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DC Main Streets – DC Main Streets (DCMS) is a program established by the Government of the District of Columbia to stimulate the economic revitalization of declining commercial districts through application of the Main Street Approach®.  The National Main Street Center has licensed DC Main Streets within the District of Columbia.\nCurrently, DC Main Street has designated eight local programs:  Barracks Row Main Street, Congress Heights Main Streets, Deanwood Heights Main Streets, Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, H Street Main Street, North Capitol Main Street, Shaw Main Streets, and Rhode Island Avenue Main Street.\nDC Main Streets was established in 2002 and the first programs were designated in 2003.  Rhode Island Avenue Main Street was the most recently designated program and it dates from 2013.\nB. \tProgram Objectives – The Van Ness and Tenleytown Main Streets organizations will develop programs and services to: (1) assist business districts with the retention, expansion and attraction of neighborhood-serving retail stores; and (2) unify and strengthen the commercial corridor.\nC.   Eligible Project Areas – The following geographic descriptions are the suggested district areas.  If applicants would like to propose smaller boundaries, they can do so on the application with a justification for the new boundaries.\n1.   Van Ness:  Connecticut Avenue from Van Ness Street NW to Albemarle Street NW; ½ block east and west from Connecticut Avenue on the cross streets (Albemarle Street, Windom Place, Yuma Street, Veazey Terrace, and Van Ness Street)\n2.   Tenleytown:  Wisconsin Avenue from Tenley Circle to Ellicott Street, NW; ½ block east and west from Wisconsin Avenue on the cross streets (Grant Road, Albemarle Street, River Road, and 41st Street); and, 40th Street, NW from Albemarle Street to Brandywine Street.\nSection 2:  Award Information\nA.  Number of Awards – DSLBD will designate one program per neighborhood, for two designations, in total.\nB.   Total Funding – Each designated program will receive a grant of $200,000 within FY16.  The grant is a multi-year, renewable grant, which will be awarded every year in which the designated program continues to meet all performance standards established by DC Main Streets.  The annual DC Main Streets allocation is subject to change but it was $125,000 per program in FY 2015.\nThe authorizing legislation for the grant funds is the Bill 21-158, known as the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act of 2015. Funding for this award is contingent on continued funding from the grantor. The RFA does not commit the Agency to make an award.\nC.   Anticipated Start Dates and Period of Performance – Successful applicants should expect to begin work by January 1, 2016. The period of performance for this grant will be January 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016.\nD.  Funding Restrictions – The grant may be spent in the following ways:\nUp to $80,000 may be spent on administrative costs, including office rental, staff salaries, and office equipment.  A full-time staff member must be hired by February 1, 2016.\nUp to $80,000 may be spent on programmatic costs, including sub-grants to business and property owners, contracts for services, and advertising.  Grantees are expected to hire Certified Business Enterprises (CBE’s) to provide all services.\nA minimum of $40,000 must be spent on technical assistance in learning the Main Street Approach® from approved practitioners through workshops or other training sessions.\nGrant funds may only be expended on eligible costs that are set forth in the Letter of Agreement executed with the grant awarded and incurred on or after the Effective Date.\nE.   Deadlines ","cbCaikBlFwRoFCw1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikBlFwRoFCw1","docx",169610,"English","# Section 1: Funding Opportunity\n## DC Main Streets\n## Program Objectives\n## Eligible Project Areas","[{\"question\":\"What is DC Main Streets and what is its purpose?\",\"answer\":\"DC Main Streets is a District of Columbia program established to stimulate economic revitalization of declining commercial districts using the Main Street Approach. 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