Business Success Stories in the RC/EZ/EC's

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The RC/EZ/EC Initiative helps businesses throughout the country. These businesses have received loans and technical assistance and even taken advantage of special tax credits and deductions. We hope you find these stories helpful and inspirational.

Akron, Ohio, EC: Akron Industrial Incubator Hatches More Successes in EC

Albany, Georgia, EC: Job Developer Helps Welfare Recipients Find Work

Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York, EC: New Shopping Center To Keep Dollars in Community

Albuquerque, New Mexico, EC: EC Plans To Build 100 Homes on Vacant Lots

Atlanta, Georgia, EZ: Old Cotton and Bag Mill Becomes Cornerstone of Development

Baltimore, Maryland, EZ: Business Empowerment Center Provides Critical Resources for Small and Medium-Sized EZ Businesses

Birmingham, Alabama, EC: Walk Right Up and Get a Job

Boston, Massachusetts: Crosstown Center Project Creates 740 Jobs and Pays for Employment Training of EZ Residents

Bridgeport, Connecticut: Minigrants Help Existing Businesses Increase Economic Opportunity for Zone Residents

Bronx, New York:EZ Loans Help Two Woman-Owned Business Get Established

Cleveland, Ohio: EZ BOP Loan Provides Opportunity to Small Businesses

Cleveland, Ohio: EZ Partner Assist Fast-Growing Companies

Denver, Colorado: Micro-entrepreneurs team up to Maximize Resources

Detroit, Michigan: Minority Entrepreneurs Revive Dormant Cadillac Plant

El Paso, Texas: Shop Encourages Community Partnerships

Huntington , West Virginia/Ironton, Ohio: EZ helps Recruit Giant E-Commerce Company to the Empowerment Zone

Las Vegas, Nevada: Loan Guarantee Program Helps Businesses and Creates Jobs

Little Rock, Arkansas: Innovative Loan Guarantee Program Helps Small Firms get Capital

Los Angeles, California: City's Development Bank Helps Small Firms Create 1500 Jobs

Louisville, Kentucky: Nia Center Creates Pathways to Opportunities

Lowell, Massachusetts: Small Business Gets Boost

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Developer Group's Coaching Helps Bring Back Retail Services

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Whittier Emerging Business Center Assists 15 Local Businesses

Muskegon, Michigan: Tax Abatement Spurs Reinvestment in Zone

Newburgh/Kingston, New York: Grocery Wholesaler Invites Enterprise Community Residents To Work

New York, New York: Harlem USA Brings 800 Jobs to Empowerment Zone

New York, New York: Manhattan, Initiative Prepares Residents for Technology Jobs

New York, New York: Saturday Night Live Producer Builds Business in Harlem

Oakland, California: Enterprising Storeowner Shows the Way for Central-City Retailing

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Revolving Microloan Program shot in the arm

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: Entrepreneurs find Motivation at Church

Providence, Rhode Island: Recycling Waste Creates Jobs

Rochester, New York: B-KWIK Market Anchors Redevelopment of Shopping Centers

Santa Ana, California: Moving and Storage Company Takes Advantage of SBA HUBZone Program

San Diego, California: Technical Assistance Launches 16 Small Businesses in the EC

San Francisco, California: Youths Establish a Credit Union of Their Own

Springfield, Illinois: Superior Walls Provides Superior Opportunities

Tampa, Florida: Microloans Jump-Start Small EC Businesses