Introduced in 1993, the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC), and Renewal Community (RC) Initiatives sought to reduce unemployment and generate economic growth through the designation of Federal tax incentives and award of grants to distressed communities. Local, Tribal, and State governments interested in participating in this program were required to present comprehensive plans that included the following principles: Strategic Visions for Change, Community-Based Partnerships, Economic Opportunities, and Sustainable Community Development. Communities selected to participate in this program embraced these principles and led projects that promoted economic development in their distressed communities. The EZ/EC initiative was implemented in the form of three competitions authorized by Congress in 1994 (round I), 1998 (round II), and 2001 (round III). The EC designation expired in 2004 and EZ and RC designations generally expired at the end of 2009. However, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-312 extended the Empowerment Zone and DC Enterprise Zone designations to December 31, 2011. Following the end of the first EZ designation extension on December 31, 2011, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012, signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013, provided for an extension of the Empowerment Zone designations for Empowerment Zone Tax Credit purposes only until December 31, 2013. The ATRA of 2012 did not extend the designation of the DC Enterprise Zone. The third retroactive extension of the Empowerment Zone designation, for the purpose claiming EZ tax credits only, was the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA 2014). TIPA 2014 was signed into law by President Obama on December 19, 2014 and extended the EZ designation for the purpose of businesses and entities claiming EZ tax incentives until December 31, 2014. TIPA 2014 did not extend the designation of the DC Enterprise Zone. To learn more about Empowerment Zones Renewal and Enterprise Communities (EZRC) visit: https://www.hud.gov/hudprograms/empowerment_zones, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Data Dictionary: DD_Empowerment Zones Renewal and Enterprise Communities

Date of Coverage: Through 2014

The Department of Housing and Urban Development identifies distressed urban and rural communities that may be eligible for a combination of grants, tax credits for businesses, bonding authority and other benefits.

Empowerment Zone boundaries in Chicago. To view or use these files, compression software and special GIS software, such as ESRI ArcGIS, is required. The Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities program (EZ/EC) is a Federal, State, local government partnership for stimulating comprehensive renewal--particularly economic growth and social development--in distressed urban neighborhoods and rural areas across the nation. For more information, go to http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/rc/.

Title 12 of the Local Government Code, Section 378.002 requires that the creation of the City of Dallas Neighborhood Empowerment Zones. City of Dallas Neighborhood Empowerment Zones promote an increase in economic development in the zones by promoting increased business and commercial activity, job retention and job growth by smaller businesses, increased occupancy of existing building space, reinvestment in existing building stock, and workforce development job training programs. Details about the data can be requested from Kevin Spath. Polygon features created by Ridvan Kirimli - ridvan.kirimli@dallascityhall.com. Backup if Ridvan is not available contact Kevin Spath - kevin.spath@dallascityhall.com.

Boundary of the 1994 federal empowerment zone.

A line feature class of the Empowerment Zone boundaries within Miami-Dade County, derived from pre-selected U.S. Census Tracts.Updated: Not Planned The data was created using: Projected Coordinate System: WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_SphereProjection: Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere

This map layer shows enterprise zones in the City of Columbus. Enterprise zone is a designation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The designation may indicate the availability of tax concessions, which are offered to encourage business investment and provide jobs for residents.

OUTDATED. See the current data at https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/64xf-pyvh -- The Illinois Enterprise Zone Program is designed to stimulate economic growth and neighborhood revitalization in economically depressed areas of the state. For more information about this program, go to http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Business_Development/Tax+Assistance/Enterprise-Zone.htm. ​​​​​This dataset is in a forma​​t for spatial datasets that is inherently tabular but allows for a map as a derived view. Please click the indicated link below for such a map. To export the data in either tabular or geographic format, please use the Export button on this dataset.

This map data layer represents the boundary for the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Zone. The data is divided into sections which separate expansion areas from the original enterprise zone area. These sections have no meaning relevance to the eligibility of properties within the zone.

