Mayor says Hope Zones would capture business income tax to help hire and train local workers
September 20, 2026 | Flint City, Genesee County, Michigan
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The speaker said Hope Zones include a business component that would capture income tax dollars from businesses in a zone to fund workforce supports and business development. He used the example of a barbershop using funds to send a barber to school to obtain a license.
"We could capture the income tax dollars of the business and the property tax dollars of the home in that zone to reinvest in the community," the speaker said. The broadcast did not provide legislative text, revenue estimates or the mechanism by which state or local income tax shares would be redirected to neighborhood nonprofits.
"We could capture the income tax dollars of the business and the property tax dollars of the home in that zone to reinvest in the community," the speaker said. The broadcast did not provide legislative text, revenue estimates or the mechanism by which state or local income tax shares would be redirected to neighborhood nonprofits.
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