Events
EIG American Dynamism Series | The Case for Non-compete Reform
Today, roughly 20 percent of all workers—approximately 30 million Americans—are covered by a non-compete agreement. The use of non-competes hinders worker mobility, reduces wage growth, and stifles entrepreneurship and innovation, with a disproportionately harmful effect on historically marginalized workers. Fundamentally, non-compete agreements are a barrier to the American ideals of...
OZ Webinar Series | Achieving Impact in Opportunity Zones Through Local Partnerships
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group on Tuesday, March 30, for a discussion on how to partner with local governments, community groups, and nonprofit organizations in order to achieve a financial and social return on Opportunity Zones...
OZ Webinar Series | Expanding Access to Broadband and Digital Opportunity in Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group on Tuesday, March 2, for a discussion on expanding access to broadband and digital opportunity in some of the nation’s most distressed communities. On average, 27 percent of Opportunity Zones (OZ)...
OZ Webinar Series | Tapping Opportunity Zones Financing for Community Development Tax Credit Deals
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group and guest speakers on Thursday, February 4, for a discussion with community development experts on leveraging Opportunity Zones (OZ) equity to support tax credit deals, like the Willkommen located in Cincinnati, OH....
OZ Webinar Series | Election Analysis: What Lies Ahead for Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group and guest speakers on Monday, November 16 for expert insights on how the Opportunity Zones policy may be shaped by the Biden Administration and future Congressional action....
Delivering Opportunity in Indiana
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) and the Opportunity Investment Consortium of Indiana on Wednesday, November 18 to learn about the launch of “Delivering Opportunity,” an analytic and strategy playbook developed by...
OZ Webinar Series: Evaluating the Impact of Opportunity Zones Investments
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group on Thursday, October 29 to learn about the methods Opportunity Fund managers are using to screen investment opportunities for impact. Guest speakers from Catalyst Opportunity Funds and...
EIG Webinar | Results and Analysis: 2020 Distressed Communities Index
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) on Tuesday, October 20th at 2:00 pm ET for a webinar on the findings from EIG’s latest Distressed Communities Index (DCI), “The Spaces Between Us: The Evolution of American Communities in...
OZ Webinar Series: Discussing the Needs of Children in Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. The Economic Innovation Group (EIG), with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, released a report on September 15 that explores the environmental conditions faced by children growing up in some of the nation’s most distressed communities....
EIG Webinar | How Policies to Support New Business Creation Can Help Drive Recovery
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. New businesses are the lifeblood of the American economy. They help keep the economy in a constant state of rebirth, replace dying industries, foster competition with incumbent companies, and produce new, higher-wage jobs. Minority...
OZ Webinar Series: Impact Investing in Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View presentation slides, a recording of the webinar, and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Socially motivated investors, community developers, foundations, and local leaders are working together across the nation to drive high-impact investments to Opportunity Zones (OZ). Despite wide-scale economic volatility spurred by the COVID-19...
OZ Webinar Series: Supporting Operating Businesses in Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View presentation slides, a recording of the webinar, and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. The final Opportunity Zones (OZ) regulations provided much-needed certainty and clarity for investors interested in supporting OZ operating businesses. A number of models for investment and partnership have emerged to help drive...