Why Downtown?

Downtown Wytheville is an excellent place to do business. We’re just minutes from Interstates 81 and 77, which means an average of 60,000 vehicles per day pass through. There are nearly 2,000 hotel rooms in Wytheville, attracting tourists, travelers, and business traffic. With our proximity to incredible outdoor recreation and natural resources, we’re poised to become Virginia’s next “base camp” town for hiking, biking, fishing, birding, and other outdoor adventures. We also offer a host of incentives and grant opportunities, which you can learn more about here. These factors, combined with small-town charm and hospitality, make Wytheville one of the up-and-coming business communities of southwest Virginia.

But don’t just take our word for it–check out what these real business owners have to say about what it means to be part of Wytheville, Virginia’s downtown business district:

These days, it seems that almost every town offers a raft of economic enticements in an effort to attract businesses to their downtown districts. What sets Downtown Wytheville apart?

• We offer a variety of state and local incentives
• Many of our rebates can be received for five years
• Our grants, rebates, exemptions, and other benefits are stackable, meaning a qualifying business of sufficient volume could be eligible for millions of dollars in incentives
• Economic incentives are backed by other types of assistance, such as the services provided by the Joint Industrial Development Authority and Downtown Wytheville

Click below to view the entire Town of Wytheville Economic Development Incentives package to find out what your business qualifies for. In addition to the incentives seen above, the Town offers rebates on building permit fees, water & sewer availability fees, state-level Enterprise Zone incentives, tourism and technology zone incentives, and more.