Navajo Nation seeks Promise Zone designation

FARMINGTON — A Navajo lawmaker is seeking authorization for the Navajo Nation to submit an application in the hopes of receiving a Promise Zone designation.

The Promise Zone is a federal initiative the Obama Administration started in 2013 that focuses on people who live in high poverty in urban, rural and tribal communities.

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