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Small businesses located on Minnesota Avenue NE from East Capitol St NE to  Nannie Helen Burrough Avenue NE may be eligible for grant assistance and advisory services from our organization.   

We are here to help.  For more information on Financial Resources, please see list below.  

As information becomes available, we will notify businesses via email. Sign up to receive email updates with the latest business resources. You can schedule a time to meet with the Main Street Manager at https://minnesotaavemainstreet.org/contact. 

We will be in touch within 48-72 hours. Please be patient, as we are working remotely and trying to assist as many businesses as we can. 

Are you a Minnesota Avenue Business? Share your current status during COVID-19. Let us know your hours, special instructions to customers, specials, events and promotions. COMPLETE SURVEY NOW.

Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash Waiving

Fees for Food Establishments & Restaurants

DoorDash

Door Dash Restaurants will not pay commissions Through April 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2020/03/17/doordash-restaurants-will-not-pay-commissions-through-april/#47ff91287f5b

Sign up for Door Dash: https://get.doordash.com/ 

Uber Eats

Uber eats waive fees for independent restaurants

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/uber-eats-waives-delivery-fees-for-independent-restaurants-during-covid-19-pandemic/amp/

Two options to join Uber Eats:

1) Sign up as a Uber Partner: https://www.ubereats.com/restaurant/en-US/signup 

2) Become a Virtual Restaurant: https://restaurants.ubereats.com/us/en/innovations/virtual-restaurants/

Grubhub

Grubhub and Major Cities Across the U.S. Launch Economic Relief Effort up to $100 Million for Independent Restaurants and Delivery Partners Impacted by COVID-19 https://media.grubhub.com/media/press-releases/press-release-details/2020/Grubhub-and-Major-Cities-Across-the-US-Launch-Economic-Relief-Effort-up-to-100-Million-for-Independent-Restaurants-and-Delivery-Partners-Impacted-by-COVID-19/default.aspx

Sign up for Grub Hub: https://get.grubhub.com/

 The DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) is issuing temporary pick-up/drop-off zone permits for restaurants, offering a temporary permit for Restaurant Pick-Up/Drop-Off (PUDO) Zones to allow residents and commercial drivers easy access to restaurants and eateries that are still offering delivery or carry out service during Mayor Bowser’s declared public health emergency. DDOT has waived the fees for these permits. 

Restaurant owners can request a permit for a temporary Restaurant PUDO Zone through their Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC), and Main Street Organizations. If your business is located along the Minnesota Avenue Main Street corridor, please fill out this assistance form and indicate that you would like to apply for a PUDO permit. 

For more information about the PUDO program, please visit DDOT website or call DDOT’s Customer Service Clearinghouse at (202) 673-6813.

Business Licensing & Permitting Extension

Any business licenses, professional/occupational licenses, vending licenses, etc. that expire during the declared emergency will be considered valid, and people will have until 45 days after the declared emergency is over to renew their licenses.  (DCRA Online Services still available.)

COVID-19 Emergency Sales and Use Tax Relief

The Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) is waiving interest and penalties that would ordinarily be considered for failure to pay sales and use tax due for periods ending on February 29, 2020, and March 31, 2020, provided certain conditions are met.

IRS Tax filing

No penalty or interests will be imposed on February and March payment. Tax payments will be deferred to July 20th. After July 20th, taxpayers may be charged penalty or interests on late payment.