The Empowerment Zone in Boston 2000-2009: Lessons Learned for Neighborhood Revitalization
This 10-year study of Boston’s empowerment zone suggests that this initiative was successful in revitalizing some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Its successes include the first black-owned hotel in New England in decades; assisting small and neighborhood-based businesses, and helping expand the capacity of local nonprofits. These accomplishments increased the level and quality of economic activity in this area of Boston.
From The Review of Black Political Economy