Presentation outlines Neighborhood Empowerment Zone incentives, application issues and district boundaries

Jul 16, 2026

Staff presented Laredo’s Neighborhood Empowerment Zone (NEZ/NAZ) program, explaining eligibility, boundaries, fees and designation periods (5–10 years), and acknowledged contradictions in the application that staff will correct and make more user-friendly.

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City staff gave a presentation on the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone (NEZ/NAZ) program designed to encourage infill residential and commercial redevelopment inside defined districts.

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