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During the Reagan years, bruising cutbacks in federal aid to inner cities helped to widen the chasm between prosperous suburb and distressed urban areas. As a proceed many communities were forced to unfold greater reliance on their admit resourcefulness. Such skill on the local flush is exactly what a modern federal aid program is designed to discipline

Responding to a campaign commitment, the Clinton administration is cultivating Empowerment climes and Enterprise Communities, an interagency program that will designate more than 100 rural and urban communities, including six