f spearhead boston's forts,. e yor enlisted geographer linda haar. with the community to establish ourmpowerment zone plan,k i sat back and started to think about boston from the perspective of a geographer, which is my training, and i've looked at boston along spatial lines. narrator: to help do that, haar's team uses a geographic iormation sysm map relative verty levelsfor . unfortunately, there are too many poor neighborhoods that qualify. there are many ways to draw the empowermt zone boundary that will decide who can and cannot receive the employment training, developmenmoneand jobs. busome of e choices stand out. haar: you can really define who lives in what neighborhood, and where are the neighborhoods th are living in poverty. and unfortunately, they happen to have a very strong relationship. narrator: but they're not all classic minority neighborhoods. marty nee is a leader from south boston, on the harr, where most residents are white irish-americans. maybe the face of poverty in boston is not just black; maybe it's not just hispanic; maybe there's a broader face of poverty t