Keystone Opportunity Zone

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1 Keystone Opportunity Zone Program Guidelines and Application February 2012 > ready > set > succeed Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tom Corbett, Governor Department of Community & Economic Development C. Alan Walker, Secretary newpa.com

2 Table of Contents Sec tion I. Gen eral...1 A. In tro duc tion...1 B. Pro gram Qualifications...1 C. Taxes El i gi ble to be Waived...2 D. Re quire ments/pen alties/dead lines/def i ni tions...2 E. El i gi bil ity for Other Department Pro grams...4 Sec tion II. The Ap pli ca tion Pro cess....5 A. Gen eral...5 B. Ap proval Pro cess...5 Sec tion III. Ex ten sions, New Des ig na tions, Un used Des ig na tions & Ex pan sions..6 A. Ex ten sion of Un oc cu pied Par cels...6 B. New Des ig na tions of Par cels....6 C. Un used Des ig na tions of Key stone Op por tu nity Ex pan sion Zones...7 D. Ex pan sions...7 E. Ap pli ca tion Pro cess...8 At tach ments I. Con tacts...10 II. KOZ Co or di na tors...11

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4 Key stone Op por tu nity Zone Pro gram Guide lines & Application Section I General A. Introduction The Keystone Oppor tu nity Zone (KOZ) Program is one of the nation s boldest and most innova tive economic and commu nity devel op ment programs. This unique program develops a commu nity s abandoned, unused, underutilized land and build ings into business districts and residen tial areas that present a well-rounded and well-balanced approach to commu nity revital iza tion. The Depart ment of Commu nity and Economic Devel op ment (the Depart ment ) admin is ters this partner ship between state and local govern ment in collab o ra tion with the Depart ment of Revenue (state taxes) and the Depart ment of Labor and Industry (Unemploy ment Compen sa tion taxes), based on the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L. 705, No. 92) the Keystone Oppor tu nity Zone, Keystone Oppor tu nity Expan sion Zone and Keystone Oppor tu nity Improve ment Zone Act (73 P.S ) (the Act ). Unless other wise indicated, the term Zone or Zones refers collec tively to a KOZ, KOEZ and KOIZ. Zones are desig nated by the local commu ni ties and approved by the Depart ment, except for KOIZ, which are desig nated by Execu tive Order, of the Governor, and approved by the local commu ni ties. Zones provide specific state and local tax benefits. Zones entitle businesses and residents to certain tax benefits when they locate in a Zone. The number and size of Zones varies. Each Zone is comprised of Subzones. The term Subzone or Subzones refers collec tively to KOZ Subzones, KOEZ Subzones and KOIZ Subzones unless other wise indicated. Along with the remark able tax advan tages, these areas provide close proximity to major inter states, ports, rail lines and inter na tional airports. B. Program Qualifications 1. Qualified Business: A business authorized to do business in this Commonwealth which is located or partially located within a Subzone and is engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business in accordance with the requirements of section 307 of the Act for the taxable year. An agent, broker or representative of a business is not engaged in the active conduct of trade or business for the business. In order to qualify each year for a tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under the Act, a business shall own or lease real property in a Subzone from which the business actively conducts a trade, profession or business. The qualified business shall receive certification from the department that the business is located and is in the active conduct of a trade, profession or business, within the Subzone. The business shall obtain annual renewal of the certification from the department to continue to qualify as a qualified business. 2. Relocation: An existing qualified business relocating into a KOZ must demonstrate a significant economic impact that will result from relocation into a KOZ. (See Section D) 3. Recapture: Any qualified business that has received KOZ benefits and moves out of the zone within the first 5 years may be subject to penalties. 4. Property Owner Qualifications: Please be advised that you must apply annually to the Department in order to receive approval for property tax abatement, as required by Section 907 of the Act. If you are found to be noncompliant with any tax or zoning requirements during the calendar year, your KOZ status will be revoked and you may be subject to penalties and/or recapture under the Act. 5. Resident Qualifications: Residents must maintain compliance with all state and local tax laws and must reside 184 consecutive days in the Zone during each tax year. All KOZ applicants must file an annual application with the Department. The KOZ Change of Status notification must be submitted, to the Department, if a change takes place. 1

