Resources

• Facade Grant Application - (Apply Online!)

  • Download/Print PDF version of Facade Grant Application (Rolling Application - Apply Now!)

• State of Ohio Small Business Grants - (Apply Now!)

• Great Streets Design Guide

• Business Resource Guide

• Greater Akron COVID-19 Resource Guide 

• Rubber City Match Program

• Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC)

• Women's Business Center of Northern Ohio

• Inclusion Marketplace

• JobsOhio Inclusion Grant 

• Sources of Capital: 

  • Akron Resiliency Fund

  • ECDI Akron - Economic Community Development Institute

  • HFLA of Northeast Ohio 

  • State of Ohio Women's Business Enterprise Loan Program

  • State of Ohio Micro-Loan Program  

• Small Business Administration (SBA)

  • Funding Programs

• Greater Akron Chamber

• Akron Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

• Akron SCORE

• Akron is for Entrepreneurs! 

• Bounce Innovation Hub GROW Program 

• MORTAR accelerator course at Bounce

• JumpStart

• Veterans Business Outreach Center

• Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program

• Ohio Development Services Agency

• Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits

• Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits

• Summit County Opportunity Zones

  • View Prospectus 

• Ohio Opportunity Zones

• NLC Opportunity Zones Guide

• Pocket Park Toolkit

• CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Manual