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Minnesota Capital Equipment Sales Tax Exemption - If a business buys or leases <br />qualifying capital equipment for use in Minnesota, businesses are eligible for an exemption <br />or a refund of state and local sales or use tax paid. The purchaser must use the machinery <br />primarily for manufacturing, fabricating, mining, or refining tangible personal property. <br />http: / /www.revenue. state. mn.us/businesses/ sut/Pages/ Qualifying_For_CE_Refund. aspx <br />Brownfields & Contamination Clean -Up Grant - The Contamination Cleanup and <br />Investigation Grant Program helps communities pay for assessing and cleaning up <br />contaminated sites for private or public redevelopment. Grants pay up to 75 percent of the <br />costs to investigate <br />https: / /mn.gov/deed/government/financial-assistance/cleanup/contamination.j sp <br />Redevelopment Grant Program - Helps communities with the costs of redeveloping <br />blighted industrial, residential, or commercial sites and putting land back into productive <br />use. <br />https://mn.gov/deed/govemment/financial- <br />assistance/ cleanup /redevelopmentgrantprogram.j sp <br />Washington County Programs <br />Open to Business — The Open to Business Program is offered to entrepreneurs and residents <br />of Washington County by the Washington County CDA and can provide to your business: <br />• Loans for both new/emerging and second-stage/growing businesses <br />• Acquisition financing for real estate <br />• Assistance with business plans, financial projections, and loan applications <br />• Technical assistance with all aspects of business operations <br />https: //washingtoncountycda.org/economic-development/open-to-business/ <br />Tax Abatement - For projects meeting certain criteria the Washington County Board of <br />Commissioners may consider property tax abatement. To be considered, the business must <br />complete an application with all information requested and must be accompanied by a letter <br />of support of resolution approved by the local municipality in which the project will be <br />located. A copy of the City's approved application may be accepted by the County. <br />