February 17, 2021
Updates from Adams Morgan
Click Here
to see previous updates in our newsletter archive
For the latest from the DC government, refer to:
https://coronavirus.dc.gov
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Save the Date
AMPBID Annual Meeting: Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District’s Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5pm. The meeting will be held online via Zoom. Postcards were mailed to all commercial property and business owners in January.
IMPORTANT: To attend the annual meeting as a voting member (all commercial property and business owners within the
AMPBID boundaries
are automatically members) you must send us your email address via
this form
. Links to participate in the Zoom meeting and further details (including voting procedures) will be sent via email and by postal mail.
In addition to other business, we will hold elections for seven positions on the Board of Directors (5 property owners and 2 business owners whose terms expire in March) at the meeting.
Please fill out
the form
as soon as possible
so we can send your ballot. If you have questions, please call Brian at 202.536.9515 or email at bbarrie@admodc.org.
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The Return of Adams Morgan Date Nights!
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After having to cut the event short last year due to the pandemic,
Adams Morgan Date Nights
has returned with a familiar, but somewhat different format. We'll still be giving away fabulous date packages and offering great suggestions for staying close to your special someone while staying socially distant from others, but there will be takeout and even virtual options as well.
In light of the difficulties our members have had to endure over the last year we won't be asking businesses for prize donations -- instead, the prizes will be gift cards (purchased by us) to the Adams Morgan business chosen by the prize winner.
Sign up now at
AdMoDateNights.com
- the first prize drawing is this Friday!
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Sign-Up Your Business for FREE PPE Care Packages from DC Government
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The DC Government, through the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), is working with the Anacostia Business Improvement District and the DowntownDC Business Improvement District to provide free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Care Packages to DC businesses consisting of limited quantities of masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant and sanitizer wipes, hand towels and surgical gowns. Through this second round of PPE care packages, the Bowser Administration is investing an additional $1.7 million of essential supplies to local businesses to support them in these trying times.
There will be two PPE distribution sites, one in Anacostia at Maple View Flats (2228 Martin Luther King Ave, SE) and the other will be downtown at the Convention Center (enter on L St NW side of the building -- the convention center location will be an outdoor pickup). In order to receive a PPE Care Package, businesses will need to complete the PPE Sign-Up Form.
Upon completion of the PPE Sign-Up Form, the business owner will receive confirmation and instructions for pick-up
(delivery is not available).
Sign-Up Form
Distribution centers will open:
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Thursday, February 18th
, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Friday, February 19th
, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Saturday, February 20th
, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Please bring your own box to carry supplies.
The PPE Care Packages are being provided by the District Government and are offered on a first come, first served basis.
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SNF Small Business Growth & Recovery Fund
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The
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
(NCRC) and the
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
(SNF) announced the launch of a major new initiative, the SNF Small Business Growth & Recovery Fund. The fund’s mission is to help U.S. small businesses, focusing on those owned by people of color, women and veterans as well as those in lower-income communities, find their footing in an acutely challenging economic landscape. The fund’s vision is both short- and long-term. It aims to help small businesses that have been severely impacted by the pandemic stabilize, and at the same time seeks to assist in building a more inclusive economy.
Striving to help address economic inequities, the fund will support U.S. small businesses, focusing on those owned by traditionally underserved groups by providing better access to capital through grants that do not need to be repaid.
The SNF Small Business Growth & Recovery Fund grant program, which will open with $1.3 million, will award U.S.-based small businesses with up to $20,000 each in non-repayable grants, accompanied by complementary training and mentorship to support them. The initiative will be managed through Equivico by NCRC.
Click here
to apply.
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Benchmarking Building Operational Changes
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Do you own, operate, or manage a commercial property in the District of Columbia? Has your building experienced significant changes in operation due to the COVID-19? Then join DOEE on
Tuesday, February 23 at 12pm
to discuss the importance of updating property use details in Portfolio Manager and provides you with step by step instructions on how to make these updates.
Click here
for more details and to register.
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ABRA Training on the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Amendment Act of 2021
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ABRA is hosting a training on the newly introduced Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Amendment Act of 2021. The legislation extends the Streatery program, creates new alcohol licenses, including a commercial lifestyle license and third-party delivery license, allows taverns in the Georgetown historic district, permits doggie bags of spirits at restaurants and hotels and more.
Click here to register
for the training hosted by ABRA on Monday, February 22nd from 2-3.
