PATHWAY TO #CBE BOOTCAMP: Join #DSLBD, Marshall Heights Community Development Org., Minnesota Avenue Main Street, Pennsylvania Avenue East Main Street, and the Ward 7 Business Partnership for a seven week intensive boot camp series to help your business become a Certified Business Enterprise! To Register: ow.ly/coQT50Ij2az

Thank you to Upper Georgia Avenue Main Street and Emory BOL for inviting and hosting us at the #RebuildWard4 Small Business Summit today! 👏🏽 Visit dslbd.dc.gov to learn more about all of the resources our agency has to offer D.C. business owners.

No better way to continue celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth than to support #WomeninBusiness! Congratulations, NCBWDC on your launch! Mayor's Office on Women’s Policy #supportsmallbusiness #shoplocal

Start your weekend with ice cream and support a D.C. #womanownedbusiness for #WHM – Located in the #LowerGeorgiaAveMainStreet corridor since 2019, Here’s The Scoop DC 🍦 has “brought the community together one treat at a time."🍦#ibuydc #shopwomanowned

Marshall Heights Community Development Org. has always supported returning citizens getting a Fair Shot when returning home. Looking forward to working on the Aspire program with DSLBD to support returning citizens with entrepreneurial aspirations.

Congrats to TSUNAMI HAIR STUDIO for securing your #legacy in #DC. DSLBD is here to help provide resources to any #SmallBusiness interested in closing the #racialwealthgap

🎙Tune into Be Informed DMV Radio Show this Wednesday, March 23 at 10 AM EST as Director, @KristiWhitfield discusses the importance and benefits of becoming a Certified Business Enterprise (CBE). LIVE on WOL-AM 1450 AM/95.9 FM ➡️ woldcnews.com/listen-live/ #PathwaytoCBE

This week’s #WHM Business Spotlight features Siham Mohammad, owner of Mimi's Ethiopian BBQ, located on @paemsdc corridor. At Mimi's, they pride themselves in creating a one-of-a-kind experience using Ethiopian dishes and flavors. 🍲👏🏽 #ibuydc #shopwomanowned #shoplocal

‼️This Friday‼️ DMPED's March Madness is back by popular demand. Join Mayor Bowser for March Madness, a showcase of the District’s real estate, housing & business support initiatives. 📅Friday, March 25 ⏲️11:00 AM 💻RSVP at tinyurl.com/DMPEDMarchMadn… 📍1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Here are today's Test Yourself Express At-Home Rapid Antigen Test pickup sites.

Residents now have access to free KN95 masks, vaccinations, boosters, take-home rapid antigen tests as well as a new self-administered PCR test — all in one place. Here are today's COVID Centers. For more info visit coronavirus.dc.gov/covidcenters

Happening Now! Tune in: woldcnews.com/listen-live/

The chief executive of every state controls their National Guard. This allows quick, efficient deployment in the case of emergencies. The mayor of DC should control the DC National Guard and we thank Rep. Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton for leading this charge. Let’s keep pushing in the Senate.

Residents have access to free KN95 masks, vaccinations, boosters, take-home rapid antigen tests as well as a new self-administered PCR test — all in one place. Here are today's COVID Centers. For more info visit coronavirus.dc.gov/covidcenters

🚨GRANT DEADLINE TONIGHT AT 5PM🚨 Mayor Muriel Bowser created the Food Access Fund to increase equitable access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food by securing grocery stores, markets, & restaurants in Wards 7 and 8! Closes: Wednesday, July 27 at 5PM obviouslydc.com

Our #SmallBusiness has been through a lot, and it’s great to see existing businesses thriving and new ones planting their roots! Thank you, Upper Georgia Avenue Main Street, for the tour. Getting a chance to speak… and of course, #shoplocal, is one of the best ways to #supportsmallbusiness

In Eatonville, one of the few Black towns to have survived after incorporating following the Civil War, 100 acres of land are expected to be sold to developers, a move being fought by locals seeking to preserve their community. cbsn.ws/3ZWzCtR

This article about saving Eatonville, Florida includes remarks by Everett Fly. He’s an amazing historian and preservationist. Here’s hoping that this historic place can be saved. cbsnews.com/amp/news/eaton…

I’m very grateful to work with these great commissioners from the Hot Springs Historic District Commission and happy to work with great colleagues at the CITY OF HOT SPRINGS

Code Forward is a very exciting project underway to operationalize the HS2040: Forward Hot Springs comp plan. The first step to making Hot Springs an even greater and more sustainable city is to update the zoning/development code.