CDBG Microenterprise Grant Program

The City of Hagerstown uses Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funds to provide reimbursable grants of $2,500 to $5,000 to small, for-profit businesses (microenterprises with five or fewer employees, including the owner) whose owners meet HUD low-to-moderate income limits. The program aims to expand employment opportunities for low-to-moderate income residents, support job creation and retention, business stabilization and expansion, and revitalization of vacant commercial...