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From Kathy Hollinger, president, RAMW
On the vaccine front, so many of you are educating and informing your employees about when, where, and how they can get vaccinated and it's a changing situation every day. While we do still anticipate that there may be steps for employers to take to register for their employees by industry in some jurisdictions, individuals should NOT wait for this. If you are communicating vaccine info to your teams, you should be sharing that they should individually pre-register in their own city, state, or county of residence to ensure they have the earliest vaccine opportunity that is available to them. Furthermore,
as many of you reworked and reimagined your operations to meet the needs of the pandemic and focused operations on food distribution and/or grocery store models, you can likely categorize your business as such, meaning your employees are eligible for the vaccine in an earlier tier or stage
. If this fits your operation, when employees register in any jurisdiction, you should encourage them to select options (wording changes from location to location) for food and agriculture, food manufacturing/packaging and/or distribution and grocery stores -- whichever best applies to your model and is earliest in the vaccine phases.
In DC, employees should go to
coronavirus.dc.gov/vaccine
to register to get updates.
Relief updates
: The House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed promising legislation that would directly provide states, localities, Tribes, and territories with funding to fight the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impacts. The legislation would provide DC with an estimated $1.49 billion, in addition to the $755 million received, to make the District whole from being shortchanged in the original CARES Act. As a reminder, when the CARES Act passed, DC was not counted as a state, so it received significantly less funding than every other state, which resulted in the District's inability to address the pandemic adequately in comparison to other states. The legislation still needs to pass the Senate, and we will keep you posted on the status. This is an important step in providing District businesses and residents additional relief as we continue to battle the pandemic. It is unclear how this additional funding will be used at this time.
On the tipped wage conversation
, in case you missed it, The Washington Post published an op-ed we wanted to share titled,
Tipped workers have been hit hard by the pandemic. Congress could make things even worse
, written by Valerie Graham, a DC tipped employee. Valerie was very involved in the Initiative 77 campaign a few years ago, and served as the plaintiff in our legal challenge against the DC Board of Elections. Her op-ed gives an important tipped employee perspective that eliminating the tip credit is not the answer, and will end up hurting the people they are ultimately trying to help.
Finally, it’s the
last chance for free social distancing decals from DC Health Link
. RAMW is working with DC Health Link to provide free seat/floor decals to remind customers to maintain 6 feet between themselves and others. These decals are intended to be an aid in business operations to keep patrons safe and healthy, while complying with the Mayor’s orders for social distancing. Each business can request up to six (6) floor decals, ten (10) seat decals, and eight (8) facemasks by emailing us at
coverage@ramw.org
by Wednesday February 24, 2021. In addition, DC Health Link has taken several steps to reduce financial barriers making it easier to enroll in quality, comprehensive health insurance coverage. If interested in talking with RAMW about health insurance options for your staff or individual coverage options,
click here
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National Cherry Blossom Festival: March 20 - April 11
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The Cherry Blossom Festival is going to be mostly virtual this year, but there are opportunities for your business to participate and take advantage of the festival's marketing efforts and visitors to the city. The Adams Morgan Partnership will once again be decorating the neighborhood with Cherry Blossom decals in the weeks leading up to the festival.
Restaurants: Cherry Picks - Register by Feb. 19
The National Cherry Blossom Festival, in conjunction with RAMW is proud to support the vibrant, diverse restaurant scene in the District for the 1.5 M attendees throughout the Festival. Restaurants are encouraged to enroll in the program to highlight items from their seasonal, springtime menus. Please note: the use of cherries as an ingredient is not necessary to participate in this promotion.
Click here
to sign up for Cherry Picks
Retail Window Competition - Registration deadline TBD
The Retail Window Competition celebrates what makes local
retail great by highlighting the creativity of the stores and
encouraging Washingtonians to check out these over the top
displays.
Why should you participate?
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Increased exposure
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Increased foot traffic
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Brings joy
Winning Categories
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Small Independent Business
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Medium/Large Chain Business
Click here
to sign up for the Retail Window Competition
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Updates to COVID-19 Testing
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DC Health and the Downtown and Golden Triangle BIDs are partnering to offer additional free COVID-19 testing to DC’s community of essential workers through a new pop-up testing site downtown. Tests will be PCR-based and provide a 3-5 day turnaround on results. Those eligible to get tested include: hotel staff, restaurant workers, building engineers, environmental service staff, janitorial staff, security staff, and any individual unable to perform their daily work from home.
These essential workers can get tested on Mondays from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., and Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
at a pop-up testing site on I Street NW near the intersection of Black Lives Matter Plaza. The pop-up will kick off this Friday from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., and this site is in addition to the other free public testing sites.
For more information, visit
coronavirus.dc.gov/testing
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DC Citywide Business Calendar
February 2021 Events
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Including:
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FEATURED EVENTS + TRAININGS
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Funding, PPP + EIDL Loans
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Marketing/Selling to Government | Starting a Business |
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DC Govt. Business Forums | Patent/Trademarks |
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Legal Series | B2B Networking
Click to Review All Events
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsor one of our community events! Partner with our community while reaching some of the city's most desirable demographics. For details, contact
Kristen Barden
at
202-997-0783.
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Adams Morgan Partnership
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