MRB-58604 - USA (Pontiac, Michigan) - Small Business Commercial District Support Services - Deadline December 3,2026

Vendor needs to provide small business commercial district support services to the government authority located in Pontiac, MI.• Small businesses start, stabilize, and grow while strengthening downtown and neighborhood commercial districts.• Deliver recurring training on topics such as placemaking, marketing, digital tools, hiring, cybersecurity, certifications, contracting, storefront presentation, customer experience, destination marketing, and district collaboration.• Promote Pontiac businesses, districts, destinations, properties, and investment opportunities through coordinated campaigns, storytelling, cross–promotion, storefront activation, and recruitment.• Help businesses use appropriate online sales and marketing tools through recruitment, onboarding, content guidance, profiles, training, and follow–up. Disclose platform costs, data practices, referral relationships, and financial interests.• Include individual business assessments, action plans, confidential consulting, professional assistance, workshops, and resource referrals.• The provider will specifically focus on coordinating district marketing, creating placemaking and marketing strategies with workshops and classes along downtown and the commercial corridors along street, perry street, auburn avenue, and boulevard, and helping businesses to adopt e–commerce tools.