Business Resources

Our Economic Development tools will help you understand the latest business indicators, demographics, and industry trends within the City of Miami Beach. Choose from the options below to gather the information needed to make informed decisions for your business today.

RACE TO TRACE INITIATIVE

RACE TO TRACE INITIATIVE

Made possible by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, the Miami Beach Race to Trace Resource Team is made up of seasoned Florida Department of Health (Miami-Dade County) contact tracers who provide local businesses with services that help keep their employees and customers safe during this challenging time.

This initiative was recently featured on WLRN, click here to read the feature.

Our mission is to provide local hospitality and tourism businesses with confidential contact tracing services, educational materials and health resources to help them protect against and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Services include:

Confidential contact tracing
Educational materials for businesses and their employees
On-site environmental health consulting to help you set up your workplace for optimal spread containment
Assistance scheduling COVID-19 appointments at local testing facilities
Access to a wealth of COVID-19 health resources from Miami-Dade County including, but not limited to, housing, food and financial assistance
Membership to the Pledge to Protect initiative, a voluntary program offering local businesses benefits for their commitment to contact tracing, COVID-19 protocols & employee testing

Click here to learn more about the Race to Trace program and take the Pledge to Protect!

To connect with the Miami Beach Race to Trace Resource Team, please reach out to Roseleen Rodriguez-Diaz at 786.750.1077 or info@race2trace.com.

SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES

Join #PlasticFreeMB Today!

The #PlasticFreeMB program showcases businesses that have taken action to reduce plastics from their establishment and to help organizations learn and implement best practices in the area of environmental stewardship. The program has been designed with a cumulative 3-level system in which participating businesses can choose the most suitable level for their current plastic reduction practices. The more single-use plastic items businesses move away from, the higher the level they can obtain.

We invite you to become a part of this program by pledging to reduce single-use plastics within your business. Whether you're a restaurant, retail store, music venue or caterer; we can all do our part in protecting the environment we love. After all, Miami Beach could not be a tropical paradise without its natural beauty!

By joining #PlasticFreeMB and once your business reaches one of the levels, the City of Miami Beach will provide tailored marketing collateral and recognize your business efforts through all of its communication vehicles.

For more information or to join please visit here.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is now accepting applications for first-time applicants and for certain businesses that received PPP funding in previous cycles. Learn more about the qualifications, requirements, and how to apply here.

COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund

Career Source South Florida (CSSF), in partnership with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, has announced the COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund, designed to provide up to $10,000 in grants to small businesses and community-based organizations (CBO's) within Miami-Dade County facing financial impacts and potential layoffs from COVID-19.

These grants are strictly for reimbursement and are simple to secure for qualifying businesses that can substantiate their expenditures. Small businesses (3-50 employees) can apply for the grant program. To check if your business is eligible, click here. For additional questions or information, please contact layoffaversion@miamichamber.com .

To apply please click here.

Miami Dade Hospitality Grant

The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved a $30 million Hospitality Industry Grant Program. The goal of the program is to provide financial assistance to local independently owned and operated restaurants and non-home-based caterers impacted by COVID-19. Priority will be given to businesses that have not been approved or received funds from any institution under the Paycheck Protection Program Loan (PPP) or other federal or state assisted business loan program and have a single establishment. The $30M HIG program will be calculated based on individual percentages of eligible costs incurred, with a maximum award of $25,000 per establishment.

For additional information regarding this program please click here.

Miami Dade Beacon Council Resource Guide for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs

Miami Dade Beacon Council Resource Guide for Small Business is designed to assist both new and existing businesses in Miami-Dade County by identifying the numerous resources available to help your business prosper. offers a quick reference for new or expanding firms doing business in Miami-Dade County.

Mom and Pop Small Business Grant

The Mom and Pop Small Business Grant Program offers funding opportunities for small owned and operated businesses to purchase equipment, supplies, advertising/marketing, inventory, building liability insurance, security systems and to make minor renovations.

Corona Virus Small Business Guide

The US Chamber of Commerce has created a newsletter as an overview of continuous coronavirus coverage for business owners, for the most up-to-date information, please check the US Chamber Site

FPL Main Street Recovery Credit Program

FPL offers a range of relief options for all businesses struggling with their electric bills due to COVID-19, including direct credits, payment extensions and waived fees for customers expressing hardship. Governmental assistance funding remains available for Floridians who need help paying their utility bills. Interested businesses can apply for the program on FPL’s website, www.FPL.com, beginning next month.

BizHelp Miami Business Assistance

Hands-on assistance to small businesses with the application process for C.A.R.E.S. Act loans/grants, and potentially other funding. Guidance includes identifying required documentation and how to access it, possible review of small business packages prior to submitting them, and the process for submitting.