View metadata for key information about this dataset.The Philadelphia Empowerment Zone is a community endowment that makes annual grants for economic development within certain geographic boundaries. Data includes commercial and industrial zones, i.e. areas with specific federal-granted special amenities (tax incentives, loans/grants) meant to attract and support businesses in blighted areas. Blighted areas are defined as meeting one of seven city mandated criteria, including unsafe, unsanitary and inadequate conditions; economically or socially undesirable land use; and faulty street and lot layout.For questions about this dataset, contact james.onofrio@phila.gov. For technical assistance, email maps@phila.gov.

The Development Enterprise Zones are used for the purposes of the Certified Business Enterprise program, for active businesses and businesses seeking certification from the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD).

The City has three State Enterprise Zones (SEZ): Los Angeles-Hollywood; East Los Angeles; and Harbor Gateway Communities. Each Zone provides business owners within the Zone boundaries with State incentives such as tax credits and deductions for hiring eligible employees, credits for sales and use taxes paid on qualifying machinery and electronic equipment, additional business expense deductions, and credits to lenders for loans made to Enterprise Zone businesses.

The Maryland Department of Commerce (COMMERCE) identifies and maintains boundaries where business may be eligible for income tax and real property tax credits for job creation and investments. Businesses may be eligible for the following tax credits: real property tax credits and income tax credits.This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at https://imap.maryland.gov.Feature Service Link:https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/BusinessEconomy/MD_IncentiveZones/FeatureServer/4

Web map containing enterprise zones and counties.

The Maryland Department of Commerce (COMMERCE) identifies and maintains boundaries where business may be eligible for income tax, real property and personal property tax credits for job creation and investments. Businesses in an Enterprise Zone Focus Area may be eligible for real property tax credits, personal property tax credits and income tax credits.This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at https://imap.maryland.gov.Feature Service Link:https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/BusinessEconomy/MD_IncentiveZones/FeatureServer/5

Polygon geometry with attributes displaying enterprise zones in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.Metadata

Visit the Enterprise Zone Program website with any questionsThis web layer contains sub layers for the following Census geographies: counties, tracts, block groups, Census designated places, and county subdivisions. In addition, there is a layer displaying which Census blocks have 'graduated out' - meaning they do not qualify based on any of the above geographies but lie in a current Enterprise Zone.

Introduced in 1993, the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC) , and Renewal Community (RC) Initiatives sought to reduce unemployment and generate economic growth through the designation of Federal tax incentives and award of grants to distressed communities. Local, Tribal, and State governments interested in participating in this program were required to present comprehensive plans that included the following principles: Strategic Visions for ChangeCommunity-Based PartnershipsEconomic OpportunitiesSustainable Community DevelopmentCommunities selected to participate in this program embraced these principles and led projects that promoted economic development in their distressed communities.The EZ/EC initiative was implemented in the form of three competitions authorized by Congress in 1994 (round I), 1998 (round II), and 2001 (round III). These communities utilized HUD’s PERMS system to create Implementation Plans and develop Annual Reports, which can be publicly accessed here and overall, display extensive community and economic development impacts in these distressed communities.The EC designation expired in 2004 and EZ and RC designations generally expired at the end of 2009. However, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Re-authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-312 extended the Empowerment Zone and DC Enterprise Zone designations to December 31, 2011.Following the end of the EZ designation extension on December 31, 2011, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012, signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013, provided for an extension of the Empowerment Zone designations until December 31, 2013. The ATRA of 2012 did not extend the designation of the DC Enterprise Zone.For the EZ designation extension, IRS Notice 2013-38 issued on May 29, 2013 explained a one step process stating that “any nomination for an Empowerment Zone that was in effect on December 31, 2009, is deemed amended to provide for a new termination date of December 31, 2013, unless the nominating entity sends written notification to the IRS by July 29, 2013.”Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Renewal Initiative Refresh Rate: As NeededLast Updated: Nov 9, 2018

Stores polygon areas that represent specially zoned areas where businesses receive incentives in return for investments and job creation in the zone.