Enterprise Zones
Keywords: Enterprise, Enterprise Zone, EZ
Published: 2001.03.21
Richmond GIS Layer Inventory
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Description
  Abstract: Represents Enterprise Zones.
  Purpose: Enterprise Zones were created in 1982 by the Virgina General Assembly for the purpose of assisting business development and expansion in specially targeted, economically depressed area. Enterprise Zones are used to define/describe the extent and boundaries of these zones for use in GIS. This GIS layer is used to relate properties (hence addresses) to the correlating Enterprise Zone for use in the City's data warehousing and central address systems.
  Supplemental Information: The Virginia and City of Richmond Enterprise Zones were created in 1982 by the Virgina General Assembly for the purpose of assisting business development and expansion in specially targeted, economically depressed area. Businesses within these areas, called Enterprise Zones, are offered a package of local and state benefits in order to stimulate private investment and create jobs. Local incentives include a real estate abatement, loans toward machinery, equipment or structural improvements, facade improvement funding, and job grants. State incentives include a tax income credit, real estate improvement tax credit, and job grants. Enterprise Zones in the City are designated by City Council through a resolution. City of Richmond, Department of Economic and Community Development: http://www.richmondgov.com/EconomicCommunityDevelopment/index.aspx
 
Contact
  Custodian: Lisbeth.Coker
  Department: Economic and Community Development
  Position: Commercial Development Coordinator
  Address: MainStreet Station 1500 E. Main St., Suite 400
  City: Richmond
  State: Virginia
  Zip Code: 23219
  Email: Lisbeth.Coker@richmondgov.com
 
Time Period of Content
  Date: 2009
 
Status
  Progress: Complete
  Update Frequency: Irregular
 
Spatial Domain
  West Coordinate: -77.577316
  East Coordinate: -77.384922
  North Coordinate: 37.603696
  South Coordinate: 37.446259
 
Spatial Data Information
  Data Type: vector digital data
  Data Format: SDE Feature Class
  Data Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
 
Access and Usage Information
  Access Constraints: none
  Use Constraints: All GIS layers and datasets are owned by the City of Richmond and can not be modified, re-distributed, and/or re-sold without a sub-licensing agreement. All guarantees of validity expire once a dataset leaves the City of Richmond firewall or physical premises. Acknowledgement of the City of Richmond GIS would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
 
Entity and Attribute Information
  Entity Name: vector.ric.area_EnterpriseZone
  Entity Type: Feature Class
  Entity Count: 12