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Renewal Community Information Sheet: City of Rochester Tucson Empowerment Zones The Lackawanna Empire Zone (LEZ) is a Renewal Community Rules and Regulations: Designation of Round III Urban Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities Renewal Community and Round III Empowerment Zone Technical Assistance Workshops Official Louisiana Renewal Community Information OUACHITA PARISH RECEIVES U.S. HUD URBAN RENEWAL COMMUNITY DESIGNATION: BOWL RC Designation Announcements, Early HUD Announcenments and Original Statutes Creating RC's Testimony to the House Committee on Small Business 105th Congress 105th Congress on HR3865: The American Community Renewal Act Focus on Partnerships Notice Inviting Applications, Filed 8-6-01: Designation of Forty Renewal Communities Cooperation Among the Nominating Governments and Community Organizations Summary of Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000 (S. 3152) NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR GENE SPERLING ON NEW MARKETS INITIATIVE AGREEMENT PRESIDENT CLINTON ON RENEWAL COMMUNITIES Questions and Answers for Renewal Communities Workshops (8/22/01 revision) House Debate on RC's PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NEW MARKETS INITIATIVE: REVITALIZING AMERICA'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES RENEWAL COMMUNITY TECHNICAL LEGISLATION Information on Renewal Communities* HUD Announcements and Original Statutes Creating RC's Critiques and Analysis of the Renewal Community Program RC's: Policy Initiatives Behind Laudable Goals in Community Renewal Act
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Renewal Community and Empowerment Zone ApplicantsHHS Administration for Children and Families Posted: May 14, 2002 HHS Administration for Children and Families Renewal Community and Empowerment Zone Applicants The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to offer support and assistance to localities for adding a human services and welfare-to-work perspective to their Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC) applications. Renewal Community Information Sheet: City of Rochester Posted: May 12, 2002 Renewal Community Information Sheet By focusing on marshaling the support and commitments of key players in State and local governments and emphasizing forming alliances with businesses and local community-based organizations, the Renewal Community Initiative offers Federal tax breaks and provides a framework for State and local governments to offer incentives and other benefits. The initiative does not provide Federal funds. Tucson Empowerment Zones Posted: May 10, 2002 Tucson Empowerment Zones The Empowerment Zone is a collaborative effort between the City of Tucson, Pima County and the City of South Tucson. The Lackawanna Empire Zone (LEZ) is a Renewal Community Posted: May 10, 2002 The Lackawanna Empire Zone (LEZ) offers tax incentives, abatements, credits and benefits for businesses that expand into or start-up in a designated area in the First Ward of the City of Lackawanna. Rules and Regulations: Designation of Round III Urban Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities Posted: May 10, 2002 Rules and Regulations: Designation of Round III Urban Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities Page 2 35850 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 131 / Monday, July 9, 2001 / Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 24 CFR Parts 598 and 599 [Docket No. FR4663I01] RIN 2506AC09 Designation of Round III Urban Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities AGENCY : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION : Interim rule. SUMMARY : This interim rule governs the designation of Round III Urban Empowerment Zones (EZs) and Renewal Communities (RCs) nominated by States and local governments. Renewal Community and Round III Empowerment Zone Technical Assistance Workshops Posted: May 10, 2002 Renewal Community Workshop Presenters Linda Schakel, John Haines, Phil Graham. 202–708–6339, www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/ezec. Official Louisiana Renewal Community Information Posted: May 10, 2002 Official Louisiana Renewal Community Information - Site information on the Renewal Communities of North, Central, Ouachita Urban and New Orleans/Jefferson Urban OUACHITA PARISH RECEIVES U.S. HUD URBAN RENEWAL COMMUNITY DESIGNATION: Posted: May 10, 2002 Ouachita Parish was notified at the end of January that they have been designated one of 40 Renewal Communities nationwide. These renewal communities share in approximately $17 Billion worth of incentives to businesses located inside the perimeters of the Renewal Communities and who employ individuals living within the boundaries. BOWL RC Designation Announcements, Early HUD Announcenments and Original Statutes Creating RC's Posted: May 10, 2002 HUD No. 02-013EKY Contact: John Milchick, Jr. (502)582-5816 For Release Tuesday January 22, 2002 LOUISVILLE, KY - The Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that four counties in eastern Kentucky will be designated a "Renewal Community, Testimony to the House Committee on Small Business 105th Congress 105th Congress on HR3865: The American Community Renewal Act Posted: May 9, 2002 Avis C. Vidal co-principal investigator of the evaluation of the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program. Principal Research Associate The Urban Institute Washington, D.C. May 19, 1998. Focus on Partnerships Posted: May 9, 2002 Notice Inviting Applications, Filed 8-6-01: Designation of Forty Renewal Communities Posted: May 9, 2002 SUMMARY: The Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (CRTR Act) authorizes HUD to designate up to 40 Renewal Communities within which special tax incentives would be available. This Notice invites applications for designation of nominated areas as Renewal Communities (RCs) in accordance with the designation process described in this Notice. Cooperation Among the Nominating Governments and Community Organizations Posted: May 9, 2002 Section C of the NOI for the BOWL RC. Every application for RC designation must contain a course of action describing the commitment to cooperation in the nominated area by the nominating governments and community organizations that meets the requirements of this section Summary of Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000 (S. 3152) Posted: May 9, 2002 The idea behind the RC/NM initiative has been described as a merger of President Clinton's "New Markets Initiative"--including a tax credit and other incentives designed to attract capital to low-income areas--with a House Republican proposal called the "American Community Renewal Act (H.R. 815), which would provide tax and regulatory relief to economically distressed areas and help poor families set up subsidized savings accounts. NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR GENE SPERLING ON NEW MARKETS INITIATIVE AGREEMENT Posted: April 13, 2002 MR. DORTON: Today we have National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling to give an on the record briefing about the landmark New Markets Renewal Communities Agreement between President Clinton and Speaker Hastert.MR. SPERLING: Last night, the President and Speaker reached a landmark agreement on bringing capital and opportunity to America's untapped markets. As you recall, the Speaker had joined the President in November on the last leg of the President's second New Markets trip, and they had pledged to work together on bipartisan legislation. PRESIDENT CLINTON ON RENEWAL COMMUNITIES Posted: April 13, 2002 We had a common goal. So we agreed in the best tradition of the founding fathers to let the Republicans try their ideas in 40 of their enterprise areas -- whatever the proper name is -- renewal community areas, and 40 for our empowerment zones. We agreed to provide for poor areas all over the country -- including those that aren't here, in either one of those two groups -- these special incentives of the New Markets. Questions and Answers for Renewal Communities Workshops (8/22/01 revision) Posted: April 11, 2002 STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">* LEVERAGING OF COMMITMENTS These Renewal Community Questions and Answers are merely a study guide and not intended to provide an authoritative interpretation of the legal and administrative requirements governing HUD's Renewal Community Initiative or any other federal requirements. For official guidance on the RC initiative, please refer to the Interim Rule (24 CFR part 599) published on pages 35849 to 35860 of the July 9, 2001 Federal Register and the Notice Inviting Applications. House Debate on RC's Posted: April 10, 2002 Today, Mr. Speaker, we will vote on landmark legislation that will provide our communities with the tools they need to revitalize our cities and many of our depressed rural areas. This is the day we will provide communities the tools they need to once again become self- reliant, and with that we give people more control over their own futures. The Community Renewal and New Markets Act breathes new life into areas that have become America's forgotten communities. PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NEW MARKETS INITIATIVE: REVITALIZING AMERICA'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES Posted: April 10, 2002 President Clinton is pleased to announce the passage of the historic new bipartisan New Markets and Community Renewal initiative. This announcement is the outcome of the commitment President Clinton and Speaker Hastert made in Chicago last Nov. to develop a bipartisan legislative initiative on New Markets and revitalizing impoverished communities this year. RENEWAL COMMUNITY TECHNICAL LEGISLATION Posted: April 10, 2002 Mr. LaFALCE. Mr. Speaker, today, along with Representatives Quinn and Reynolds, I will be introducing legislation designed to enhance the effectiveness of the ``Renewal Community'' program which Congress adopted just last December. This legislation would allow the expansion of Renewal Communities to include census tracts which are not eligible under 1990 census data, but which are eligible under 2000 census data. Information on Renewal Communities* Posted: March 28, 2002 HUD received more than 100 applications for the program from both urban and rural areas around the country. The RC and Round III Empowerment Zone initiatives represent a new approach to advancing economic prosperity in the Nation's poorest communities. Communities that receive RC or EZ designation will be able to use a revitalizing business tax incentive package valued at $22 billion nationwide. The bill authorizes the Secretary of HUD to designate up to 40 "renewal communities" from areas nominated by States and local governments. At least 12 of the designated renewal communities must be in rural areas. In general, nominated areas are ranked based on a formula that takes into account the area's poverty rate, median income, and unemployment rate. A nominated area that is designated as a renewal community is eligible for tax incentives. HUD Announcements and Original Statutes Creating RC's Posted: March 28, 2002 HUD ANNOUNCES EASTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES SELECTED AS A RENEWAL COMMUNITY - ELIGIBLE FOR $17 BILLION IN TAX INCENTIVES Critiques and Analysis of the Renewal Community Program Posted: March 28, 2002 Testimony to the House Committee on Small Business 105th Congress 105th Congress on HR3865: The American Community Renewal Act. Focus on Partnerships:The RC Initiative focuses on creating meaningful and productive partnerships, which HUD will fully support through technical assistance and capacity-building activities. C. Cooperation Among the Nominating Governments and Community Organizations. Summary of Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000 (S. 3152) RC's: Policy Initiatives Behind Laudable Goals in Community Renewal Act Posted: March 12, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 12, 1997 Responding to the reintroduction of the Community Renewal Act, the American Civil Liberties Union today cautioned that hidden behind the legislation's laudatory goals are a series of radical policy initiatives that, if adopted, would drain some of the nation's poorest public schools of their funding. |
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Information about HUD's Renewal Communities Program.Categories include general information on Renewal Communities, Tax Advantages and Issues, the CoRA: Managing the RC program, Renaissence Communities and Renewal Communities on Main Street, and information specific to the Eastern Kentucky RC. |
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