Tenleytown Small Business Grants - Tenleytown Main Street

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- - - Tenleytown’s thriving commercial district features more than 120 storefront businesses, including restaurants, fitness studios, national retailers, and iconic locally-owned shops.
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Tenleytown Main Street offers small business grants to help local businesses update their interior and exterior spaces and improve operations. Since TMS began issuing grants in 2016, we have provided more than $275,000 in financial and technical assistance grants to more than 50 Tenleytown businesses.

2025 Small Business Grants

The 2025 Small Business Grants provide grant funding to eligible businesses located within the Tenleytown Main Street corridor. Eligible uses of grant funds include: interior and exterior renovations, storefront improvements, security upgrades, and select hard and soft costs to support business growth.

Applications open March 31, 2025, and close on April 25, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified no later than May 16, 2025. All funded projects must be completed no later than August 31, 2024.