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Tax Benefits, Zoning Website, Commuting, Business Districts, and Recycling
1. Businesses Encouraged to File for $1.2 Billion in DC Zone Tax Benefits Eligible businesses and nonprofit organizations are reminded to file for federal tax credits, deductions, and exclusions available to entities operating within the District of Columbia Enterprise Zone (DC Zone). The DC Zone tax incentives feature:
See IRS Publication 954 — Tax Incentives for Empowerment Zones — for an explanation of how to qualify and claim these benefits. Download a publication from the DC Marketing Center for an explanation of these tax incentives. Enter an address to determine whether a location is situated within the DC Zone, or view the EZ map. For further information, contact Abby Locke of the DC Revenue Bond Program within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development at abby.locke@dc.gov or (202) 727-6365.
2. Zoning Website Offers New Services and Information The Office of Zoning (OZ) has released a complete word-searchable edition of the Zoning Regulations updated through September 1, 2002 on its website. In this new version, a more comprehensive Special Exceptions Chart in Section 3104, as well as a new Subject Index can be found. All DC Code references have been recodified to be consistent with the DC Code 2001 Edition. Subsequent rulemakings will also be posted on the website under "Recent Zoning Amendments" as they are approved. The new word-searchable Zoning Map, with updates thorough September 1, 2002, is also now available on the OZ website. Constituents easily can download and print the map files from the web site in an Adobe PDF file format. The map will be updated annually, however, in the interim any new map amendments will be available on the OZ website under "Recent Zoning Amendments." A complete paper version of this map will be available for sale in the first quarter of 2003. Also on the OZ website: Zoning Commission (ZC) and Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) meeting and hearing schedules and agendas with results; transcripts from ZC and BZA meetings and hearings are available online with text search capability; and Zoning Commission Orders 1 – 901 with text search capability. Visit DCOZ. For questions about the Office of Zoning or the online zoning information, please contact Sara Bardin at (202) 727-5372 or sara.bardin@dc.gov.
3. Free Guaranteed Ride Home Promoted for Commuting Employees Employers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area can make their employees' commute easier by helping every employee enroll in the free Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) program. Commuter Connections at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments offers this program in order to promote sharing the ride in a carpool or vanpool, taking transit, biking or walking to work. GRH provides commuters who regularly vanpool, carpool, bike, walk, or take transit with a reliable ride home when one of life's unexpected emergencies arises. Commuters are able to use GRH for unexpected personal emergencies and unscheduled overtime up to four times per year. Best of all, the ride home by cab, rental car, bus or train is free (excluding gratuity, fuel and insurance charges). To begin receiving benefits, visit the Guaranteed Ride Home website for program requirements and to enroll online. Visit Commuter Connections or call 1-800-745-RIDE for more information.
4. Business Districts Invited to Commercial Revitalization Workshops The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced the application workshop dates for the 2003 DC Main Streets initiative, a community-based commercial revitalization program and part of reStore DC. The dates run throughout February 2003. DC Main Streets provides a comprehensive package of technical and financial assistance to improve selected neighborhood business districts using resources to manage commercial districts, implement activities, and achieve stakeholder goals. Valued at approximately $420,000 per recipient, Main Street resources are concentrated in the first five years of a neighborhood's local program. A smaller amount of technical and financial assistance is available to participants that continue to operate after their first five years. DC Main Streets is based on the national Main Street Four-Point Approach, which emphasizes organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring. Main Streets is part of Mayor Williams' ongoing, comprehensive revitalization program called reStore DC. Attendance at one workshop is mandatory for the application procedure. View program details with dates. View the press release.
5. Seminar Creates Easy Opportunity to Promote Recycling All businesses and nonprofits can attend a seminar about how to organize, run, and promote a "Clean Your Files Day" recycling celebration for their offices. For the past seven years, the US Conference of Mayors has scheduled "Clean Your Files Day" to commemorate Earth Day. This regional seminar is also hosted by the District of Columbia and the City of Baltimore. The seminar will help businesses host an event that:
The event will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2003, 9 am — noon at the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Please contact Ted Fischer to RSVP for the workshop at (202) 861-6779 or send email to tfischer@usmayors.org.
6. DC Business Tools Available
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