07 Mar‘FBI at Spotsy’ Website is Now Online

Spotsylvania’s Economic Development Authority has launched a website promoting the county as a great location for the FBI’s new home.You can visit it at fbiatspotsy.com.

The Free Lance-Star recently reported that the General Services Administration had received about 35 submissions from localities and developers interested in hosting the FBI’s new headquarters. You can read that story here.

In addition to Spotsylvania, Stafford and Caroline counties have also thrown their names into the hat.

Spotsylvania’s new website notes the county’s low taxes—the current real-estate tax rate is 88 cents per $100 of assessed value—and “shovel ready sites of varying size.”

“We’re prepared to use every tool available to help the FBI and other government agencies relocate to Spotsylvania,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Paul Trampe is quoted as saying on the website.

The site includes another quote from EDA Chairman Hart Rutherford: “We’re committed to making your project a success with a streamlined process and incentives.”

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