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If you are thinking about locating your business to a new area or expanding a business here, we welcome you! You are looking at the right place to live and conduct business – Colorado’s beautiful San Luis Valley. Our opportunities, resources for business success, and strong Valley-wide collaborative efforts set us apart. Couple that with the stunning landscapes and recreational sports in the great outdoors, we offer you a superior Quality of Life. Contact us today to find out more or call us at 719-850-0909.
Sites & Building Inventory
State Tax Incentives
Job Growth Tax Incentives and Credits
- One of the primary incentives that they use are the Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit, which reduces FICA payments by local businesses based on job creation and wage rates; more information can be found here.
- The other primary incentive is the Job Growth Strategic Fund, which provides cash incentives for job creation based on wages. More information on the Strategic Fund can be found here.
Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)
Enterprise Zones
All of Rio Grande County is also within the boundaries of The Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zone (EREZ). This program provides greater financial incentives to businesses to promote and encourage new job creation in designated economically lagging rural Enterprise Zone counties (C.R.S. 39‐30‐ 103.2 and 105.1); more information can be found here.
The designation of Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zones (EREZ) was authorized under C.R.S 39-30-103.2 to further support economically distressed rural counties. EREZ counties are in an Enterprise Zone and meet two of the following five criteria:
- County unemployment rate greater than 50% above state average.
- County per capita income less than 75% of state average.
- County population growth rate less than 25% of state average.
- Total non-residential assessed value ranks in lower half of all counties.
- County population less than 5,000.
The Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zone (EREZ) program provides greater financial incentives to businesses to promote and encourage new job creation in designated economically lagging rural Enterprise Zone counties. Businesses that qualify for the $500 NBF Jobs Credit and are located in an EREZ, qualify for an additional $2,000 EREZ Jobs Credit. Businesses that qualify for the $500 NBF Ag Processing Credit, qualify for the $500 NBF Jobs Credit, and are located in an EREZ qualify for the additional $500 EREZ Ag Processing Credit and qualify for the additional $2,000 EREZ Jobs Credit. See below for the calculation and total for the two EREZ tax credits:
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$500 |
NBF Jobs Credit |
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$500 |
NBF Ag Processing Credit |
The state promulgates a revised list of eligible counties every two years. When a county goes off the EREZ list, taxpayers who have future job creation plans in such a county may file a certification for an extension of up to five additional years to continue claiming EREZ credits on additional, planned job creation.
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties have been designated as Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zones for 2009 and 2010.
More general information about Enterprise Zone application and process is available here.
Regional Financing
We also have specialized “economically distressed area” business services. The Community Development Financial Institutions Program promotes revitalization in low income communities – to develop businesses, to create jobs, and to develop commercial real estate. The fund provides financial assistance and technical assistance. Call us today or go here to learn more
Custom Fit with Rio Grande County
Municipal Assistance
The City of Monte Vista is super-easy to work with as a community.
Personal Assistance
URGED frequently keeps us apprised of new projects which they/we believe will affect our business success over the coming years.
We are so fortunate to come to an area that had the foresight to taking care of their own community and setting up a group such as URGED.
One-Stop-Shop
- Providing accurate information in a timely manner
- Assist with site selection
- Assist with locating jobbers for repairs or site improvements
- Assist with connecting to professional services
- Interfacing and collaborating with all appropriate entities at local, regional and state levels
- Expedite development plan review and permitting
- Liaison with governmental departments to address zoning, planning, licensing, design, and code requirements
- Facilitating process for permits and licenses
- Advocating on behalf of business
- Overcoming obstacles
- Anticipating and coordinating meetings with other stakeholders
- Enterprise Zone
- Engineering Review
- Fire Departments
- Utilities
- San Luis Valley Small Business Development Center
- San Luis Valley Development Resources Group
Chambers of Commerce
Here are the links to the local Chamber of Commerce offices:
Helpful Links
Government Links
- Rio Grande County government website provides information on most everything you might need to know about the county.
- City of Monte Vista government page, providing information about employment, resources, community links, finance, and news.
- Town of Del Norte
- Town of South Fork website, providing loads of helpful information about the government, with a business directory, vacation guide, and multitude of year-round things to do.
