Business

St. Croix Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, hosted by Sion Farm Distillery, the home of Mutiny Island Vodka.

Currently, Island Crossing Shopping Center’s sole tenant is the original anchor, Home Depot, under a 20-year lease.

Teams from St. Thomas, St. Croix and the British Virgin Islands will participate in back to back games throughout the holiday weekend (Jan. 17-20).

Under the Tax Increment Financing Act, the collection of 90 percent of gross receipts taxes and real estate tax increments are held in a Tax Increment Financing escrow account.

Jovita Carranza now serves as the 26th administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She will lead the only federal agency exclusively dedicated to assisting small business owners and entrepreneurs.

This amount represents an adjustment owed to the USVI government based on actual certified rum excise tax collections and the remaining amount owed to the territory after an initial advance payment for the 2019 fiscal year.

The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) has received changes to its cruise schedules for the Austin “Babe” Monsanto Marine Terminal in Crown Bay, St. Thomas and the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility in Frederiksted, St. Croix.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (US-SBA) is extending the comment period an additional 21 days for the proposed rule in the Federal Register to consolidate SBA’s Mentor Protégé Programs.

Cruise Ships port at Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility at Frederiksted Pier.

The Virgin Islands Port Authority has announced that St. Croix will receive an additional cruise call on Jan. 22. Also, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Serenade of the Seas has rescheduled its call to the Austin “Babe” Monsanto Marine Terminal in Crown Bay, St. Thomas next week.