In The Zone Cities are using rezoning to lure home businesses, and helping to reverse the decay of economically challenged areas

When Jim McCarthywanted to launch McCarthy Communications in his Washington, DC,neighborhood of Georgetown, he figured working from home might befrowned upon.

To the contrary,he found the community was home-office-friendly.

Congress, helearned, had enacted "dual-use" enterprise zones to spureconomic growth in the area. Thus, in 1997, when McCarthy movedinto his condominium--with ample space for his business and a loftoverlooking bustling M Street--he knew he had found ahome.