Funding Opportunities
OEWD’s Neighborhood Economic Development Division is responsible for the ongoing support and improvement of the City’s many neighborhood commercial districts. These improvements take many forms, ranging from filling vacant storefronts with locally serving small businesses, to marketing and district promotion activities, beautification projects, graffiti removal and sidewalk cleaning, greening and tree maintenance, and special events such as farmers markets and street festivals. The Neighborhood Economic Development Division periodically releases funds to conduct competitive bidding that targets neighborhood revitalization. Fillmore Forgivable Loan Program (January 2012)OEWD is seeking requests for proposals for a grant to create and administer the Fillmore Forgivable Loan Program ("Program"). The Program would be an economic development loanprogram serving small business owners and entrepreneurs in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhoodby providing short-term, zero-interest, forgivable micro-loans of Program fundsto Western Addition residents that are launching a microenterprise business.
OEWD seeks a grantee that is a community-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that would design and operate the Program. Proposals are due by 5pm on February 16, 2012, and should be submitted via e-mail to Jordan Klein at jordan.klein@sfgov.org.
For more information download the RFP files using the links on the right side of this screen.
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