PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: IMPORTANT
This application is for the CVI Award Track - cash grants and/or technical assistance awarded in specified application round or rounds for businesses that have been recommended by CVI Organizations and approved by Motor City Match staff to formalize their businesses and/or expand their currently transactional business. Applicants must have CVI letter of recommendation and a project plan for what their business needs are.
- Applicants must be Detroit residents
- All CVI Applicants will be required to provide the following information:
- CVI Organization letter of recommendation
- List of their technical assistance needs
- CVI Applicants with currently transactional businesses, or that intend to be transactional within 6 months of the date of award approval, will be required to submit supplemental materials including but not excluding to:
- Proof that business is transactional within the City of Detroit (if applicable)
- Written project plan
- Detailed itemized budget
- If the business has a permanent commercial location or a temporary location, must provide lease or letter of intent or license
- Personal and business financial information
- Awardees will be selected based on business application scores
- Financial assistance will be limited to CVI Awardees that are currently transactional or, in the sole judgment of MCM staff, likely to be transactional within 6 months of the date of award approval.
- Financial assistance awards will not exceed $25,000 each, with amounts to be determined by MCM staff based on identified business needs and eligible uses, project plan, and number of eligible and qualified CVI Applicants.
- Award selection is subject to approval by the EDC Board of Directors
- Financial and technical assistance associated with this award will expire 1 year from the date of approval by the EDC Board of Directors if no disbursement has been made.
If you are not interested in receiving the services described above as an award, you SHOULD NOT complete this application.
Eligibility Criteria: The following individuals are not eligible to apply: Business owners who are:
(1) employees, elected officials or appointed officials or officers of the City of Detroit government (the City);
(2) employees or board members of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC);
(3) employees or board members of the Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit (EDC);
(4) Motor City Match Lending Partners or Jurors;
The following individuals must disclose their status. Upon receipt of an applicant’s disclosure, the EDC will determine whether a conflict of interest exists and if the conflict can be mitigated and/or granted an exemption in accordance with EDC policies and federal regulations.
(1) employees, elected officials or appointed officials or officers of the City of Detroit government (the City);
(2) contractors affiliated with the Motor City Match program;
(3) spouses and dependents of
- (a) employees and board members of the City, DEGC, and EDC;
- (b) contractors affiliated with the Motor City Match program; and
- (c) Motor City Match Lending Partners or Jurors
Applications must be submitted prior to 11:59pm on January 12th, 2025, to be considered for an award.
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.
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.