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DSLBD outlines FY2026 priorities as Council questions Main Streets, Great Streets and grant timing
Summary
Rosemary Suggs Evans told the committee that DSLBD's FY2026 plan focuses on technical assistance, access to capital and corridor programs while Council members raised questions about funding levels, grant timing and geographic equity.
Rosemary Suggs Evans, director of the Department of Small and Local Business Development, told the Committee on Business and Economic Development on June 16 that DSLBD's FY2026 plan emphasizes technical assistance, capital access and corridor revitalization programs to support District businesses.
Why it matters: DSLBD programs are a frontline source of grants, training and corridor investments that affect small businesses across all wards. Council members pressed the administration on reduced line items, timing of grants, and how the department will target limited resources to neighborhoods with the greatest need.
DSLBD priorities described Evans summarized DSLBD's FY26 operating authority of about $22.1 million and described core programs: the Main Streets program (funded in testimony at $7.2 million), the clean team program (about…
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