FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: HUD RENEWAL COMMUNITIES, EMPOWERMENT ZONES, AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA - 2016 

Geodataset Name:       HUD_RCEZEC_JAN16
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         43
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Introduced in 1993, the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC), and Renewal Community (RC) Initiatives sought to reduce unemployment and generate economic growth through the designation of Federal tax incentives and award of grants to distressed communities. Local, Tribal, and State governments interested in participating in this program were required to present comprehensive plans that included the following principles: Strategic Visions for Change, Community-Based Partnerships, Economic Opportunities, and Sustainable Community Development. Communities selected to participate in this program embraced these principles and led projects that promoted economic development in their distressed communities. The EZ/EC initiative was implemented in the form of three competitions authorized by Congress in 1994 (round I), 1998 (round II), and 2001 (round III). The EC designation expired in 2004 and EZ and RC designations generally expired at the end of 2009. However, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-312 extended the Empowerment Zone and DC Enterprise Zone designations to December 31, 2011. Following the end of the first EZ designation extension on December 31, 2011, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012, signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013, provided for an extension of the Empowerment Zone designations for Empowerment Zone Tax Credit purposes only until December 31, 2013. The ATRA of 2012 did not extend the designation of the DC Enterprise Zone. The third retroactive extension of the Empowerment Zone designation, for the purpose claiming EZ tax credits only, was the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA 2014). TIPA 2014 was signed into law by President Obama on December 19, 2014 and extended the EZ designation for the purpose of businesses and entities claiming EZ tax incentives until December 31, 2014. TIPA 2014 did not extend the designation of the DC Enterprise Zone. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20160115
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 20070515    End Date: 20160111
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: HUD_RCEZEC_JAN16.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NAME
45 String
FULLNAME
65 String
TYPE
20 String
TRACT
8 String
COUNTYFIPS
4 String
STATEFIPS
2 String
STATEABBR
2 String
DSITE
4 String
DSITENAME
25 String
CONTNMPRE
4 String
CONTFSTNM
8 String
CONTMIDNM
2 String
CONTLSTNM
10 String
CONTNMSUF
1 String
CONTTITLE
1 String
CONTORG
30 String
CONTDEPT
1 String
CONTADDR1
35 String
CONTADDR2
30 String
CONTCITY
15 String
CONTSTATE
2 String
CONTZIP
5 String
CONTPHONE
15 String
CONTFAX
15 String
CONTEMAIL
25 String
FIPS
12 String
TRACTYEAR
5 String
PERIODA
30 String
PERIODB
60 String
PERIODC
75 String
URBANRURAL
5 String
LINK
132 String
PERIODD
30 String
DESCRIPT
65 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















NAME

Short Name of Designated Renewal Community
















FULLNAME

Full Name of Designated Renewal Community
















TYPE

Type of Designation
















TRACT

6-Digit Census Tract Code
















COUNTYFIPS

County FIPS Code
















STATEFIPS

State FIPS Code
















STATEABBR

State
















DSITE

Developable Site
















DSITENAME

Developable Site Name
















CONTNMPRE

Contact Name Prefix
















CONTFSTNM

Contact First Name
















CONTMIDNM

Contact Middle Initial
















CONTLSTNM

Contact Last Name
















CONTNMSUF

Contact Name Suffix
















CONTTITLE

Contact Title
















CONTORG

Contact Organization
















CONTDEPT

Contact Department
















CONTADDR1

Contact Address 1
















CONTADDR2

Contact Address 2
















CONTCITY

Contact City
















CONTSTATE

Contact State
















CONTZIP

Contact ZIP Code
















CONTPHONE

Contact Phone Number
















CONTFAX

Contact Fax Number
















CONTEMAIL

Contact Email Address
















FIPS

Tract FIPS Code
















TRACTYEAR

Year of Census Tract Vintage
















PERIODA

Designation History Period A (1994 - 1997)
















PERIODB

Designation History Period B (1998 - 2001)
















PERIODC

Designation History Period C (2002 - 2009)
















URBANRURAL

Urban or Rural
















LINK

HUD Community Renewal Website URL
















PERIODD

Designation History Period D (2009 - 2011)
















DESCRIPT

Field added by FGDL based on FULLNAME.
















FGDLAQDATE

The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
















AUTOID

Unique ID added by GeoPlan
















SHAPE.AREA

Area in meters
















SHAPE.LEN

Perimeter in meters




























USER NOTES:








This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology













This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.













GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

























Introduced in 1993, the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC),
and Renewal Community (RC) Initiatives sought to reduce unemployment and
generate economic growth through the designation of Federal tax incentives
and award of grants to distressed communities.















This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan















This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan





























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REFERENCES: 














DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








GeoPlan Dataset Actions:

 - dataset downloaded from HUD's egis website: http://egis.hud.gov/
 - dataset clipped to Florida state boundary
 - spatial variations noted between the Jun10 layer version and the update
   as well as new attribute fields
 - layer projected to FGDL Albers projection from Decimal Degrees NAD83
 - layer renamed to HUD_RCEZEC_JAN16
 - DESCRIPT added based on FULLNAME
 - FGDLAQDATE added based on date downloaded from source
 - attribute fields upcased
Process Date: 20160712









MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS: 



Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000




DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):








Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:




Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
HUD
451 7th Street SW
Washington, D.C.
20410
(202) 708-0614 ext. 5745


http://egis.hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/23a64021cec34a8d99b159a58c535d0d_0

Robert Renner









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