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Bern alberghi scontatiEmpowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

The following sections describe current designations of empowermentzones and enterprise communities. These designations will generallyremain in effect until the end of the 10th calendar year beginning onor after the date of designation.

Urban designations effective December 21, 1994.The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designated 65urban enterprise communities. The Secretary has also designated partsof the following cities as urban empowerment zones.

  1. Atlanta, GA (9.29 square miles).
  2. Baltimore, MD (6.8 square miles).
  3. Chicago, IL (14.33 square miles).
  4. Detroit, MI (18.3 square miles).
  5. New York City, NY (the Bronx and Manhattan; 7.6 squaremiles).
  6. Philadelphia, PA/Camden, NJ (4.4 square miles).

Rural designations effective December 21, 1994.The Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) designated 30 rural enterprisecommunities. The Secretary has also designated the following ruralempowerment zones.

  1. The Kentucky Highlands (part of Wayne and all of Clinton andJackson counties).
  2. Mid-Delta, Mississippi (parts of Bolivar, Holmes, Humphreys,Leflore, Sunflower, and Washington counties).
  3. Rio Grande Valley, Texas (parts of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr,and Willacy counties).

District of Columbia Enterprise Zone (DC Zone).Effective January 1, 1998, parts of Washington, D.C. are treated asan empowerment zone. This treatment will remain in effect until theend of 2002.

Urban designations effective December 31, 1998.HUD has designated parts of the following cities as urbanempowerment zones.

  1. Boston, MA (about 6 square miles).
  2. Cincinnati, OH (about 7 square miles).
  3. Columbia/Sumter, SC (about 19 square miles).
  4. Columbus, OH (about 14 square miles).
  5. Cumberland County, NJ (about 4 square miles).
  6. El Paso, TX (about 10 square miles).
  7. Gary/East Chicago, IN (about 17 square miles).
  8. Huntington, WV/Ironton, OH (about 10 squaremiles).
  9. Knoxville/Knox County, TN (about 16 squaremiles).
  10. Miami/Miami-Dade County, FL (about 13 squaremiles).
  11. Minneapolis, MN (about 7 square miles).
  12. New Haven, CT (about 5 square miles).
  13. Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA (about 10 square miles).
  14. Santa Ana, CA (about 4 square miles).
  15. St. Louis, MO/East St. Louis, IL (about 14 squaremiles).

Rural designations effective December 31, 1998.USDA has designated the following rural empowerment zones.

  1. Desert Communities Empowerment Zone, California (parts ofRiverside county).
  2. Steele-Griggs County Empowerment Zone, North Dakota (part ofGriggs county and all of Steele county).
  3. Birmingham accommodationOglala Sioux Tribe Empowerment Zone, South Dakota (parts ofthe Pine Ridge Indian Reservation).
  4. Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone, Illinois(parts of Alexander, Johnson, and Pulaski counties).
  5. Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Georgia (parts ofCrisp county and all of Dooly county).

Designations effective January 1, 2000.HUD has designated parts of the following cities as urbanempowerment zones.

  1. Cleveland, OH.
  2. Los Angeles, CA.

Phone:

More information. For more information, call HUD at1-800-998-9999 or USDA at1-800- 645-4712.

Computer:

Or you can find out whether your area has been designated as anempowerment zone or an enterprise community by using the Internetaddress www.ezec.gov.

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