Input offered on opportunity zone designations

Red Bluff — The Tehama County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve recommendations for an opportunity zone program stemming from a 2017 federal tax reform bill. … By Julie Zeeb, Daily News Read the full article here.
Read moreKasich picks 320 Ohio census tracks to recommend to feds for ‘Opportunity Zone’ designation

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has chosen 320 census tracts to recommend to the U.S. Treasury Department to be designated as Opportunity Zones (OZ), which, if accepted, would make development or redevelopment projects in these census tracts, which are considered economically distressed, more attractive to private sector investment. … By Jay Miller, Crain’s Cleveland Business Read the…
Read moreArea communities, counties to be designated Opportunity Zones

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D. and officials from state government agencies have completed a review of Letters of Interest submitted from communities across the state to be considered for designation as Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones are a new economic development tool enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 designed to encourage long-term…
Read moreBrookhaven to nominate 4 communities for economic program

Four struggling communities in Brookhaven Town are to be nominated for a program designed to create economic opportunity zones that could benefit from the new federal tax law. … By Carl MacGowan, Newsday Read the full article here.
Read moreTracts of Bayonne designated in Trump tax reform as ‘opportunity zones’

BAYONNE — Large swaths of the city have been designated as “opportunity zones,” which officials hope will spur investment in the city through federal tax incentives. … By Corey W. McDonald, NJ.com Read the full article here.
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