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Distribution and Benefits in Ohio's Enterprise Zone Program
In 2005, Ohio lawmakers will likely consider whether or not to renew the law authorizing Ohio's Enterprise Zone Program, a popular program initially created to spur economic development and job creation in distressed areas. Enterprise zones provide property tax abatements to firms that locate or expand within zone borders. This study, by Kent State University Assistant Professor Mark Cassell, finds that substantially more of the jobs and investment associated with the program go to higher-income areas in the state. These findings should be considered when the program is reevaluated.
Enterprising Program Offers Hope Willoughby News-Herald, November 21, 04
Zoned Out: A Plan to Help Dying Cities Shoves the Knife Deeper Scene Magazine, June 16-22, 04
Enterprise Zones Help Affluent Areas, Report Says Dayton Daily News, October 29, 03
Abatement Worries Unite Schools Columbus Dispatch, October 29, 03
Study: Tax Abatements Benefit Wealthier More Than Low-Income Areas Wooster Daily Record, October 31, 03
Affluent Areas Get Biggest Zone Aid Chicago Tribune, November 2, 03
Study Says Enterprise Zones Favor Wealthy Communities Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 4, 03
Wealthy Benefit Most From Enterprise Zones Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cassell, November 10, 03
* Funding for this study was provided by the Ohio Urban University Program. The photograph on this website was taken by Gregory Conniff for the George Gund Foundation's A City Seen collection. |
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