The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program was enacted into law as part of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997 Download Adobe Reader to read this link content. The program falls under the auspices of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The program encourages economic development in historically underutilized business zones - "HUBZones" - through the establishment of preferences.SBA's HUBZone program is in line with the efforts of both the Administration and Congress to promote economic development and employment growth in distressed areas by providing access to more federal contracting opportunities.

This dataset contains information about the Workforce 1 service, a service offered by the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) that connects New Yorkers to job opportunities. Each row in the dataset represents the number of public housing residents on a NYCHA Development-level who receive or utilize this service.

For datasets related to other services provided to NYCHA residents, view the data collection “Services available to NYCHA Residents - Local Law 163”.

A printable map of HUBZones within Newport News, Virginia. The HUBZone program fuels small business growth in historically underutilized business zones with a goal of awarding at least 3% of federal contract dollars to HUBZone-certified companies each year.

The HUBZone program fuels small business growth in historically underutilized business zones with a goal of awarding at least 3% of federal contract dollars to HUBZone-certified companies each year. This polygon feature class contains 2020 Census data for the identified HUBZones within Newport News, Virginia.