#SetUpShopCle

Do you want to test your business concept in a retail store without the barrier of costly overhead expenses? Thanks to funding from the Cleveland Foundation, ECDI's Encore participants have the exciting opportunity to operate a pop-up space in the Corner Shop Collective retail incubator space!

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By completing this application, you agree to the following dates, time commitment, eligibility requirements, and process:

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Eligibility

• Due to the time commitment, residents of the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio will be given higher consideration.

• Entrepreneurs looking to expand or start a business in a brick & mortar shop and looking for low overhead.

• This program is ideal for home-based and product-based small businesses.

• Business must be able to operate in a marketplace with a client facing business model.

• Food-based businesses will require licensing to be eligible.

• Business owners that are socially or economically disadvantaged, women, or in a minority group are encouraged to apply!

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Time Commitment

• The program lasts for one year with required weekly virtual check-ins.

• Business owners must work together to maintain regular open hours 7 days a week.

• Mandatory orientation will occur before program starts.

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Selection Process

After filling out an application, interviews are conducted with eligible applicants starting the first week of May. Up to 10 entrepreneurs are accepted.

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Applications submitted after the cohort has started will be considered for the next year.

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