5 C. Taxes Eligible To Be Waived Through credits, waivers and broad-based tax abate ments, total taxes on economic activity in Keystone Oppor tu nity Zones are significantly reduced. These benefits affect the following taxes: State Corporate Net Income tax Cap i tal Stock and For eign Fran chise tax Personal Income tax Sales and Use tax (pur chases con sumed and used by busi ness in the Zone) Mu tual Thrift In sti tu tion tax Bank and Trust Com pany Shares tax Insurance Premiums tax Local Earned In come/net Prof its tax Business Gross Receipts, Business Occupancy, Business Privilege and Mercantile tax Sales and Use tax (county/city; pur chases exclusively used and con sumed by busi ness in the Key stone Op por tu nity Zone) Prop erty Tax D. Requirements / Penalties / Deadlines / Definitions 2 1. Change of Status Notification (Required) KOZ applicants are re quired to immediately notify the De part ment when there is a change in sta tus due to re lo ca tion, sale, lo cal non-com pli ance, clo sure, death, busi ness name change, par cel num ber change, ad dress change or any change that may af fect ben e fit sta tus. 2. Existing Pennsylvania Business Relocating to a Keystone Opportunity Zone Any business that moves from a non-koz Pennsylvania location into a KOZ is not eligible to receive the exemptions, deductions, abatements, or credits set forth in the Act unless the business meets at least one of the following: a. Increases full-time employment by at least 20% in the first full year of operation within the Subzone or; b. Makes a capital investment in the property located within the Subzone at least equivalent to 10% of the gross revenues of that business in the immediately proceeding calendar or fiscal year attributable to the business location or locations that are being relocated to a subzone. c. Enters into a lease agreement for property located within the Subzone for a term at least equivalent to the duration of the Subzone and with the aggregate payment under the lease agreement at least equivalent to 5% of the gross revenues of that business in the immediately preceding calendar or fiscal year. The Department, in consultation with the Department of Revenue, may waive or modify the requirements of this subsection, as appropriate. Relocating businesses must request a modification to the requirements of this subsection within 30 days of receiving their Initial Relocation Notification letter. Any questions concerning the relocation provisions should be directed to the KOZ Manager at the Department of Community and Economic Development (Attachment I).

6 3. Ineligibility Persons or businesses that receive KOZ benefits in one Zone are ineligible to received benefits if they move to a new Zone. The Department will only consider granting benefits in a new Zone when an expansion occurs with the business continuing operations at the original location, resulting in the creation of new jobs and investment in the new Zone. 4. Compliance All qualified businesses and persons must be in full compliance with all state and local tax laws, and building and housing code provisions, in order to claim exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits offered in the Act. The Department of Revenue reserves the right to conduct an audit of an applicant for benefits to ensure full compliance with the Act. 5. Illegal Alien Labor No per son or busi ness re ceiving a tax ex emp tion, de duc tion, abate ment or credit shall know ingly per mit the la bor ser vices of an il le gal alien in a Zone. A per son shall be deemed to have know ingly em ployed or know ingly per mit ted the pro hib ited ser vices if he has ac tive knowl edge or has rea son to know that such ser vices have been pro vided. In the event of a violation, the department or political subdivision awarding the tax exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under the Act shall require repayment of the amount of tax exemptions, deductions, abatements and credits received by it for the year or years in which such violation existed. 6. Penalty for violation of the Act Any party improperly receiving KOZ tax benefits must return all tax benefits received and will be subject to the applicable interest, civil and criminal penalty provisions in the Act. 7. Repayment of Benefits Any qualified business located within a KOZ and receiving exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits under the Act, which relocates outside of the Zone within the first five years of locating in a Zone, may be required to refund all tax benefits received to state and local authorities as provided in the Act. Any business that fails to meet the relocation obligations set forth in paragraph D.2. above will be subject to revocation of future benefits and repayment of benefits previously received. 8. Dead lines The dead line to file a KOZ ap pli ca tion is De cem ber 31st of the year for which ben e fits are to be received. The dead line for com pli ance with code vi o la tion deficiencies is De cem ber 31st of the year for which ben e fits are to be re ceived. The dead line for com pli ance with tax pay ment obligations is Feb ru ary 5th of the year fol low ing the year for which ben e fits have been requested. Sales tax ex emp tion cer tif i cates is sued by the De part ment of Rev e nue ex pire on March 31st of each cal en - dar year. To en sure that a sales tax ex emp tion cer tif i cate does not lapse, the KOZ Ap pli ca tion should be filed no later than Jan u ary 15th of the cal en dar year in which the ex emp tion cer tif i cate ex pires. 9. Definitions a. Applicant: applicants can be a business/property owner, or resident with an approved KOZ application. An applicant is identified by a KOZ number assignment to an application. b. Business Expansion: an existing Pennsylvania business whose operations, equipment and employees remain at their present location when the business expands into a KOZ. If any part of the existing business operations, equipment or employees are relocated into the KOZ, the Department will deem such action a relocation. 3

