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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.
HUBZone. HUBZone is a United States Small Business Administration (SBA) program for small companies that operate and employ people in Historically Under-utilized Business Zones (HUBZones). The HUBZone program was created in response to the HUBZone Empowerment Act created by the US Congress in 1998. [1] Based on the Act, small businesses will be ...
An Opportunity Zone is a designation and investment program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 allowing for certain investments in lower income areas to have tax advantages. The purpose of this program is to put capital to work that would otherwise be locked up due to the asset holder's unwillingness to trigger a capital gains tax.
An urban enterprise zone is an area in which policies to encourage economic growth and development are implemented. [1] Urban enterprise zone policies generally offer tax concessions, infrastructure incentives, and reduced regulations to attract investments and private companies into the zones. They are a type of special economic zone where ...
Three primary means were used: renewal communities, empowerment zones, and community development entities. [2] The bill also created the New Markets Tax Credit Program, which has been renewed several times and is still in effect. [3] One provision of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 was the creation of 40 "renewal communities". [2]
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 ...
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.
Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan. FAB website. Cavite Economic Zone. Rosario and General Trias, Cavite. Luzon. Philippine Economic Zone Authority. Clark Freeport Zone. Angeles City and Mabalacat, Pampanga, and Capas and Bamban, Tarlac. Luzon.