This site provides links to publications and resources that may be relevant to economic development for public and private stakeholders.

Publications

Community Renewal Publications

• Final Rule on Performance Standards for Utilization of Empowerment Zone Grant Funds
• Q&As on RC/EZ Tax Incentives
• Spotlight on Results: Capturing Successes in Renewal Communities and Empowerment Zones
• Transcript of Panel Discussion on New Markets Tax Credits
• Fixing our Schools Now!
• PERMS Training Manual for EZ/EC Grantees (July 2002)
• PERMS User Guide for HUD Public Trust Officers (July 2002)
• Designation of Round III Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities-Interim (Rule 24 CFR Part 599)
• Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Annual Summary
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Monthly Summary
• Updated News and Reports
• Economy at a Glance

GAO Reports

• The United States General Accounting Office
• Local Growth Issues - Federal Opportunities and Challenges
  GAO/RCED-00-178; released September 6, 2000. Report requested by Senator Jim Jeffords (VT) and Senator Carl Levin (MI)
• Survey of Local Growth Issues
  GAO/RCED-00-272; September 2000
  Results of GAO's survey of nearly 2,000 city and county governments.

Tax Incentive Publications:

• IRS Publication 954, Tax Incentives for Distressed Communities
• IRS Publication 4492, Information for Taxpayers Affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
• Tax Tips for Accountants and Businesses in Renewal Communities
• Tax Tips for Accountants and Businesses in Empowerment Zones
• Tax Incentive Guide for Businesses in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities - FY 2003
• Tax Incentives + Businesses = Jobs; A Marketing Primer on How to Entice Businesses to Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

Webcasts

• Webcast on the $11 billion Renewal Community and Empowerment Zone Tax Incentives
• Broadcast on $19 Billion for Renewal Community, Empowerment Zone, and Gulf Zone Businesses