Events
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...
EIG Webinar | Navigating COVID: Addressing the Economic Impact and Launching an Equitable Recovery
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) for a moderated discussion with EIG Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee and Kenneth Rogoff on the current economic situation and lessons from the Great Recession for mitigating...
EIG Webinar | The Spread and Persistence of Neighborhood Poverty: Lessons for the COVID-19 Response
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. You can also visit EIG’s website to read The Expanded Geography of High-Poverty Neighborhoods and The Persistence of Neighborhood Poverty, and explore our interactive map of high-poverty neighborhoods across the United States. The Economic Innovation...
OZ Webinar Series: Capital strategies for fortifying local economies during the crisis and recovery
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar, slides from the presentation, and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group and guest speaker Bruce Katz, Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, for a discussion on community capital strategies during the economic...
OZ Webinar Series: Investing Along Main Street
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 Main Street America to learn about emerging strategies for Main Street revitalization and business growth in Opportunity Zones. Local leaders are looking to Opportunity Zones as...
OZ Webinar Series: Latest Insights from the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar, presentation slides, and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group and Alfonso Costa, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for an in-depth discussion of the White House Opportunity...
OZ Webinar Series: The Substance and Significance of the Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Register Here Join the Economic Innovation Group, Steptoe, and Novogradac for a webinar on the final regulations on Opportunity Zones, which Treasury and the IRS released on December 19, 2019. Expert speakers...
OZ Webinar Series: Housing Experts Share Insights into Opportunity Zone Investments for Affordable Homes
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Many communities across the nation collectively face housing challenges due to a lack of homes that are affordably priced for low-income and working families. However, each city grapples with a unique set...
OZ Webinar Series: Anchor Institutions as Opportunity Zones Early Adopters and Agents for Change
This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar and EIG’s key takeaways for more information. Large institutions like universities, hospitals, major employers, and faith-based organizations can have an outsized impact on the prosperity of their local communities and residents. Once established, they tend to remain in the...