A nation of neighborhoods
/ John P. Bailey, AEI
Policymakers and business leaders are confronting two emerging challenges facing the country.
Read moreSeeking Opportunity Zone impact alpha
/ Dennis Price, ImpactAlpha
At least 20 Opportunity Funds are trying to raise more than $1 billion.
Read moreFive Questions: John Lettieri of EIG
While at the Sorensen Impact Winter Innovation Summit earlier this month we spoke to John Lettieri, President and CEO of the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), about opportunity zones, misconceptions surrounding them, and what success might look like for them. Here is what he had to say.
Read moreNew Opportunity Zones Could Jumpstart Depressed Economies. If Only We Knew.
/ Benjamin Harris, Wall Street Journal
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created new Opportunity Zones designed to funnel much-needed investment to distressed communities.
Read moreAmazon HQ2 Was an ‘Unfortunate Distraction’ From ‘Needy Communities’
/ J. Brian Charles, Governing Magazine
The online retail giant’s plans in New York attracted bad PR for a new federal program aimed at helping economically distressed areas like Long Island City.
Read more