Enterprise & Empowerment Zones:
A Tool for Community and Economic Development

This page is intended to serve as a resource for community and economic development planners working in or with distressed urban or rural communities.  It was created for PLAN 261, Urban & Regional Economic Development, a course taught by Professor Ed Feser in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Click here for links to more pages on economic development strategies created by other students in the class.

Overview of what you'll find here:

Background & History of the Enterprise Zone Concept

What are Enterprise & Empowerment Zones?

What are the origins of the Enterprise Zone concept?

How and where has the Enterprise Zone concept been applied in the U.S.?

Information about State & Local Enterprise Zone Programs
Characteristics and Provisions of State & Local Programs

Review, Issues, and Challenges of State & Local Programs

Links to State & Local EZ Program Sites
 

Overview of the Federal Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Initiative
Program Description

New Focus: Empowering the Community

Strategies and Useful Links

More Enterprise/Empowerment Zone Information and Resources
Internet Resources and Links

Print Resources
 
 
 

This page was created by Jennifer Lobenhofer. Last updated 27 Apr 1999.
Please e-mail comments to: jen_lobenhofer@unc.edu

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