Table 2 shows the surveys' results. While the survey asked for, and Lashley then verified through address checks, the number of EZ residents hired, there is no data available on the number of employees hired from Stamford as a whole. Lashley cautioned that even though she has had significant success placing zone residents in new jobs as they are created, there is considerable turnover in these positions. The turnover is in part due to the employees themselves and also to business fluctuations at some companies. She noted that many of the zone companies need more highly skilled workers, but most EZ residents do not have such training.
Surveys cover calendar year.
Primarily surveyed companies within the zone . In other parts of the city, manufacturers get the same benefits, and qualified service companies receive benefits on a sliding scale depending on the size of their investment. The state and the host town split the cost of the abatement. Four higher levels of investment trigger higher levels of abatement. The abatement is applied to the entire property tax when an idle building is occupied or a new building is constructed.