Obama Administration Announces Final Round of Promise Zone Designations to Expand Access to Opportunity in Urban, Rural and Tribal Communities

Collaborative, Evidence-based Approach Puts Citizens and Local Leaders at Center of Federal Solutions

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  Over the past seven years, President Obama and his Administration have steadily advanced a new approach to Federal engagement with communities. The Administration has abandoned an outdated, top-down approach to investing in communities in favor of a collaborative federal role that is driven by partnership with local officials, and reliance on data and evidence to guide what works.

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