Incentives

Enterprise Zones

The Enterprise Zone program is designed to encourage businesses of all sizes to make new or additional investments that will improve employment opportunities, spur economic growth, and diversify business activity within the communities each zone encompasses.
The primary benefit to qualifying businesses is 100 percent abatement from local property taxes for at least three, and in some cases up to five years on plant and equipment newly invested in the zone.  Property tax exemptions of 7 to 15 years may be available to businesses making sizeable investments and bringing well-paying jobs.

The Dalles- Wasco County Enterprise Zone

Cascade Locks-Hood River Enterprise Zone

Sherman County Enterprise Zone

Workforce and Training

South Central Washington Workforce Investment Board

East Cascades Workforce Investment Board