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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors decided to pursue the possibility of having the Aileen property included as one of the state’s “Enterprise Zones” in order to help attract another employer to purchase the plant and hire local workers.
Under this program, sponsored by the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, a company can qualify for a variety of state and local tax breaks. Qualifying for full tax benefits would require the employer to provide 80 percent of the jobs to people making 80 percent of the median income of the area. The jobs would not qualify if they were simply moved from somewhere else in Virginia.
The tax breaks include exemption from state and local sales taxes for goods purchased to be used at the job site, tax credits for corporate taxes, and possible exemption from local property taxes for up to a fiveyear period.
At Monday’s meeting County Administrator John McCarthy said that both Del. Jay Katzen, R-31st District, and Rep. Frank Wolf, R10th District, have tried to assist the county in finding a purchaser for the property. He said Del. Katzen suggested the enterprise zone approach if the supervisors indicate they want that.
Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes said the
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