7 c. Busi ness/prop erty Owner: an as so ci a tion, part ner ship, cor po ra tion, sole pro pri etor ship, lim ited li a bil ity cor po ra tion or em ployer. d. Cap i tal In vest ment: (i) an undertaking to construct, repair, renovate, improve, equip, furnish, or acquire any building, structure, facility, or physical betterment or improvement; (ii) land; or (iii) furnishing, machinery, apparatus of equipment for building, structure, facility or physical betterment or improvement, the term includes soft costs related to the project. e. Do mi cile: the place where a per son has a true and fixed home and prin ci pal es tab lish ment for an in def i nite time and to which, when ever ab sent, that per son in tends to re turn. Do mi cile con tin ues un til an other place of do mi cile is es tab lished. f. Full-Time Em ploy ment: for the purpose of determining relocation requirements compliance "full-time employment" shall be defined as full-time, permanent employment in the specific industry sector within which the business operates. g. Pro gram Par tic i pant: an ap proved en tity (busi ness/prop erty owner, res i dent) par tic i pat ing in the KOZ pro gram. The approved en tity is iden ti fied by how they file with the fed eral gov ern ment; an Em ployer iden ti fi ca tion num ber (EIN) for busi nesses and a so cial se cu rity num ber (SSN) for res i dents. A sin gle pro gram par tic i pant could sub mit mul ti ple applications for multiple exemptions. h. Out of State: A busi ness en tity com ing from an other state that is sub mit ting their ini tial KOZ ap pli ca tion. i. Res i dent: A per son who is do mi ciled and re sides in an area that is des ig nated a Subzone. j. Soft Costs: include items directly related to the completion of the project, e.g. professional services/consultants, architectural fees, engineering fees, inspection fees, insurance, environmental assessment, legal fees, closing costs and contingencies. Soft costs may not exceed 10% of capital investment. k. Start-up: A business applicant that is a new entity or expansion of an existing entity that is not a relocation. E. Eligibility for Other Department Programs Keystone Oppor tu nity Zone benefit recip i ents may be eligible for other programs admin is tered by the Depart ment. The Depart ment s Single Appli ca tion for Assis tance can be completed to apply for finan cial assis tance from the Depart ment s various funding sources. The Depart ment encour ages you to visit our web site and submit your Single Appli ca tion for Assis tance via on-line submis sion at In addition, you may call the Depart ment s Customer Service Center at , or your local KOZ Regional Coordi nator (See Attachment II). 4

8 Section II The Application Process A. General 1. KOZ Applications for completion by applicants that are property owners, businesses and residents and guidelines to assist with the completion of the KOZ Application may be accessed in the following manner: a. Applications must be completed online. The guidelines, to assist with the completion of the application, may also be viewed online. The Application and Guidelines can be accessed by going to Your completed application will be electronically submitted to the Department and your local coordinator. b. All questions marked with an asterisk must be completed on every application. c. If you wish to obtain a copy of the guidelines please contact the Department's Customer Service Center at or download a copy at 2. Applicants must file an annual application by December 31st of the year for which they are applying for benefits to maintain eligibility for KOZ benefits. B. Approval Process 1. Applicants must apply on an annual basis to maintain eligibility for KOZ benefits. 2. No qualified business may claim or receive an exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under the Act unless that qualified business is in full compliance with all state and local tax laws, ordinances and resolutions. 3. No qualified business may claim or receive an exemption, deduction, abatement or credit under this act if any person or business with a 20% or greater interest in that qualified business is not in full compliance with all state and local tax laws, ordinances and resolutions. 4. The Local Coordinator will determine compliance with local taxes and codes and forward the application to the Department within 15 business days of receipt of the application, whether or not the applicant is locally compliant. 5. The Department will assign an official KOZ file number to the application and forward the application to the Department of Revenue to determine state tax compliance and to the Department of Labor and Industry for Unemployment Compensation tax compliance. 6. Compliant applications will receive an approval letter from the Department. The approval letter is verification of eligibility to receive KOZ benefits from state and local entities. 7. Non-Compliant applicants will receive a letter from the Department directing the applicant to the appropriate agency to resolve the compliance issue. 8. Applications with code compliance issues must be compliant by December 31st of the calendar year for which the KOZ benefits are requested. 9. Applications with tax compliance issues must be compliant by February 5th of the calendar year following the calendar year for which non-compliance occurred. 10. Applicants receiving KOZ benefits must report a change in status due to relocation, sale, closure, local non-compliance issues, death, business name change, parcel number change, address change or any change that may affect benefit status on a KOZ Change of Status notification. The Change of Status notification must be completed online by going to 5

