[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR597.2]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 597_URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES: ROUND 
ONE DESIGNATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 597.2  Objective and purpose.

    The purpose of this part is to provide for the establishment of 
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities in urban areas, to 
stimulate the creation

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of new jobs, particularly for the disadvantaged and long-term 
unemployed, and to promote revitalization of economically distressed 
areas.