Business News & Updates
Website Translation Now Available
Each page of VisitLakeStreet.com is now available with Spanish and Somali translation.
Black Business Week Resource Fair
The City of Minneapolis is hosting its second annual Black Business Week. It takes place from Monday, July 25th to Sunday, July 31st. August is National Black Business Month. To start it off, we’re having a wide range of events and activities. Black Business Week returns us to our pre-pandemic goals of 2019.
Small Developers Technical Assistance
The Developer Technical Assistance Program (DTAP) supports the advancement of small and emerging real estate developers in the City of Minneapolis.
Business Support Funding for Creatives in 2022 Through the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy invites Minneapolis based small creative businesses, and arts and cultural nonprofit organizations to apply for business support funding for creatives. Three new funding opportunities are available under a Business Support Funds for Creatives umbrella.
METRO B-Line Coming to Lake Street
METRO B-Line is coming to provide faster public transit on Lake Street
Verizon Small Business Grants
The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program’s goal is to arm entrepreneurs just like you with a range of free learning courses and a $10,000 grant opportunity.
Sign up and complete at least two courses or coaching events to be eligible to apply for the latest round of grants. Complete your application by June 30th to be considered.
LISC Twin Cities 2022 Developers of Color Capacity Building Initiative
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Twin Cities is requesting applications for a second round of the transformational initiative aimed at supporting emerging developers of color who are working to build assets and ownership in historically low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, aligning economic opportunity with place-based investments, and recognizing identity and culture as components of thriving social capital.
Minneapolis Minimum Wage Ordinance
On July 1, 2022, the minimum wage in Minneapolis is going up to $13.50 at small businesses and $15 at large businesses.
Open Streets Franklin 50% for Food Vendors
Our Streets is preparing for Open Streets Franklin that's coming up on Sunday, July 10 and are currently seeking more food vendors to round out the event.
Co-op Feasibility Class Registration Summer 2022
The City of Minneapolis is offering a class for groups interested in starting or growing a cooperative or converting an existing business into a cooperative. The class will equip participants with tools to evaluate their co-op idea and/or refine their model for those that are already in the process of incorporation. It is recommended that more than one representative from a co-op attend the course and that at least one of the same members attends each class. This class is not for developing housing cooperatives.