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NourishDC partners seek recurring funding as small food businesses and residents raise DMPED concerns, CVS closure alarms community
Summary
Capital Impact Partners and local food-economy partners urged the Committee on Business and Economic Development to restore ongoing funding for NourishDC, a collaborative technical assistance, grant and lending program that has supported food entrepreneurs in Wards 5, 7 and 8.
Capital Impact Partners and local food-economy partners urged the Committee on Business and Economic Development to restore ongoing funding for NourishDC, a collaborative technical assistance, grant and lending program that has supported food entrepreneurs in Wards 5, 7 and 8.
The nut graf: Witnesses said NourishDC’s grant and lending work — funded initially through a DMPED award of $1.0 million and a subsequent $3.4 million award — had leveraged private capital and deployed financing and grants to dozens of small food businesses; they asked the council to include $1.0…
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