9 Sec tion III Ex ten sions, New Des ig na tions, Unused Designations and Expansions ** This Sec tion Per tains to Lo cal Tax ing Bod ies Only ** A. Extension of Unoccupied Parcels The Depart ment may approve an appli ca tion to extend the exemp tions, deduc tions, abate ments and credits. For a parcel in a keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone or keystone oppor tu nity improve ment zone or subzone that expires in 2013 or any year there after. The zone may be extended for an additional period of no less than seven years but no more than ten years from the date of occupancy or from the expira tion date of the zone, as deter mined by the Depart ment. For zones that expire in 2013, the exten sion shall apply to only those parcels that are unoccu pied on February 14, For zones that expire after 2013, the exten - sion shall apply to parcels that are unoccu pied on a date deter mined by the Depart ment. The appli ca tion for exten sion of benefits must comply with the appli ca tion process described in Section III E of these guide lines. The Depart ment, in consul ta tion with the Depart ment of Revenue, shall review the appli ca tion and, if approved, shall issue a certif i ca tion of all tax exemp tions, deduc tions, abate ments or credits under the Act for the extended time within three months of receipt of the appli ca tion. The Depart ment must receive an appli ca tion no later than three months prior to the expira tion date of the Zone. B. New Des ig na tions of Par cels 6 The Depart ment may desig nate up to 15 additional keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zones in accor dance with this subsec tion. Each additional keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone shall: 1. Not be less than ten acres in size un less con tig u ous to an ex ist ing zone. 2. Not ex ceed, in the ag gre gate, a to tal of 350 acres. 3. Be de te ri o rated, underutilized or un oc cu pied on Feb ru ary 14, The Depart ment may desig nate a new keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone for a period of 10 years for an occupied parcel if the quali fied business locating to the Zone: 1. Cre ates or re tains at least 1,000 full-time jobs in this Com mon wealth within three years of the des ig na tion of the key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone; AND 2. Makes a cap i tal in vest ment of at least $500,000,000 in the key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone within three years of the des ig na tion of the key stone op por tu nity expansion zone. The Depart ment may desig nate a new keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone for 15 years from the date of occupancy if within 7 years of the desig na tion by the Department the quali fied business and its affil i ates, as deter mined by the Depart ment: 1. Cre ates at least 400 new per ma nent full-time jobs in one or more zones; AND 2. Makes an in vest ment of at least $1,000,000,000.

10 Failure to create the 400 new perma nent full-time jobs and invest $1,000,000,000 within seven years will revert the keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone to a 10 year period. The ap pli ca tion for ex ten sion of ben e fits must com ply with the ap pli ca tion pro cess de scribed in Sec tion III E of these guide lines. The De part ment, in con sul ta tion with the De part ment of Rev e nue, shall re view the ap pli ca tion and, if ap proved, shall is sue a cer tif i ca tion of all tax ex emp tions, de duc tions, abate ments or cred its un der this act for the ad di tional key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone within three months of re ceipt of the ap pli ca tion. Appli ca tions for new desig na tions must be submitted to the Depart ment no later than October 1, C. Unused Designations of Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones The Depart ment may desig nate any of the remaining 15 keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zones estab lished under Section (d) (a) of the Act which were not desig nated by the Depart ment of February 14, The pe riod in which any per sons or qual i fied busi nesses are ap proved for tax ex emp tions, de duc tions, abate ments or cred its un der this sec tion is for ten years be gin ning Jan u ary 1, 2013, and ending December 31, Each ad di tional key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone shall: 1. Not be less than ten acres in size, un less con tig u ous to an ex ist ing zone. 2. Not ex ceed, in the ag gre gate, a to tal of 350 acres. 3. Be com prised of par cels that meet any of the fol low ing cri te ria: a. Are de te ri o rated, underutilized or un oc cu pied on February 14, b. Are oc cu pied by a busi ness that: i. Cre ates or re tains at least 1,400 fulltime jobs in this Com mon wealth within three years of the des ig na tion of the key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone; and ii. Makes a cap i tal in vest ment of at least $750,000,000 in the ad di tional key stone op por tu nity en hance ment zone within three years of the des ig na tion of the key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone. The appli ca tion for exten sion of benefits must comply with the appli ca tion process described in Section III E of these guide lines. The Depart ment, in consul ta tion with the Depart ment of Revenue, shall review the appli ca tion and, if approved, shall issue a certif i ca tion of all tax exemp tions, deduc tions, abate ments or credits under the Act for the additional keystone oppor tu nity expan sion zone within three months of receipt of the appli ca tion. Appli ca tions must be submitted to the Depart ment no later than June 1, D. Ex pan sions The Depart ment may approve an appli ca tion to expand the area of a Zone or Subzone to include: 1. Ad di tional par cels that are de te ri o rated, underutilized or un oc cu pied on Feb ru ary 14, 2012; AND 2. Are con tig u ous to the ex ist ing Zone not to ex ceed 15 acres if the ex pan sion ap proval is ex pected to in crease job cre ation or cap i tal investment. 7

