Emerging Local Business Enterprise (ELBE)
- Must have its principal place of business within the corporate limits of the City of Cincinnati (“Cincinnati").
- Has had no more than five (5) full-time employees at any point.
- Average annual gross revenues over the life of the business of less than $250,000.
- Owners are actively involved in the day-to-day management and control of the business.
- Owners cannot be owners or principals of another entity that does not meet the definition of an ELBE.
- Business cannot be owned in whole or in part by another business that does not meet the definition of an ELBE.
- Has been in existence less than five (5) years.