Since the Governor announced the new California Enterprise Zones that had been given temporary status approval, all but one of the proposed zones has complied with the full process.  And that one zone was the city of Arvin, CA.  I researched back and discovered an article written by the mayor of Arvin, Tim Tarver, who wrote an article that discussed the current status of Arvin’s EZ.  A portion of his article is below:

As mayor of the City of Arvin, I know that one of these programs the Enterprise Zone program will help create needed employment opportunities for our city. Yet today this program is under serious threat of being phased out.

The EZ program will bring jobs to Arvin. And it will keep them here. One of the biggest challenges facing our area is being able to recruit local business investment and keep a healthy amount of employees working in our area.

The EZ program, with its attractive mix of incentives and credits, will aid our city in building a stronger base of local businesses and employees. This means a more financially secure and bright future for Arvin.

The EZ program creates incentives for businesses to locate in Arvin, and to hire local citizens who face barriers to employment. The program helps make our city competitive and enables us to import businesses, instead of exporting our talent.

The budget crisis by nature will demand fiscal restraint, but the answer to the problem cannot be to cut one of the only economic development tools that can stimulate growth and revenue in areas like Arvin.

Our city has witnessed first-hand the negative impacts of the housing market crash, the nationwide economic slowdown, and the often challenging conditions of California’s business climate.

We have also seen that the best tool for achieving long-term growth and financial security is attracting and retaining good companies and good jobs in our local area.

It would be seriously detrimental for our elected officials in Sacramento to pull the plug on the EZ program and the opportunities it has afforded to the areas and people that need it the most.

The city of Arvin is and will continue to be open for business, and we will continue to support the EZ program on the firm base of progress that it has helped us to create.

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