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  2. Empowerment zone - Wikipedia

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    The Empowerment Zone Program consists of three US congressional designations. [2] The Renewal Communities (RCs), Empowerment Zones (EZs) and Enterprise Communities (ECs) are highly distressed urban and rural communities that may be eligible for a combination of grants, tax credits for businesses, bonding authority and other benefits.

  3. Renewal community - Wikipedia

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    The renewal community employment credit provides businesses with an incentive to hire individuals who both live and work in a renewal community. Employers can claim the credit if they pay or incur “qualified zone wages” to a “qualified zone employee”. The credit is for wages paid or incurred after 2001. The credit is 15% of the ...

  4. Pacoima, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    ZIP Codes: 91331, 91333–91334. ... in the City of Los Angeles's bid for a federal empowerment zone. The proposed area, with 13,000 residents in 1994, ...

  5. Little Birch, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Area code (s) 304 & 681. GNIS feature ID. 1542030 [1] Little Birch is an unincorporated community and linear settlement in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. The community is 50 miles (80 km) miles northeast of the state capital of Charleston. It is 1.5 miles (2 km) to the east of Route 19, which runs locally from its conjunction ...

  6. 'I hear a whisper calling us to rise:' Teen Empowerment opens ...

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    The completion of the building marks the first new development on Genesee Street in decades. Nearly 60% of children in the 14611 ZIP code live in poverty and 16% of homes here are run down and vacant.

  7. Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation

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    The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corp., also referred to as UMEZ, is a non-profit organization that seeks to revitalize economically deprived communities by using public funds and tax incentives as catalysts for private investment. UMEZ’s mission is to sustain the economic revitalization of all communities of Upper Manhattan ...

  8. English Avenue and Vine City - Wikipedia

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    In November 1994, the Atlanta Empowerment Zone was established, a 10-year, $250 million federal program to revitalize Atlanta's 34 poorest neighborhoods including the Bluff. Scathing reports from both the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs revealed corruption, waste, bureaucratic ...

  9. Atlanta Empowerment Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Atlanta Empowerment Zone was established in November 1994 as a 10-year, $250 million federal program to revitalize Atlanta's 34 poorest neighborhoods. Scathing reports from both the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs revealed corruption, waste, bureaucratic incompetence, and interference by mayor Bill Campbell.