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAMS

NDC Releases Free Webinar Series For Small Business Owners

The National Development Council, a national leader in community and economic development training, is offering a training course to assist small business owners who have been affected by the pandemic.

In addition to increasing the flow of capital to small business owners through the Paycheck Protection Program, New York Forward, SBA 7(a) loans, and a variety of other programs, they aim to bridge the information divide that often excludes small business owners. To that end, they are releasing the Cash Reigns Supreme webinar series and accompanying workbook.

The three-part Cash Reigns Supreme webinar series is designed to teach small business owners the importance of financial statements and how they can be used to make better business decisions. Participants learn how third parties, including lenders, evaluate financial statements to make lending decisions.

Specific topics include:

• The importance of maintaining current and accurate financial records

• Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statements

• The importance of CASH

• Determining your company’s cash needs

• Cash flow statements and cash flow forecasting

• Accounting terminology

• Selecting an accounting system

• Preparing for growth

Click here to view the free training webinar and to download the course book.

The Emergency Small Business Reimbursement Grant Program

The City of Miami Beach Emergency Small Business Grant Program will reimburse participating small businesses up to $20,000 in relief from the economic distress caused by COVID-19. Pursuant to the CARES Act, the Community Development Block Grant-Corona Virus (CDBG-CV) program funding is intended to “avoid job loss caused by business closures related to social distancing, by providing short-term working capital assistance to small businesses, to enable retention of jobs held by low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons.” The goal of the Program is to support and promote business longevity by retaining or creating jobs.

Grant application window

Application available for viewing on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM.
Applications may be submitted beginning on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 9:00 AM.
To apply, visit https://miamibeachfl.gosmart.org to review program guidelines and login or create a new profile to submit the application.
Applications evaluated and processed on a first-come, first-qualified, first-served basis.
Application open until funds are exhausted.

Interested parties may contact the City of Miami Beach Economic Development Department via mbbiz@miamibeachfl.gov for more information or clarification related to the Miami Beach Emergency Small Business Reimbursement Grant Program.

Applicant should thoroughly review application guidelines to ensure eligibility. Eligibility will be determined by city staff.

The City of Miami Beach reserves the right to deny any submitted application if it is determined such application does not meet the intent, criteria or requirements of the program.

RESTAURANT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT

City of Miami Beach Commission has established a $60,000 grant program dedicated towards restaurant establishments that have been hard hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each eligible restaurant will receive up to $1,000 under a Miami Beach Restaurant Reimbursement Grant that will be on a first-come, first-qualified, first-served basis through an online application process that opens on Nov. 1. The available funds will allow the city to assist approximately 10 percent of the total 628 restaurants that were registered in Miami Beach as of Oct. 7,including 581 restaurant/bar businesses, 37 takeout restaurants and 10 restaurant-only businesses.

City of Miami Beach Restaurant Reimbursement Grant is open to restaurants in the city that are not part of a chain or franchise. Mobile food trucks, pop-up restaurants, carts, restaurants within hotels, nightclubs, bars without restaurants and home-based businesses are not eligible to apply. Participating restaurants may not have any outstanding code violations, liens, pending litigation, outstanding ad valorem property taxes and must meet all other program requirements.

Interested parties may contact the City of Miami Beach Economic Development Department via mbbiz@miamibeachfl.gov for more information or clarification related to the Miami Beach Restaurant Reimbursement Grant Program.
Applicant should thoroughly review application guidelines to ensure eligibility. Eligibility will be determined by city staff.
The City of Miami Beach reserves the right to deny any submitted application if it is determined such application does not meet the intent, criteria or requirements of the program.

RECOVERY RESOURCES FOR NON PROFITS

RECOVERY RESOURCES FOR NON-PROFITS

The Miami Foundation Community Recovery Fund

The Miami Foundation Community Recovery Fund is focusing on recovery for non-profits, specifically: support for organizations that lost crucial revenue from cancelled or low-turnout events and performances and working capital for organizations at risk of being displaced and unable to serve their constituents.

Pandemic Response Fund

United Way of Miami-Dade, in partnership with The Miami Foundation, Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald, Health Foundation of South Florida and others, has launched the Miami Pandemic Response Fund

Feeding South Florida launches a COVID-19 Response Fund

Center for Disaster Philanthropy launches fund to support nonprofits working with

The One Fair Wage's emergency fund supports restaurant workers, tipped servers and delivery drivers.

Americans for the Arts COVID-19 resources and responses for artists and arts organizations. This effort is also closely coordinated with the National Endowment of the Arts.

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