Enterprise Zone
**Please note - New Vouchering Forms and New Targeted Employment Area approved! (see links below)
CONGRATULATIONS! The City of Fresno received a brand new Enterprise Zone designation on November 3, 2006!! This new zone is larger than the old zone and is includes most of Blackstone Ave, the River Park shopping area, parts of Shaw Ave and the 99 Corridor. A link to a map of this NEW Enterprise Zone can be found at the bottom of this page.
Businesses in this new zone can begin taking advantage of the benefits immediately, RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 15, 2006!!
To find out if your business is located in the Enterprise Zone, or one of our other incentive zones, check our
Incentive Zone Address Locator.
For questions regarding the Enterprise Zone, e-mail
Kelly Vaughan Trevino at the City of Fresno Economic Development Department or call (559) 621-8426.
Overview
The City of Fresno was originally granted an Enterprise Zone designation in October 1986. This zone expired on October 14, 2006. At this time the City of Fresno has received a "conditional designation" for a brand
new Enterprise Zone.
Businesses in the zone - from large manufacturing companies to small neighborhood restaurants - can significantly reduce their state income taxes by taking advantage of special California Enterprise Zone tax benefits.
Located within the Fresno Enterprise Zone borders are affordable manufacturing and commercial sites, as well as unique retail locations. The zone is within immediate access of two freeways, two state highways, the Fresno Yosemite International Airport and the Downtown Chandler Airport. It is also in close proximity to a wide range of educational facilities, housing and other amenities. These assets add up to an increasingly powerful ability to assist current businesses and attract new companies, jobs and investments.
A business located within the Enterprise Zone can receive tax credits each time it hires an eligible employee or purchases qualified new machinery, equipment or pollution control devices. Incentives are also available to many employees who work in the zone and lenders who make loans to qualified businesses. Most businesses in the Enterprise Zone are automatically eligible for benefits. There is no certification process.
Print out a
Summary of Benefits to learn more about this exciting zone!
Contents
Benefits
Hiring Voucher Directions (includes NEW FORMS !!) Frequently Asked Questions
Documents and Forms (PDF format)
NEW Enterprise Zone Map (effective 10/15/06)
Addresses within NEW Enterprise Zone (guide only, please confirm all addresses with the City of Fresno or use the Incentive Zone Address Locator)
Expired Enterprise Zone Map (10/15/86 - 10/14/06)Addresses within Expired Enterprise Zone* NEW TEA Address List (effective 10/15/06) *
NEW TEA Map (effective 10/15/06)*
OLD TEA Address List (expired 5/6/08)FTB Publication 1158 Forms and Instructions - Booklet 3805Z
Summary of Benefits * BOTH TEA's (Old and New) can be used for employees hired from 10/15/06 - 5/6/08.
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