Business Services |
 Having problems with your building? Click on the Whose Job Is It? link and find out who to contact for help.
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Grants |
El Cajon CDC offers grants for business relocation and recruiting expenses, exterior facade improvements and security enhancements. Grant applications are available on our website www.downtownelcajon.com, under Business Support, Business Success Grants. |
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Loans |
El Cajon CDC and San Diego Bankers Small Business CDC have partnered to assist Downtown El Cajon businesses utilizing the “Business Success” grants administered by El Cajon CDC. For those businesses that receive grant funds for business relocation, expansion or façade improvements, and need additional capital to complete their project, San Diego Bankers Small Business CDC will provide special rate financing |
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Promotion |
El Cajon CDC organizes over 60% of the special events in the City of El Cajon including a summer concert series, the largest weekly car show in Southern California and an outdoor film series. The CDC also offers opportunities to participate in a public relations and advertising program. Your business will automatically be listed on our website, www.downtownelcajon.com, which receives more than 2.5 million hits per year. |
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Experience |
El Cajon CDC offers experience through professional staff and consultants. |
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Education |
El Cajon CDC organizes Good Morning Meetings, which are educational workshops and networking opportunities for Downtown business owners. |
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Image |
El Cajon CDC maintains a clean, safe and inviting Downtown environment with standards for building and signage projects. |
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Ambassadors |
El Cajon CDC Downtown Ambassadors are the eyes and ears on the street for the business community and the El Cajon Police Department. Ambassadors are committed to providing service, guidance and an overall friendly atmosphere to increase safety and pride in Downtown El Cajon. Ambassadors are assisted by maintenance and litter abatement crews who work to keep the sidewalks and public space clean and safe. |
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Community |
El Cajon CDC creates a balanced community through affordable housing. |
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Participation |
El Cajon CDC invites business owners to participate in committees and voice their needs. |
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Business Tips
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Forty Ways To Green Your Business
Many of the environmentally friendly improvements businesses can make in their operations are specific to the type of businesses. Grocery stores, for example, might switch to more energy-efficient refrigerators and freezers; laundries might use equipment that filters and reuses water rather than discarding it, and restaurants could buy local produce, instead of shipping it in from greater distances.
But there are also a number of things that almost all businesses can do to operate in a more environmentally sustainable way. Here are five of forty easy ideas listed in this month’s Main Street News Journal.
- Put storefront window display lights on timers to provide lighting until 10:00 pm or so instead of leaving light on all night.
- Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent or LED bulbs.
- Reduce the amount of packaging used for customers’ purchases.
- Recycle the boxes and packaging material in which merchandise is shipped to the store.
- Offer a small discount to customers who bring and use their own bags.
For a complete list of the 40 things a business can do click here (PDF).
Source: Main Street News April 2009 Journal |
Thank you to the following partners for making this possible
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