In 2021, American Express and Main Street America created the Backing Small Businesses* grant program to help economically vulnerable small business owners recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and grow their businesses. On March 20, 2023, applications will open for 350 small business grants of $5,000 to eligible businesses in the U.S....
The Small Business Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration met on June 29th at the Dallas Central Library with lenders and bankers to discuss how they can use the agency’s loan programs to increase lending in underserved communities. The City of Dallas Small Business Center and the U.S. Small Business...
The City of Dallas Small Business Center proudly presents the 2022 Women's Entrepreneurs Leadership Forum held virtually from March 30 - April 21, 2022. Join us to receive valuable information about writing business plans, marketing, and building strategic lender relationships to finance your business. This forum is for businesswomen who are in the idea/concept phase of their...
The Encanto Market & Cocina Grand Opening held Saturday, February 12th is one of the true success stories of our Small Business Center’s Adaptive Reuse Program. The grand opening was a BIG hit with an adoring crowd of patrons there to support. This neighborhood general store is focused on providing...
The 8(a) Business Development Program helps small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals gain business skills and access to federal contracting opportunities so that they can better compete in the open marketplace. The Office of Inspector General set out to determine to what extent the Small Business Administration (SBA)...
This grant program is designed to assist owner-operators in southern Dallas with improvements to underperforming or vacant buildings for new or continued use. Often, these buildings will be transformed from an old original use to a new use (a gas station to a restaurant, for example). Purpose Building improvements to eligible commercial...
Individual Assistance/FEMA • President Biden signed the Major Disaster Declaration for Dallas County over the weekend which opens up Individual Assistance for everyone in Dallas County • As a result, FEMA can provide assistance to individuals and families for items not covered by insurance for homeowners and renters • The first line of...
