Whatever happened to enterprise zones?

From: Black Enterprise | Date: April 1, 1992| Author: Harris, Hamil R. | Copyright information

The Reagan and Bush administrations have advanced the notion of the enterprise zone as the cornerstone of their urban redevelopment programs. The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Dept still supports enterprise zone creation, but critics believe the zones have not benefited minorities.

Twelve years after the idea was first introduced in Congress, efforts to create a national enterprise zone strategy are still stalled by setbacks and skepticism. Although many states enacted loca...

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