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Local Communities Help You Start/Expand a Business

Daniel Fitzgerald
CCEZ Manager
Calexico County Enterprise Zone
301 Heber Ave,
Calexico, CA 92231
760-0768-7190
760-0768-7190
danfitz@calexico-countyez.com
www.calexico-countyEZ.com

Mike Paredes
Vice President of Business Development
Imperial Valley Economic Development
Corporation
12224 State Street , Suite B
El Centro, CA 92243
760-791-5812 mike@ivedc.com
www.ivedc.com

Interview Highlights

They are the most southeastern county in Southern California.

It is a lot cheaper to have a business in an Enterprise Zone.

They can significantly lower the California tax burdens and in many cases wipe them out.

There are 42 Enterprise Zones in California.

There are also many financing options like: - a hiring tax credit gives you back a certain amount of the employee's salary in a tax credit.

Banks also get a tax break on the interest they charge you if you are in an enterprise zone, so they are more likely to lend you money if you have a business in an EZ.

They help a lot of small to medium size businesses.

A business in Imperial Valley is able to take advantage of the lower cost of wages in Mexico because they are so close to Baja California that there is a commuter workforce that crosses the border every day to work in Imperial Valley.

You can have a US business and a Mexican workforce.

They can help with most any problem you may have in starting a business like land selection, site selection, workforce development, demographic information, help with job training for your business, business licensing, etc.

They have multiple training programs to train your employees like: installation of rooftop solar panels or for utility grade solar panels, and for energy efficiency.

They are the middle person to the sources to help you start or grow a business.

You can be a business with 5 jobs or 500 jobs.

They also work with a lot of entrepreneurs to start and grow.