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Building Communities:Together
Federal Programs Guide
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The President’s Community Empowerment Board
U.S. Department of HousingU.S. Department ofand Urban DevelopmentAgriculture
Andrew Cuomo, SecretaryDan Glickman, Secretary 
 
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“For the past 5 years, we have worked to bringthe spark of private enterprise to inner cityand poor rural areas—with community devel-opment banks, more commercial loans in thepoor neighborhoods, cleanup of polluted sitesfor development. Under the continued leader-ship of the Vice President, we propose to triplethe number of Empowerment Zones, to givebusiness incentives to invest in those areas.”
 —President Bill ClintonState of the Union, January 20, 1998
“Our empowerment agenda is built on thebelief that everyone has a positive contribu-tion to make, and that all communities cancreate the climate that calls forth thatcontribution…if we give them the toolsthey need.”
 —Vice President Al Gore
 
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“The concept of Empowerment Zones andEnterprise Communities couples nationalobjectives with local means, Federal goalswith local ingenuity. It’s a true and equalpartnership, the hallmark of which isperformance. It’s an approach whichbelieves that one size does not fit all,that Washington does not know best.”
 —Andrew CuomoSecretary, U.S. Department of  Housing and Urban Development 
Boston Globe,
July 18, 1997 
“The best strategy for revitalizing the innercity is one that recognizes that the best peopleto decide how to improve their communitiesare the people living there: going to schoolthere, working there, and raising families there.Under the Empowerment Zone and EnterpriseCommunity Initiative, community membersare coming together across the country toimprove their homes, neighborhoods, andcities.”
 —Saul N. Ramirez, Jr. Assistant Secretary for CommunityPlanning and Development U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 
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