November 4, 2009
Mount Vernon Triangle CID Awarded Grant from DSLBD
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Washington, DC – The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District (MVTCID) has been awarded a grant from the Department of Small and Local Business Development for cleaning and improving public space in Mount Vernon Triangle. The grant amount is $123,000.
“DSLBD is pleased to assist MVTCID with the extension of its clean team and public maintenance services through the BID Litter Cleanup Assistance Program,” said Phyllis Love, Assistant Director for the Department of Small and Local Business Development. “ The expanded services will become increasingly important as activity builds with the opening of new retailers, restaurants, and residential units.”
The grant funding is for a 12-month period and was available to small BIDs and Main Street organizations whose budgets do not exceed $1 million. The funding will allow MVTCID to maintain a four-person “Clean Team” seven days a week, purchase a truck, hire a part-time landscaper to weed and mulch 240 tree boxes, and maintain six parks.
“We are so pleased to be the recipient of this generous grant which will allow us to increase cleaning services throughout Mount Vernon Triangle, as well as launch a landscaping program,” stated Jeff Miller, Chairman of MVTCID.
The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District is a nonprofit organization established to enhance the quality of life for residents, visitors, employees, and property owners by providing clean and safe services, marketing, fostering planning and economic development, as well as maintaining green space in Mount Vernon Triangle.
MVTCID’s geographic area includes 19 square blocks in the east end of downtown Washington, D.C. bordered by Seventh Street on the west, New York Avenue on the north, New Jersey Avenue on the east, and Massachusetts Avenue on the south.
To learn more about the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District, visit www.mountvernontriangle.org.
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