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The Virginia Enterprise Zone (VEZ) Program is a state and local partnership and a critical tool in supporting business expansion and location in Newport News. On Tuesday, January 9, the Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) is conducting a free workshop on "How to Qualify & Apply" for the Virginia Enterprise Zone (VEZ) incentives at the Slover Library in Norfolk. The state incentives include a Real Property Investment Grant and a Job Creation Grant. For more information on the state, and local, VEZ incentives, visit www.nnva.gov/600/Enterprise-Zones. 

The city boasts two enterprise zones and continues to be among the top users in the state, consistently leveraging a significant share of grant dollars set aside to support growth of qualifying businesses.  All of the city’s industrial and business parks are within these Zones as well as a significant number of Newport News businesses. For maps of the zones, visit www.nnva.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/9151. 

You can register for How to Qualify & Apply at  the DHCD website.  If you have questions, contact Mallory Butler the Local Zone Administrator & Senior Economic Analyst at mbutler@nnva.gov  or 757- 597-2840 ext. 6.