Loans & Grants
Business Improvement District Revolving Loan Fund
North Shore Bank and the Historic King Drive Business Improvement District (BID) offer a revolving loan fund, to be used towards the revitalization efforts in the business district. North Shore Bank and the BID’s investment is utilized to fund small business loans between $1,000 and $10,000. The loans are available to qualified businesses looking to either start or grow their presence in the Historic King Drive district. In addition to the funds, applicants will receive free technical assistance and mentorship through the Wisconsin Womens Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC).City of Milwaukee Façade Grant
The City’s Façade Grant program provides financial and business assistance to businesses and commercial property owners interested in renovating the street faces of their buildings. The program was established by DCD to increase the physical appearance of Milwaukee’s commercial areas.The City’s Façade Grant program provides financial and business assistance to businesses and commercial property owners interested in renovating the street faces of their buildings. The program was established by DCD to increase the physical appearance of Milwaukee’s commercial areas.The City’s Façade Grant program provides financial and business assistance to businesses and commercial property owners interested in renovating the street faces of their buildings. The program was established by DCD to increase the physical appearance of Milwaukee’s commercial areas.
$10,000 Main Street Bounce Back Grant
Build a strong foundation for your business and help reenergize Wisconsin’s Downtowns and Commercial Corridors
The pandemic took a toll on Wisconsin’s small businesses, and the main streets and commercial corridors that housed them. Now it’s time to bounce back.
Through the Main Street Bounceback Grants Program, you can get $10,000 to help you get set up in a commercial space. The more empty spaces we can fill with new restaurants, salons, stores and other businesses, the more people it will bring into our commercial areas and through your doors.
City-White Box Program
The city-wide White Box program is designed to provide targeted financial incentives to increase the vitality of the neighborhood commercial corridors. The funds will assist in recruiting new businesses to vacant commercial/retail tenants spaces in commercial buildings.
Brew City Match
JPMorgan Chase, as part of its Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods (PRO Neighborhoods) competition awarded $3.5 million to the Brew City Match. The purpose of the program is to help fuel economic development in under served communities. The program is being launched within the Historic King Drive, North Avenue & Fond du Lac, and Cesar Chavez Drive corridors, and connects new and expanding businesses with quality commercial real estate, business training, and funding to fuel the revival of Milwaukee’s historic commercial corridors.
KIVA
More than 1.7 billion people around the world are unbanked and can’t access the financial services they need. Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 in San Francisco, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive.
We do this by crowdfunding loans and unlocking capital for the underserved, improving the quality and cost of financial services, and addressing the underlying barriers to financial access around the world. Through Kiva’s work, students can pay for tuition, women can start businesses, farmers are able to invest in equipment and families can afford needed emergency care.
By lending as little as $25 on Kiva, you can be part of the solution and make a real difference in someone’s life.
100% of every dollar you lend on Kiva goes to funding loans
Contact Us
Historic King Drive BID #8
2745 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive - Suite 206
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 265-5809
info@kingdriveis.com
