enterprise zone

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Last year, he floated the idea of using federal land to build “freedom cities,” a kind of unregulated enterprise zone for housing, business and flying cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2024

Their potential conflicts were the focus of attention Wednesday as port commissioners debated for about 20 minutes the propriety of the two commissioners’ participation in the vote on Amazon’s new enterprise zone incentives.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

They recommended “direct payments to riot survivors and descendants,” a scholarship fund for similarly affected students, the establishment of an economic-development enterprise zone in the Greenwood district and “a memorial to the riot victims.”

From New York Times • May 25, 2021

The size of the program has the potential to dwarf earlier attempts to encourage investment in poor neighborhoods, such as the enterprise zone programs begun in the 1980s.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2019

Regulatory reform legislation, a responsible clean air act, and passage of enterprise zone legislation will also create new incentives for jobs and opportunity.

From State of the Union Address by Reagan, Ronald