Business Development Unit (BDU)
The Business Development Unit (BDU) of the Office of Economic Development seeks to make Nassau County the preferred destination for growing businesses. In his Economic Development Strategic Plan, Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi made promoting “high-tech, high-skilled industries” a strategic imperative for doing business in Nassau County. The BDU matches business needs with a portfolio of product, program and service solutions that businesses are looking for to take care of their expanding needs:
- Empire Zone (EZ) Program offers significant tax incentives and utility reduction benefits to certified businesses located or investing in a designated EZ to encourage economic and community development, business investment and job creation. We are very pleased that Nassau County has been awarded participation in the New York State Empire Zone Program which offers significant incentives to firms locating and expanding in Nassau County. Additional information will be made available as it is developed. Please click here to see a description of the Empire Zone Program. Click here to see a description of the Empire Zone Benefits.
Click here to download the Instructions for Empire Zone Application
Click here to download the Empire Zone Application
Click here to see requirements for businesses outside the EZ seeking EZ benefits as Regionally Significant Projects. Click here to view Maps of the Nassau County Empire Zone. Click here to view Empire Zones: Myths and Facts.
- Nassau County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) provides invaluable financial resources to businesses to support their development and expansion goals
- Business Development Partners Nassau County’s BDU connects growing businesses with business assistance organizations (LIPA, KeySpan, LIDC, LIP and more)
- Grow Nassau Fund provides loans for a wide range of business purposes to support their development and expansion goals (GNF Application)
Funds for the Grow Nassau Fund are provided, in part, through a grant from North Fork Bank with the participation of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, along with funds provided by Grow America Fund, Inc. No County funds are to be included in the Grow Nassau Fund. The County is providing administrative assistance to the Grow Nassau Fund pursuant to the County’s participation in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program.
Nassau County invites you to do business with us. The BDU offers a consistent and relevant information network for your growing business by facilitating targeted business development forums in conjunction with our Long Island economic development partners.
Additionally, the BDU works in conjunction with the Office of Housing and Intergovernmental Affairs and Planning Commission areas of the Office of Economic Development to leverage resources from the federal, state and local governments as well as resources of its own to promote economic growth in Nassau County.
Let us help you take care of your business development needs.
Business Destination of Choice
Nassau County government has been recognized as “one of the top 3 most dramatic municipal fiscal turnarounds in the nation.” We are ready and committed to helping your business grow along with us.
Consider a Nassau County address as your next home for:
• Flexible, low-cost term financing
• Energy discounts
• Sales tax and property tax relief
• Further incentives to supplement your business expansion needs
Nassau County offers a well-educated, high skilled and motivated work force with over 1.3 million residents enjoying all that life has to offer - enriched family life, nationally acclaimed schools and renowned parks and recreation resources.
Nassau County invites your business to join us in making the best choice for your New York home.
CONTACT INFORMATION
1550 Franklin Avenue
Room 235
Mineola, NY 11501
(516) 571-1946
(516) 571-1052 Fax
www.nassaucountyny.gov
Evette Beckett-Tuggle
Executive Director
(516)571- 1948
ebeckett-tuggle@nassaucountyny.gov
Crystal Williams, Program Coordinator
(516) 571-1945
cwilliams2@nassaucountyny.gov
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