Communities Urged To Apply For New Development Program

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut cities and towns are being encouraged to apply for a new federal community development program to help low-income areas.
Each governor must submit a plan to the federal government for designating tracts as Opportunity Zones. Interested communities must return their completed applications to the state Department of Economic and Community Development by March 16.
Qualified tracts must have a poverty rate of at least 20 percent of the median income that does