diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-development.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-development.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13aeb3993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-development.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# This workflow runs on pushes to main
+# any merge/push to main will result in development being deployed
+
+name: Build and deploy development for release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - '.gitignore'
+      
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-development:
+    if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Compile USWDS assets
+        working-directory: ./src
+        run: |
+          docker compose run node npm install && 
+          docker compose run node npx gulp copyAssets &&
+          docker compose run node npx gulp compile 
+      - name: Collect static assets 
+        working-directory: ./src
+        run: docker compose run app python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+      - name: Deploy to cloud.gov sandbox
+        uses: 18f/cg-deploy-action@main
+        env:
+          DEPLOY_NOW: thanks
+        with:
+          cf_username: ${{ secrets.CF_DEVELOPMENT_USERNAME }}
+          cf_password: ${{ secrets.CF_DEVELOPMENT_PASSWORD }}
+          cf_org: cisa-dotgov
+          cf_space: development
+          push_arguments: "-f ops/manifests/manifest-development.yaml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/migrate.yaml b/.github/workflows/migrate.yaml
index 2423c95ad..b1880c830 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/migrate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/migrate.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
         options:
           - stable
           - staging
+          - development
           - ky
           - es
           - nl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reset-db.yaml b/.github/workflows/reset-db.yaml
index ffc416604..a28270a22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reset-db.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reset-db.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ on:
         type: choice
         description: Which environment should we flush and re-load data for?
         options:
-          - stable
           - staging
+          - development
           - ky
           - es
           - nl
diff --git a/ops/manifests/manifest-development.yaml b/ops/manifests/manifest-development.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a1f30ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/manifests/manifest-development.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+applications:
+- name: getgov-development
+  buildpacks:
+    - python_buildpack
+  path: ../../src
+  instances: 1
+  memory: 512M
+  stack: cflinuxfs4
+  timeout: 180
+  command: ./run.sh
+  health-check-type: http
+  health-check-http-endpoint: /health
+  health-check-invocation-timeout: 40
+  env:
+    # Send stdout and stderr straight to the terminal without buffering
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED: yup
+    # Tell Django where to find its configuration
+    DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: registrar.config.settings
+    # Tell Django where it is being hosted
+    DJANGO_BASE_URL: https://getgov-development.app.cloud.gov
+    # Tell Django how much stuff to log
+    DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL: INFO
+    # default public site location
+    GETGOV_PUBLIC_SITE_URL: https://beta.get.gov
+    # Flag to disable/enable features in prod environments
+    IS_PRODUCTION: False
+  routes:
+    - route: getgov-development.app.cloud.gov
+  services:
+  - getgov-credentials
+  - getgov-development-database
diff --git a/ops/scripts/create_dev_sandbox.sh b/ops/scripts/create_dev_sandbox.sh
index 5eeed9c10..c9c55ae29 100755
--- a/ops/scripts/create_dev_sandbox.sh
+++ b/ops/scripts/create_dev_sandbox.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cp ops/scripts/manifest-sandbox-template.yaml ops/manifests/manifest-$1.yaml
 sed -i '' "s/ENVIRONMENT/$1/" "ops/manifests/manifest-$1.yaml"
 
 echo "Adding new environment to settings.py..."
-sed -i '' '/getgov-staging.app.cloud.gov/ {a\
+sed -i '' '/getgov-development.app.cloud.gov/ {a\
     '\"getgov-$1.app.cloud.gov\"',
 }' src/registrar/config/settings.py
 
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ echo
 echo "Moving on to setup Github automation..."
 
 echo "Adding new environment to Github Actions..."
-sed -i '' '/          - staging/ {a\
+sed -i '' '/          - development/ {a\
           - '"$1"'
 }' .github/workflows/reset-db.yaml
 
-sed -i '' '/          - staging/ {a\
+sed -i '' '/          - development/ {a\
           - '"$1"'
 }' .github/workflows/migrate.yaml
 
diff --git a/src/registrar/config/settings.py b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
index 5f16f7e3b..584efd459 100644
--- a/src/registrar/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     "getgov-stable.app.cloud.gov",
     "getgov-staging.app.cloud.gov",
+    "getgov-development.app.cloud.gov",
     "getgov-ky.app.cloud.gov",
     "getgov-es.app.cloud.gov",
     "getgov-nl.app.cloud.gov",