Downtown Dutchtown, in partnership with the Dutchtown Community Improvement District, seeks a self-motivated community builder to become the first Dutchtown Growth Manager. This position will assist Downtown Dutchtown and the Dutchtown Community Improvement District with managing new efforts under Missouri Main Street Connection’s UrbanMain Pilot Program that will be implemented in Dutchtown.
The DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown summer movie series is back in 2020! We’re kicking things off with a special drive-in movie event at Habitat for Humanity St. Louis to promote safe community building and social distancing.
Join us on Friday, June 26th! Our drive-in movie night will feature the classic summer blockbuster Independence Day starring Will Smith.
The lot will open at 7:30pm. Get your spot early and catch sponsor previews, neighborhood community-building information, food trucks, and more!
Once the sun has set, the movie will be projected onto the side of Habitat’s building. Sound will be transmitted to your car’s FM radio, just tune in.
There’s a Facebook event page if you’d like to share with your friends and neighbors. You can also go to dutchtownstl.org/movienight for info on this event and others scheduled for the rest of the summer.
Thank you to our sponsors who make this event and the Downtown Dutchtown Summer Movie Series possible: Dutchtown South Community Corporation, Dutchtown Community Improvement District, Habitat for Humanity St. Louis, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, and Lutheran Development Group.
In case of inclement weather, this event will be rescheduled. Visit dutchtownstl.org/movienight for updates.
Visit dutchtownstl.org/grants to find out more about the new round of Small Business Grants to be issued by the City of St. Louis.
The article below refers to grants issued in the summer of 2020. If your business received one of these grants over the summer, you may not be eligible for this round. Otherwise, the eligibility requirements remain largely the same. Read our latest article for more information.
The City of St. Louis has established a Small Business Grant Fund of $4 million to assist small businesses that have been severely impacted by COVID-19. Grants up to $5,000 are available.
Half of the available grant money is reserved for businesses in Opportunity Zones or Neighborhood Revitalization Stabilization Areas. Most of Greater Dutchtown lies within one or both of these zones.
Funding priority is given to businesses unable to operate or operating at reduced capacity during the COVID-19 crisis.
It’s important to apply early! The grant committee will begin meeting on June 10th to disperse funds.
To help Dutchtown small businesses apply for these grants, volunteers from DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown will be at the Neighborhood Innovation Center, 3207 Meramec, on Saturday, June 6th from 9am to 5pm.
Make sure to come prepared with your business’s federal employee identification number (FEIN), or your Social Security number if you don’t have an FEIN.
We’ll try to help as many walk-in applicants as possible, but you can also make an appointment:
Downtown Dutchtown and its affiliates and volunteers do not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. Businesses should consult their own tax, legal, and accounting advisors before applying if they have specific questions about the grant requiring professional expertise.
If you’d like to share information about DT2’s grant assistance event with other business owners, send them to dutchtownstl.org/grants or share the event on Facebook.
If you prefer to apply for the grant on your own, you can apply on the city’s website. Applications are currently being accepted.
There are several criteria to be eligible for the grant. The following types of businesses are not eligible for grants:
Your business must also meet the following requirements:
To verify that your business is in good standing, you can call the License Collector’s office at (314) 622-4528. You can check the status of your earnings tax account with the Collector of Revenue at (314) 622-3291. The Collector’s office can also verify that your real estate tax, personal property tax, and water and refuse accounts are current. Call (314) 622-4111 for those inquiries.
DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown is partnering with Missouri Main Street Connection on the UrbanMain Initiative, a first of its kind program in Missouri. The initiative aims to enhance the economic, social, cultural ,and environmental well-being of Downtown Dutchtown. This pilot program will start with a focus on the area along Meramec between Grand and Broadway.
The process is just getting started. We need your input to gather information on your perceptions of and hopes for Downtown Dutchtown. If you’ve ever lived, worked, shopped, or visited Downtown Dutchtown, we’d love for you to complete our brief survey.
Keep in mind that when we talk about Downtown Dutchtown, we mean approximately about the area in the map below centered on Meramec Street. But these boundaries are fuzzy. Your answers can help us to more clearly define what our neighbors refer to as Downtown Dutchtown.
We’re delighted to introduce our Urban Main Steering Committee, a group of eight Dutchtown residents, business owners, and other stakeholders with personal and professional experience in Dutchtown. We’ll have more announcements about UrbanMain events and programs in the Downtown Dutchtown area over the next few years. Stay tuned!
Give STL Day is Thursday, May 7th. This year, we hope you’ll consider donating to DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown in support of their mission of building a stronger Dutchtown community.
We’ve got a couple of different ways you can give to DT2 for Give STL Day or any other day of the year.
This year, in exchange for your donation, DT2 is offering new, eye-catching Dutchtown Proud yard signs! Show your neighborhood support to everyone passing your home.
These durable corrugated plastic signs cost about $5 each to produce. We ask you to donate what you can to help us cover costs. Anything additional goes straight to DT2’s efforts to create opportunity and prosperity for our neighbors.
To make your donation and request your sign, visit dutchtownstl.org/proud. You’ll be asked to name your price for the sign. You can then check out and pay via credit card or PayPal. We’ll deliver the sign to your doorstep as soon as possible.
If you’d just like to make a straight donation to DT2, you can always go to dutchtownstl.org/donate and make your contribution via PayPal. We’ve also added a donation item to our DutchtownSTL Shop. Just tell us how much you’d like to contribute, then pay with credit card or Paypal.
If you prefer to donate via check, you can send your payment to:
DT2Looking for additional neighborhood non-profits that could use your donation? Below are a few that are participating in Give STL Day. Click the links to be taken directly to their respective Give STL Day donation pages.
