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    • Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

    Metadata Updated: March 11, 2026

    This service provides spatial data and infromation on Empowerment Zones Renewal and Enterprise Communities (EZRC). 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.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from HUD JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Maintainer
    Identifier 1101a6c1e2364302b70485ca99fc7e69
    Data First Published 2018-01-30T20:10:31.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-29T22:43:41.797Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 025:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://hud.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/1101a6c1e2364302b70485ca99fc7e69/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&output=html
    Harvest Object Id 03bf0e20-2e82-4c12-ac86-a7cab8fb35c3
    Harvest Source Id c98ee13b-1e1a-4350-a47e-1bf13aaa35d6
    Harvest Source Title HUD JSON
    Homepage URL https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/1101a6c1e2364302b70485ca99fc7e69
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 025:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8667c674a7920ccf89259197d89c937965e2e11fdf1348c52da9b8ded50301fa
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":-124.733253,24.544245,-124.733253,49.388611,-66.954811,49.388611,-66.954811,24.544245,-124.733253,24.544245}

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