11 All exemp tions, deduc tions, abate ments and credits under the Act shall be extended to the new parcels for a period of ten (10) years following approval of the expan sion of the Zone. The ap pli ca tion for ex ten sion of ben e fits must com ply with the ap pli ca tion pro cess de scribed in Sec tion III E of these guide lines. The De part ment, in con sul ta tion with the De part ment of Rev e nue, shall re view the ap pli ca tion and, if ap proved, shall is sue a cer tif i ca tion of all tax ex emp tions, de duc tions, abate ments or cred its un der this act for the ad di tional key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone within three months of re ceipt of the ap pli ca tion. Appli ca tions for an expan sion must be submitted to the Depart ment no later than October 1, E. Application Process 8 Submit the following to the Depart ment by the deadline(s) indicated above: 1. A Sin gle Ap pli ca tion for As sis tance. 2. A cover let ter iden ti fy ing the op tion (7 or 10 year ex ten sion) the ap pli cant is se lect ing. 3. A nar ra tive that in cludes a de scrip tion of the prop erty, in clud ing the for mer use, pres ent use, pro posed fu ture use and the stra te gic eco nomic im por tance of the site. Iden tify the amount of the pro posed cap i tal in vest ment and the prox im ity of the site to trans por ta tion modes in clud ing wa ter, rail, air and ma jor high ways. 4. A spread sheet list ing the prop er ties you are sub mit ting for des ig na tion or ex ten sion (must con tain the same in for ma tion that is on the at tached spread sheet sent by the De part ment). Name of prop erty owner, lo ca tion with com plete ad dress, mu nic i pal ity, school dis trict, par cel num bers, acre age, di men sions of the site. All information must be included. 5. Pho to graphs of the prop erty to be des ig nated or ex tended. 6. A de tailed map of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone, in clud ing geo graphic bound aries, to tal area and pres ent use and con di tions of the land and struc tures of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone. 7. A for mal, bind ing or di nance or res o lu tion passed by ev ery po lit i cal sub di vi sion in which the pro posed subzone or pro posed ex pan sion subzone is lo cated that spe cif i cally pro vides for all lo cal tax ex emp tions, de duc tions, abate ments or cred its for per sons and busi nesses set forth in this act. 8. Ev i dence that the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone shall meet at least two of the fol low ing cri te ria: At least 20% of the pop u la tion is be low the pov erty level. The un em ploy ment rate is 1.25 times the statewide av er age. At least 20% of all real prop erty within a five-mile ra dius of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone or pro posed ex pan sion subzone in a nonurban area is de te ri o rated or underutilized. At least 20% of all real prop erty within a one-mile ra dius of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone or pro posed ex pan sion subzone in an ur ban area is de te ri o rated or underutilized. At least 20% of all oc cu pied hous ing within a two-mile ra dius of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone or pro posed ex pan sion subzone in a nonurban area is de te ri o rated. At least 20% of all oc cu pied hous ing within a one-mile ra dius of the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone or pro posed ex pan sion subzone in an ur ban area is de te ri o rated.

