Welcome to the Interactive SBAN Toolkit
Are you looking for strategies to help BIPOC- and immigrant-owned businesses stay in place and thrive? Answer three questions, and we’ll provide you with anti-displacement strategies, tools, and examples that align with the specific concerns impacting businesses in your neighborhood, city, or region.
Tell us about the primary challenges you see small businesses facing in the places that you live or work.
Tell us about small business-related challenges you see affecting the broader neighborhood(s) in which you live or work.
At what geographical scale are you seeing these challenges and want to address them?
Strategies
Topics
Strategies in Action
Programs that help small businesses and commercial property owners improve their building’s façade or physical appearance.
Programs designed to preserve small, longtime businesses that contribute to a neighborhood’s history, identity, and character.
Policies and programs to ensure that communities receive the economic benefits of new development by requiring that the development employ local residents and/or that governments or other institutions purchase from local businesses.
Programs created by community-based organizations, government agencies, or local businesses to preserve a neighborhood’s cultural identity by amplifying its history and drawing more customers.
Support services provided to small businesses, such as financial literacy training, mentoring, loan application assistance, marketing, and language assistance.
Programs that help businesses launch and grow by providing free or low-cost workspace, mentorship, access to investors, and in some cases, working capital.
Property tax reductions or exemptions offered to small businesses at the municipal or state level.
Commercial corridor districts where businesses pay a tax to an organization that manages the corridor and provides services to business tenants and property owners.
Designated tax districts where future tax revenues are diverted to fund a range of neighborhood improvements.
A real estate transfer tax is a one-time tax or fee imposed by a state or local jurisdiction on the transfer of commercial property. A vacancy tax is a tax on property that has been vacant for an extended period.
Your voice matters!
If there’s a concern or challenge that you’re facing which isn’t addressed in the toolkit, let us know below. We’re dedicated to exploring further and finding solutions to meet your specific needs.
Together, we can create more inclusive and vibrant neighborhoods where small BIPOC and immigrant-owned businesses thrive.