JERSEY CITY, New Jersey
Population: 262,146
Unemployment: 5.6 percent
New Project: Goya Foods 600,000-square-foot headquarters/warehouse/distribution center
The Jersey City Urban Enterprise Zone is the largest and most productive UEZ in New Jersey, offering incentives such as reduced retail sales tax (half the normal rate) and tax credits including tax-free purchases of such items as capital equipment and facility expansions. The Jersey City Economic Development Corp. offers expert advice on every aspect of starting and managing a business, including counseling with members of the Service Corps of Retired Executives.