12 In an ur ban area, the me dian fam ily in come is 80% or less of the ur ban me dian fam ily in come for that met ro pol i tan sta tis ti cal area. In an area other than an ur ban area, the me dian fam ily in come is 80% or less of the state wide nonurban me dian fam ily in come. The pop u la tion loss ex ceeds 10% in an area that in cludes the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone and its sur round ing area, but is not larger than the county or coun ties in which the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone is lo cated, based on cen sus data for the pe riod be tween 1980 and 1990 or cen sus es ti mates since 2000 es tab lish ing a pattern of population loss. The po lit i cal sub di vi sion in which the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone is lo cated has ex pe ri enced a sud den and/or se vere job loss. At least 33% of the real prop erty in the pro posed key stone op por tu nity ex pan sion zone in a nonurban area would oth er wise re main un der de vel oped or nonperforming due to phys i cal char ac ter is tics of the real property. The area has sub stan tial real prop erty with ad e quate in fra struc ture and en ergy to sup port new or ex panded de vel op ment. 9

13 Attachment I Contacts De part ment of Com mu nity & Eco nomic De vel op ment (DCED) Tara Santore KOZ Manager 400 North Street, 4th Floor Com mon wealth Key stone Build ing Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) tsantore@pa.gov Sheree Hoover Eco nomic De vel op ment An a lyst 400 North Street, 4th Floor Com mon wealth Key stone Build ing Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) sherehoover@pa.gov Mat thew Conlin Eco nomic De vel op ment An a lyst 400 North Street, 4th Floor Com mon wealth Key stone Build ing Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) mconlin@pa.gov De part ment of Rev e nue (DOR) Mat thew Forti, DCED Li ai son / KOZ Co or di na tor 11 th Floor, Straw berry Square Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) mforti@pa.gov De part ment of Rev e nue (Tax Is sues Only) Of fice of Chief Coun sel 10 th Floor, Straw berry Square Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) chzettlemo@pa.gov De part ment of La bor & In dus try (L&I) Room 916 La bor & In dus try Build ing 7th and Forster Street Har ris burg, PA Phone: (717) (866) (op tion 1) Fax: (717) uctides@pa.gov Lo cal Tax and Code Is sues Lo cal tax and government is sues should be di rected to the ap pro pri ate lo cal au thor ity. 10

14 Attachment II KOZ Coordinators North west Travis Siegel Mar ket ing Spe cial ist North west Com mis sion 627 Wood Street Clar ion, PA ext 102 Fax: traviss@nwcommission.org South west Jill Byers, De vel op ment Spe cial ist South west ern Plan ning Com mis sion Re gional En ter prise Tower 425 Sixth Av e nue, Suite 2500 Pitts burgh, PA ext 343 Fax: jbyers@spcregion.org 3. North Cen tral Jill Foys, Di rec tor of En ter prise Dev. North Cen tral Penn syl va nia Re gional Plan ning and De vel op ment Com mis sion 3 South Brady Street, Suite 205 DuBois, PA x3050 Fax jfoys@ex change.ncentral.com 4. South ern Alleghenies Brandon Carson Di rec tor, Plan ning and Com mu nity De vel op ment South ern Alleghenies Plan ning & De vel op ment Com mis sion 3 Shera ton Drive Altoona, PA Fax: bcarson@sapdc.org North ern Tier Ra chel Ross, Pro gram Man ager North ern Tier Re gional Plan ning & De vel op ment Com mis sion 312 Main Street Towanda, PA Fax: ross@northerntier.org 6. Cen tral PA Jerry Bohinski, Chief Eco nomic De vel op ment Pro grams SEDA-Coun cil of Gov ern ments 201 Fur nace Rd. Lewisburg, PA Fax: bohinski@seda-cog.org 7. South Cen tral Shaun Don o van Eco nomic De vel op ment Specialist Har ris burg Re gional Cham ber & CREDIC 3211 North Front Street, Suite 201 Har ris burg, PA Phone: Fax: Lackawanna/Luzerne Nicole Davis, Zone Co or di na tor Re de vel op ment Au thor ity of Luzerne County Suite # Luzerne Av e nue West Pittston, PA ext 0 Fax: lcranmg@epix.net Schuylkill/Car bon Mark Scarbinsky, Di rec tor Schuylkill County Eco nomic De vel op ment Of fice 401 North Sec ond Street Potts ville, PA Fax: mjscarbinsky@co.schuylkill.pa.us 10. Lehigh Val ley Laurie A. Demko Ex ec u tive As sis tant Lehigh Val ley Eco nomic De vel op ment Cor po ra tion 2158 Av e nue C, Suite 200 Beth le hem, PA Fax: ldemko@lehighvalley.org 11. South east Jane Stein Mont gom ery County De part ment of Eco nomic & Workforce De vel op ment 140 DeKalb Street Hu man Ser vices Cen ter 5th Floor, P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA Fax: jstein@montcopa.org 12. City of Phil a del phia Vin cent Dougherty Phil a del phia De part ment of Com merce One Park way 1515 Arch Street, 12th Floor Phil a del phia, PA Fax: vin cent.dougherty@phila.gov 11