Selected Readings On Enterprise Communities and Empowerment Zones
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Interim Assessment of the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) Program. Content updated on 31 March 2005. http://www.huduser.org/publications/econdev/ezec_execsum.html
...Findings that are consistent with little or no positive impact of the EZ/EC Initiative, or of the significant challenges faced by EZ/EC grantees, include the following:
...In the survey of zone businesses conducted in 2000, 65 percent of all EZ businesses reported no benefits from being in the EZ.
...Other Important Findings
...Zone programs have relied heavily on engagement with nonprofit and private partners. Creating and maintaining these partnerships has required significant time and effort. Building internal capacity within community organizations to undertake such long-term partnerships has been an area requiring special attention, but not many sites invested heavily in such efforts.
Section II-Enterprise Zones: Key Issues. Content updated 31 March 2005. http://www.huduser.org/publications/polleg/ez_bib/ez_bib2.html
Urban Enterprise Zones: Inner City Panacea or Supply-Side Showpiece?, ACCN-4565
Charles M. Haar et al.
1983, 41pp., CPD 755-R
Available from HUD USER, P.O. Box 23268, Washington, D.C. 20026-3268
Phone: 1-800-245-2691Impact of Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives on Selected Small Businesses, ACCN-4577...Federal funding should be made available for infrastructure improvement, a source of venture capital should be provided through tax policy, technical assistance should be provided to zone businesses, and zones that work with established neighborhood groups should be favored.
Coopers & Lybrand Economic Studies Group
Coopers & Lybrand Economic Studies Group1982, 58ppAvailable from HUD USER, P.O. Box 23268, Washington, D.C. 20026-3268Phone: 1-800-245-2691
1982, 58pp
Available from HUD USER, P.O. Box 23268, Washington, D.C. 20026-3268
Phone: 1-800-245-2691...The tests indicated that the incentives have only a marginal impact on cash flow during a new firm's first years; thus the incentives would be of most value to established firms considering expansion.
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Variations in Structure and Coverage, ACCN-4589
Roy E. Green and Michael Brintnall 1986,37pp. Unpublished paper Available from HUD USER, P.O. Box 23268, Washington, D.C. 20026-3268
Phone: 1-800-245-2691...The cumulative impact of enterprise zones can be judged on (1) the extent to which they emphasize a freer marketplace to meet public need rather than greater government intervention; (2) the extent to which they emphasize entrepreneurial opportunities rather than a government focus on preconceived needs along which entrepreneurs would be directed; (3) the extent to which they create incubator environments for small, new ventures rather than relocating existing ones; and (4) the extent to which the zones focus on business creation and growth rather than a more diversified social agenda.