Ross Baird

2 months ago | yieldpro.com | Bruce Katz |Ross Baird |Michael Saadine

Opportunity Zones (OZs) have emerged as a significant tool in driving investment into underdeveloped areas, offering a compelling case for their continuation and expansion. Since their inception in 2017, OZs have attracted nearly $100 billion in private capital, according to the Economic Innovation Group (EIG). These investments have catalyzed the creation of more than 500,000 jobs, demonstrating their efficacy as a tool for economic development.

Dec 9, 2024 | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Ross Baird |Bruce Katz

As states, cities, metropolitan areas and rural communities wrestle with the implications of the 2024 elections, Opportunity Zones have emerged as a core pillar of what might come next in housing and economic development. Opportunity Zones emerged as a little-known provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.