Wal-Mart Subsidy Report for Virginia
Subsidies received by Wal-Mart
There are no centralized databases of economic development subsidies, but Good Jobs First found 4 deals worth a total of about $4.3 million in Virginia:
Good Jobs First has compiled data on Wal-Mart subsidies in the following cities
Gordonsville, VA : $500,000 Mount Crawford, VA : $2.5 million
Sutherland, VA : $700,000
Williamsburg (James City), VA : more than $578,000
Hidden taxpayer costs
Many Wal-Mart workers are ineligible for health coverage from their employer or choose not to purchase what is available, because it is too expensive or too limited in scope. These workers often turn to taxpayer-funded health programs such as Medicaid. Virginia among those states that have not disclosed data on the employers with the most workers or their dependents enrolled in such programs.For an estimate of how much Wal-Mart is costing the state of VA for taxpayer-funded healthcare, see http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/healthcrisis/map.html#VA
Property Tax Appeals
In the course of researching our report Rolling Back Property Tax Payments 
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