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Low-Interest Loan Program

            The County created a public-private partnership with
            Discover Bank and the Grow America Fund, investing $24
            million in the ExciteSussex Loan Program to provide low-
            interest, long-term loans, aimed at businesses that have at
            least 10 employees and have been in business for at least two
            years.
               Economic and Opportunity Zones
            To create new interest in these areas, Sussex County identified
            three Economic Development Zones ripe for redevelopment
            and expansion.
            Fortunately for Sussex County, on the heels of this
            designation, Delaware also identified 25 census tracts that
            have been approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
            as Opportunity Zones. Five of those zones — one each in
            Georgetown and Laurel and three in Seaford — mirror the
            newly designated Sussex zones. Today, investors are eligible
            for federal tax incentives (through capital gains reinvestment)     Shovel-Ready Business Park
            in these low-income, economically depressed zones.
                                                                The Delaware Coastal Business Park has shovel-ready sites,
            These Opportunity Zone designations assist the ongoing  conveniently located in Georgetown next to the Delaware
            community development efforts and encourage additional  Coastal Airport. Call (302) 855-7770 for details.
            private investment. As a result, qualified investors in the
                                                                Today, Atlantis Industries manufactures plastic injection
            zones become eligible for federal tax incentives. As growth
                                                                molding in a 40,000-square-foot facility. Nearby, the
            moves westward from the coastal areas, these new incentives
                                                                Jaykal LED Solutions company creates innovative lighting
            help make central and western Sussex the new frontier.
                                                                products, and DGS Properties LLC operates as Creative
               Downtown Development Districts                   Floors South, Inc., to supply flooring materials. In autumn
                                                                2022, Great Outdoor Cottages entered its permanent home
            Downtown Development Districts are located within several
                                                                to construct cottages for camping on across the eastern U.S.
            Opportunity and Economic Development Zones in Sussex
            County. Many of these Downtown Development Districts     ZoomProspector
            offer additional state, county and municipal incentives for
                                                                We are proud to have invested in this mapping program
            downtown development. Investors can begin to stack these
                                                                for the general public. ZoomProspector lets you to see GIS
            incentives with Opportunity Zone and Development Zone
                                                                data, fast and for free. Anyone can simply open the Sussex
            benefits to make their investments even more attractive.
                                                                County map at ZoomProspector.com (a national site selector
                                                                website).
                        xSoftware

                                                                There is a wealth of information for anyone considering
            SizeUp is a digital research software program providing  Sussex County as a potential business homebase. GIS data
            geographically specific market information to empower  shows everything from infrastructure and opportunity zones
            entrepreneurs in their decision-making processes. The new  to demographics and labor statistics — all on an easy-to-
            program was incorporated into the ExciteSussex website in  read map. Find properties on the market, or do community
            2019, will be free of charge to use, thanks to the County’s  comparisons. Because of  our investment, business owners
            investment.                                         have fast and easy access, with no fees, no logging in and no
                                                                middle man.



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