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Community Development: Status of Urban Empowerment Zones

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 20, 1996
Report No. RCED-97-21
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Summary:

The Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program targets federal grants to distressed urban and rural communities for social services and community redevelopment and provides tax and regulatory relief to attract or retain businesses in distressed communities. This report focuses on six urban empowerment zones that receive most of the program's funds--Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia/Camden. GAO discusses the (1) status of the program's implementation in the urban empowerment zones, including the extent to which public housing officials and residents have been involved; (2) factors that participants believe have either helped or hindered efforts to carry out the program; and (3) plans for evaluating the program.

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