This is the application for the Business Owner Cash Award Track for Motor City Match. The application deadline is October 1, 2019.
This application is for the Cash Award Track.
Note: all correspondence regarding your application will be sent to the email address you used to log in to the application system. If you do not actively use that email address, we encourage you to contact Submittable staff to change your login. Please check your spam folder for notifications.
The Cash award track is for businesses that have a location secured, a plan for build-out and a strong understanding of the money needed to start their business and complete renovations at the space. Awardees will have the opportunity to apply to Motor City Match lending partners for financing. If there are gaps in financing after loans have been secured, applicants will be considered for matching grants. Maximum grants awards are $100,000 per project. Up to $500,000 will be awarded per round.
Directions: Please fill out the application below. Businesses are limited to one application. If a business owner submits multiple applications for the same business, that business will be removed from award consideration.
Application Scoring: Businesses will be scored based on five criteria. Each criterion is worth 20 points. Applicants can earn up to 100 points.
1. Vision and plan for the business based on the soundness, completeness and creativity of the concept.
2. Experience and capacity of the business owners and key members of the business team.
3. Market opportunity to meet economic demand and advance business district revitalization.
4. Community support for new business including benefit to low to moderate income communities.
5. Leverage of business owner investment and other community investment initiatives in the area.
This is the application for the Business Owner Design Track for Motor City Match. The application deadline is October 1st, 2019.
Note: all correspondence regarding your application will be sent to the email address you used to log in to the application system. If you do not actively use that email address, we encourage you to contact Submittable staff to change your login. Please check your spam folder for notifications.
This application is for the Design award track.
What do I get? Selected businesses will receive design assistance to create construction documents required for permitting for build-out of their prospective space, a color rendering of the design and a opinion of probable cost for construction. Design awardees are provided need-based technical assistance for their businesses.
The Design award track is for business owners need a building permit for the work desired for the space. An applicant must have (1) a strong business plan or (2) a track record of success (3) a match with a commercial space, documented by a letter of intent (LOI), a lease or a deed.
Directions: Please fill out the application below. Businesses are limited to one application. If a business owner submits multiple applications for the same business, that business will be removed from award consideration.
Application Scoring: Businesses will be scored based on five criteria. Each criterion is worth 20 points. Applicants can earn up to 100 points.
1. Vision and plan for the business based on the soundness, completeness and creativity of the concept.
2. Experience and capacity of the business owners and key members of the business team.
3. Market opportunity to meet economic demand and advance business district revitalization.
4. Community support for new business including benefit to low to moderate income communities.
5. Leverage of business owner investment and other community investment initiatives in the area.
This is the application for the Business Owner Track for Motor City Match. The application deadline is October 1st, 2019.
Note: all correspondence regarding your application will be sent to the email address you used to log in to the application system. If you do not actively use that email address, we encourage you to contact Submittable staff to change your login. Please check your spam folder for notifications.
This application is for the Space award track.
What do I get? Selected businesses will receive assistance identifying a location or a plan for expansion. Space awardees are provided need-based technical assistance for their businesses.
The Space award track is for business owners who are ready to open and need help finding a space. An applicant must have (1) a strong business plan or (2) a track record of success. Awardees will receive one-to-one matching with the top 25 properties from the Building Owner Track.
Directions: Please fill out the application below. Businesses are limited to one application. If a business owner submits multiple applications for the same business, that business will be removed from award consideration.
Application Scoring: Businesses will be scored based on five criteria. Each criterion is worth 20 points. Applicants can earn up to 100 points.
1. Vision and plan for the business based on the soundness, completeness and creativity of the concept.
2. Experience and capacity of the business owners and key members of the business team.
3. Market opportunity to meet economic demand and advance business district revitalization.
4. Community support for new business including benefit to low to moderate income communities.
5. Leverage of business owner investment and other community investment initiatives in the area.
This is the application for the Business Owner Track for Motor City Match. The application deadline is October 1st, 2019.
Note: all correspondence regarding your application will be sent to the email address you used to log in to the application system. If you do not actively use that email address, we encourage you to contact Submittable staff to change your login. Please check your spam folder for notifications.
This application is for the Business Plan award track.
The Business Plan award track is for aspiring business owners who have a great idea and need help creating or strengthening a business plan.
What do I get? Entrepreneurs selected will receive a free business planning course and need-based technical assistance for business planning.
Directions: Please fill out the application below. Businesses are limited to one application. If a business owner submits multiple applications for the same business, that business will be removed from award consideration.
Application Scoring: Businesses will be scored based on five criteria. Each criterion is worth 20 points. Applicants can earn up to 100 points.
1. Vision and plan for the business based on the soundness, completeness and creativity of the concept.
2. Experience and capacity of the business owners and key members of the business team.
3. Market opportunity to meet economic demand and advance business district revitalization.
4. Community support for new business including benefit to low to moderate income communities.
5. Leverage of business owner investment and other community investment initiatives in the area.
Note: All correspondence regarding your application will be sent to the email address you use to log into the application system, Submittable. If you do not actively use that email address, we encourage you to contact Submittable technical support, support@submittable.com, to change your email address. Please add Submittable to your address book or contacts in order to ensure that you receive Submittable notifications.
Welcome to the Motor City Match Building Owner application. The application deadline is October 1, 2019.
Directions: Building owners may submit multiple applications - one for each vacant property they own. Submit one application per available property. If you own a multi-tenant building with one or more vacant spaces, submit one application for that property and indicate the number of available spaces.
When submitting multiple applications, make sure you hit the "submit" button at the end of each application, before submitting another application. If your previous application appears when you try to submit a new application, you have not submitted your prior application or your prior application is incomplete.
Application Scoring: Properties will be scored based on five criteria. Each criteria is worth 20 points. Applicants can earn up to a 100 point score.
1. Building characteristics and vision to support new business in your building.
2. Conditions of the building structure and systems.
3. Community and market support for new businesses and business district revitalization.
4. Leverage of property owner investment in the space and other community investment initiatives.
5. Compliance on taxes, utilities and tickets. Compliance is scored based on the "eligibility" section of the application.
Welcome to the Motor City Match Building Owner application system. The Coworking Building Application is an on-going application to provide move-in ready office/building resource information for Motor City Match business awardees.
Coworking spaces may provide the following information to have their spaces posted on the Motor City Match "Make a Match" online map at http://www.motorcitymatch.com/map-search/ Your property will be listed on the Motor City Match website as an available property viewable by all of our business applicants, and the general public. There is no cost to apply nor to be listed as part of this service to growing businesses.
Directions: Coworking space owners may submit one application per available co-working address. Make sure you hit the "submit" button at the end of the application. If the application has been successfully submitted you should receive a confirmation email.
NOTE: MCM businesses leasing a coworking space are not eligible to apply for a Motor City Match "Cash" award. Open co-working spaces listed on the map are not considered MCM awardees and are not eligibile for MCM awards.
