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Programs for Business Owners
The Department of Community Development provides funding to support programs
that assist For-profit businesses located in census tract areas with 51% or more
of low-income residents. The City of Miami DOES NOT assist business owners
directly. The assistance is provided through nonprofit agencies funded by the
city to carry on such activities.In addition, the City of
Miami provides assistance to business owners through the city’s
Economic Initiatives and
ACCESS Miami.
The objective of assisting
business owners is to foment the creation of
viable communities by providing assistance to
facilitate business incubation development, and
job creation/ retention.
Note:. The City cannot guarantee that at any given time services will be
available for all applicants. As it is the case with these programs, demand
often exceeds the funding available for the provision of services.
Commercial Façade Treatment Program
Per 24CFR 570.202(a)(3),
rehabilitation of privately owned commercial or industrial buildings is limited
to improvement to the exterior of the building and correction of code
violations. Furthermore, the City requires that improvements be limited to
improvements that are visible from a commercial corridor.
The assistance is provided
through a Community Based Organization (CBO) to eligible For-Profit businesses
located in the commission district from which the CBO is funded. To be eligible,
the entity must be an operating for-profit business having a valid and current
occupational license for that location and a valid and current certificate of
use for that type of business. In addition, the business must be located in a
census tract area with 51% or more of low income-income residents and the area
must be primarily residential in character.
Participating for-profit
businesses will be required to provide matching funds according to the following
chart:
Award Amount Matching Funds
$2,000 and
below 5%
$2,001 to
$5,000 10%
$5,001 to $10,000 15%
Please contact the
agencies below for further details and requirements of the program:
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District 1
Allapattah Business
Development Authority
2634 NW 21 Terrace
Miami, Fl 33142
Contact Person: Xiomara
Pacheco
Phone Number: (305)
635-3561
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Districts 3 and 4
Cámara
de Comercio Latina de los Estados Unidos, Inc.
735 NW 22 Avenue
Miami, Fl 33125
Contact Person: Luis Cuervo
Phone Number: (305)
642-7472
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District 5
Rafael Hernandez Housing &
Economic Development, Corp.
2400 N. Miami
Avenue
Miami, Fl 33127
Contact Person: Janitza
Kaplan
Phone Number: (305)
576-9895
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