Data · dataset · 2025
Empowerment Zones
Listed in Maryland Open Data Portal
Introduced in 1993, the Empowerment Zone Initiative, along with Enterprise Community Initiative and Renewal Community Initiative, sought to reduce unemployment and generate economic growth through the designation of Federal tax incentives and award of grants to distressed communities.
Description
Local, Tribal and State government interested in participating in this program were required to present comprehensive plans that included the principles of: Strategic Visions for change, Community-Based Partnerships, Economic Opportunities and Sustainable Community Development.
Communities selected to participate in this program embraced these principles and lef projects that promoted economic development in their distressed communities.
Links
Get the data
- CSV opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/qmbc-jiv8/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD ↗
download · from opendata maryland gov
Where it is published
- Maryland Open Data Portal dataset page opendata.maryland.gov/dataset/Empowerment-Zones/qmbc-jiv8 ↗
landing page · from opendata maryland gov
Catalogue records · 1
- SODA API opendata.maryland.gov/resource/qmbc-jiv8.json ↗
metadata API · from opendata maryland gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Economics & Finance
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Open Data Portal | qmbc-jiv8 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/description |
| publication_date | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/name |
| updated_date | source · opendata maryland gov | connector:opendata_maryland_gov@1.0.0 |