Neighborhood Business District (NBD) Request for Proposals

Seattle's Office of Economic Development is soliciting proposals from non-profit organizations interested in participating in a collaborative city-wide buy local marketing program and/or completing other projects that benefit a Seattle neighborhood business district. This project funding opportunity is designed to help neighborhood business district organizations develop and attain their goals of growing and strengthening the business community in their neighborhoods. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 2, 2010.

An informational meeting about this RFP will be held on Wednesday, March 10th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Seattle Municipal Tower (700 5th Ave), Room 4096 - 40th floor.

• Download the complete Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Download the Individual Program Application.
• Download the Buy Local Application.

For more information, contact Karen Selander at 206-733-9256 or karen.selander@seattle.gov.

Community Development Corporations

Community Development Corporations (CDCs) are non-profit organizations devoted to building and supporting communities in our region's most culturally rich, income diverse, and threatened places.

• Capitol Hill Housing
• Central Area Development Association
• Delridge Neighborhoods Development Center
• HomeSight
• Inter*Im Community Development Association
• Seattle Chinatown/International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA)
• SouthEast Effective Development (SEED)
• White Center Community Development

For additional information, contact:
Theresa Barreras, Neighborhood Business District Revitalization Manager
theresa.barreras@seattle.gov
206-684-4505

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City of Seattle Funding

• The Neighborhood Matching Fund provides money to Seattle neighborhood groups and organizations for a broad array of neighborhood-initiated improvement, organizing or planning projects.
• The Community Technology Program provides grants to Seattle groups to increase technology literacy and access and to enhance electronic civic participation through the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund
• The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Neighborhood & Community Arts program supports Seattle's neighborhood arts councils and community groups that produce events to promote arts and cultural participation and build community

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Foundations

• Impact Capital provides real estate financing products and community building support to non-profit community-based organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• Seattle Foundation supports organizations by making capital, equipment and operating support grants to increase organizations' capacities to serve their constituents.

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