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VIEDA Board of Directors set to hear, decide on matters at Governing Board Decision Meeting on June 8

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands –June 6, 2023 - Wayne L. Biggs, Jr., chief executive officer of the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), announces that a Governing Board Decision Meeting for the V.I. Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), V.I. Economic Development Commission (VIEDC) and the Economic Development Bank will be held at 9AM on Thursday, June 8, 2023. 

Aspiring first-time homeowner on St. Croix becomes first recipient of homeownership financing offered by VI Slice program

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands – May 22, 2023 -- The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), in partnership with the Office of the Governor and the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR) celebrated the closing of the VI Slice Moderate Income Homeownership Program’s (hereafter “VI Slice”) first mortgage loan on Monday, May 22, 2023 with approved VI Slice client Jahtaya I. Regis at Government House on St. Croix, USVI.

VIEDA’s Enterprise Zone Commission, in partnership with AARP VI, to host estate planning conference on St. Croix and St. Thomas on May 25

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – May 19, 2023 – The Enterprise Zone Commission (EZC), an entity of the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), in collaboration with AARP in the Virgin Islands, will host a free, in-person and virtual Estate Planning Conference to be held from 4:30PM to 8:30PM on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

To attend in-person, the following locations are:

VIEDA Board of Directors set to hear, decide on matters at Public Hearing, Board Meeting on May 23

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – May 19, 2023 - Wayne L. Biggs, Jr., chief executive officer of the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), announces that a Public Hearing for the V.I. Economic Development Commission (VIEDC) will be held at 9AM on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. 

At the public hearing, VIEDC Board of Directors to hear presentations on the application submitted by Worldwide Tap, LLC.

INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR William D. Roebuck Industrial Park Building #2 High Roof Emergency Repair Project on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands IFB# 2023-02 EDPC

The Economic Development Park Corporation, through the USVIEDA, will be accepting sealed bids from qualified contractors for roof repairs at the WDRIP Building #2 as outlined in the 

VIEDA Board of Directors unanimously approve enterprise zone tax benefits for three local tech companies on St. Thomas, USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – May 12, 2023 – An infusion of entrepreneurial activity in the Savanne-Downstreet enterprise zone is on the horizon as three tech companies are poised to help revitalize and lay the foundation for the creation of a Tech Yard on St. Thomas, USVI.  

The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority announces recognition of 2023 Economic Development Week

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands – May 9, 2023 – The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA) marks the week of May 8 to May 12, 2023, as the next Economic Development Week. During this week, communities across North America will celebrate and recognize the contributions made by professional economic developers to create more economically vibrant and livable communities.

U.S. Virgin Islands’ representatives unite at 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit to promote business investment opportunities in the USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands -- May 3, 2023 – Continued efforts to attract new investment to the U.S. Virgin Islands abound this week among government officials and other economic developers from the USVI at the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, which is being held May 1-4, 2023. Representatives from the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA) joined USVI Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Lt.