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empowerment zones

Economic development strategy signed into law by Clinton in 1993 (appropriating earlier Republican ideas to revitalize neighborhoods through entrepreneurial zones with minimal government interference). Block grants of $100 million were given to cities like Philadelphia, PA/Camden and Baltimore, MD, as well as to rural areas to encourage industrial relocation into specific areas through tax grants, job training and placement and other assistance as well as general neighborhood programs administered under community boards. Doubts have been raised about the long-term success of these investments, which recall the Model Cities programs of the 1960s, despite a sharper economic focus.

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