Recycling Market Development Zone

Siskiyou County

The Siskiyou County Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) includes the  County of Siskiyou in total, including the incorporated cities of Dorris, Dunsmuir, Etna, Fort Jones, Montague, Mt. Shasta, Tulelake, Weed, and Yreka. The zone’s "top of the state" location along the Southern Pacific rail and Interstate 5 corridors provides direct transportation routes to the rest of the state, as well as Oregon, Canada, and Mexico. The Siskiyou County RMDZ includes the Shasta Valley Enterprise Zone.

• Incentives
• Target Materials
• Infrastructure
• Contact

Incentives

Siskiyou County has established an excellent network of organizations, programs, and projects that provide incentives to both existing and new recycling-based businesses. The organization responsible for coordinating the incentive package is the Siskiyou County Economic Development Council. Incentives include rapid permit processing, feedstock acquisition assistance, planning fee refunds, a business incubator, employee training programs, connection fee waivers, land incentives, enterprise zone incentives, hiring credits, and funding assistance.

Target Materials

Targeted materials available for manufacturing include waste wood, mixed paper, plastic, compostable wastes, glass, and drywall.

Infrastructure

Businesses locating in Siskiyou County will enjoy the benefits of an excellent I-5 interstate transportation network, rail service, seven airports, reasonable land cost, low taxes and development fees, reduced utility costs, a large labor pool with excellent local training resources, and other well-developed infrastructure. Siskiyou County will assist in obtaining financing industrial park improvements for tenants exceeding existing infrastructure capacity. The county will also work with industrial tenants by crediting lease cost for tenant infrastructure improvements.

Contact Information

Siskiyou County RMDZ http://www.siskiyoucounty.org/ Tonya Dowse Siskiyou County Economic Development Council 1512 So. Oregon St. Yreka, CA 96097 Phone: 530-842-1638 Fax: 530-842-2685 Email: tonya@siskiyoucounty.org CIWMB Contacts for this RMDZ: Zone Liaison: Rick Hicks Loan Officer:

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Last updated: June 30, 2008