery INC
- Lee’s Barbershop dba Lee’s Barbershop II
- LiLi The First LLC
- MARABU INC
- McWard Real Estate
- MDM Office Systems DBA Standard Office Supply
- Meghan Evans LLC
- MENKEM LLC
- MESAC Child Development Center
- Milestones Enrichment Center, Inc
- Montessori School of Chevy Chase, Inc
- Montserrat House LLC
- Natsume LLC
- New Columbia Record Club LLC
- New Creation Hair Salon
- Nino’s Bakery LLC
- Nova Bossa, LLC
- NRG Management, LLC/ Shop Made in DC
- Nubian Hueman LLC
- Organic Goodz, LLC.
- P&D Ventures, INC
- Pelota LLC
- Peregrine Espresso LLC
- Point Of Care Childcare LLC
- Providence Opticians
- Q on Conn LLC
- RUDRAKALASH
- SANDOVAN, Inc.
- Second Home LLC
- Secondi, Inc.
- SELAH LLC
- Seoul Spice 2 LLC
- She Loves Me Not LLC
- Shipley Super Market LLC
- Sina food and bevereges LLC
- Sons of Anacreon LLC
- SOULEX float spa
- SouthEast Restaurant Group, LLC
- Spice Chinatown LLC
- Staccato Enterprises, Inc.
- STOP 4 ALL FOOD MART INC
- Sweat DC LLC
- Sylvia & David Industries, Inc
- TACODOG LLC
- TaKorean 1212 LLC
- TC at Union Market, LLC
- The Fresh Food Factory Market
- The Mahogany Business Group LLC
- The V.I.P. Room, LLC
- Tirhas Bakery and Grocery LLC
- UI SOONG KANG
- Uptown Acupuncture LLC
- Via MRG LLC
