FDI Directory · SelectUSA snapshot, February 2025
District of Columbia
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
- Priority sectors
- 7
- Incentive programmes
- 1
- Shovel-ready sites
- 0
- Incubators
- 0
- Countries courted
- 10
Sectors it is courting
Investment it is seeking from
Site-selection services it offers
The Washington DC Economic Partnership (WDCEP),[www.wdcep.com] D.C. provides hands-on tailored assistance to market entry and to the United States.
Incentive programmes
Grant
The Vitality Fund is an incentive program intended to assist businesses in targeted sectors to relocate, expand, or stay in DC.
Programmes for international technology startups
The District of Columbia reviews all the requests on a one-to-one basis, and will try to adjust them to the needs of their potential investors.
Programmes for international clean-energy projects
N/A
Additional services
The District of Columbia offers a concierge service through the DC Chamber of Commerce, The Washington DC Economic Partnership and The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, to assist foreign companies with the relocation process to make it as seamless as possible.
Regional partner organisations
- Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Developmentsara.adams@dc.gov(202) 374-6173
Who to contact
- Kathrine VanLiewDirector of Business Attractionkvanliew@wdcep.com(202) 661-8670
- Sara AdamsDirector of Business Attraction and Expansionsara.adams@dc.gov202-374-6173
1495 F St NW, Washington D.C. 20004
What District of Columbia did not submit
These headings exist in the federal questionnaire and this jurisdiction left them blank. Blank means unanswered, not zero — it is not evidence that there is nothing there.
- Shovel-ready sites
- Incubators and accelerators
- University programmes
- Supply-chain projects sought
Source: SelectUSA FDI Database — U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. All profile text above is Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development's own submission, carried verbatim. Snapshot: February 2025. Programmes close, budgets change and people move on; confirm with the organisation before acting on anything here.