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Newport News Now is a daily e-newsletter that launched in March 2016. Articles that ran in our newsletter between March 2016 and March 2018 are available on these pages. Newsletters produced beginning in April 2018 can be viewed on our new daily newsletter page.

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Dec 20

Workshop on how to Qualify and Apply For An Enterprise Zone

Posted on December 20, 2016 at 8:14 AM by Communications Department

Learn More About Grants and Incentives Offered to Businesses

The Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development will be conducting a free workshop designed to provide an in-depth overview VA EnterpriseZone_SCof "How-to-Qualify" and "How to Apply" for Virginia Enterprise Zone grant incentives. Virginia Enterprise Zones provide state and local grants and local tax abatements for qualifying for-profit companies that create new full-time jobs and new taxable investment.

The workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 11, in the City of Hampton’s Ruppert Sargent Building, 1 Franklin Street, from 1 PM to 4 PM. Attendees can receive detailed instructions on the qualification process for the 2016 grant year for Real Property Investment Grants and Job Creation Grants. To attend register online before the January 6 deadline. Event parking is free in the parking deck located at the intersection of Armor Arch and Settlers Landing Road.

The City of Newport News has two Virginia Enterprise Zones that are designated in four separate parts of the city. More information on the Newport News Enterprise Zone Program can be found here.