QUESTION
How does the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) inform local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and small business owners about grant opportunities?
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Deputy Commissioner Calvin T. Brown outlines the Department of Small Business Services' (SBS) strategy for notifying local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and small business owners about grant opportunities.
- Notices are sent specifically to BIDs about upcoming grants and related information.
- A biweekly email update is sent to BIDs with information on grant opportunities.
- Correspondence is sent to elected community boards and a list serve of nonprofit organizations about upcoming grants.
- Before the grant application period closes, informational sessions are provided detailing grant specifics, deadlines, and application procedures.
Oswald Feliz
0:32:39
What steps does SBAs take to make sure that the local bids and the small business owners know about these brands?
Calvin T. Brown
0:32:46
Yes.
0:32:47
We send out to specifically to the bids.
0:32:49
We send out notices about upcoming grants.
0:32:52
We have a bid built in.
0:32:53
That goes out to all the bids, but we also send out a biweekly email that correspondent that goes to the bids about information, And then even outside of that, we send out correspondence to elected community boards to a a full suite of of nonprofit organizations that we have a list serve of about upcoming grant opportunities.
0:33:18
And then we even before the grant's application period closes, we provide opportunities for training not training.
0:33:26
Sorry.
0:33:27
Informationals rather about what the grant entails, when the deadline ends, and how to apply.