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HUB Zone Designation
RESOLUTION
2014-01-01
VIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, held
on Tuesday,January 21,2014,the following resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zones program was enacted into
federal law as part of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997, under the management of the U.S.
Small Business Administration; and
WHEREAS, the HUB Zone program was designed to help small businesses in urban and rural
communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities; and
WHEREAS, a County can be designated as a HUB Zone based on being classified as a qualified
Non-Metropolitan County and meeting specified household income and unemployment criteria; and
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County has previously met the economic criteria, but has been ruled
ineligible for HUB Zone designation due to its connection to the City of Danville, Virginia, Metropolitan
Statistical Area(MSA); and
WHEREAS, the 2010 U.S. Census reclassified the City of Danville, Virginia as a Micropolitan
Statistical Area,as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget; and
WHEREAS, this federal reclassification removed the Metropolitan classification and made
Pittsylvania County eligible for HUB Zone designation as a Non-Metropolitan County; and
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County is committed to securing designation as a HUB Zone to assist
and support the County's small businesses and recognizes that access to federal contracts can be critical to
the survival of small businesses and the income and jobs they bring to our community;then
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County respectfully requests
that the U.S. Small Business Administration utilize the updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau, that
classifies Pittsylvania County as a qualified Non-Metropolitan County, and designate the County as a
Historically Underutilized Business Zone;and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the U.S. Small
Business Administration, and to the offices of Congressman Robert Hurt, Senator Tim Kaine and Senator
Mark Warner with our appreciation for their assistance in this matter.
Given under my hand this 21st day of January,2014.
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r Je sie L. Barksdale, Chairman
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== County Otis S. Hawker, Interim Coun Administrator
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