Business Development Incentives and Grant Programs

The City of Bismarck offers property and state income tax exemptions for qualified capital investments within the designated Renaissance Zone area. More details about this program are available online. 

Additionally, the Vision Fund provides assistance to businesses that desire to expand or locate in the Bismarck Region. The primary purpose of this fund is to encourage and assist in the development of employment within the region by creating new jobs; expanding the regional tax base; increasing capital investment; improving the entrepreneurial climate of the region; and generally expanding the financial base of the region. More information about the Vision Fund can be found online. 

Additional incentive programs may include but not be limited to the Lewis and Clark Regional Development Council SBA 504 Program and North Dakota Opportunity Fund, as well as, programs administered by the Bank of North Dakota such as the PACE program for assisting primary sector businesses and the Flex PACE program for non-primary sector businesses. For more information on these and potentially other programs please contact the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber EDC with contact and other information about business development programs.  

The City of Bismarck is an entitlement community to receive CDBG funds from the federal Housing and Urban Development agency. These funds must be used for community activities that primarily benefit low and moderate income persons or for removal of slum and blight. Non-profit agencies which operate facilities in Bismarck or provide services to low- moderate-income individuals who reside in Bismarck, and meet one of the national objectives, are generally eligible to receive CDBG allocations from the City of Bismarck. For more information please contact the Planning Division by phone at 701-355-1840 or by email. 

Applications are available by contacting the City of Bismarck Planning Division by phone at 701-355-1840 or by email. Applications are typically received in January, with allocations awarded later in the spring.