By seizing and anticipating any local development opportunities and building on our global expertise, Veolia designs and delivers services that are vital to ...
By seizing and anticipating any local development opportunities and building on our global expertise, Veolia designs and delivers services that are vital to ...
Opportunity Funds can be established by a wide swath of groups or organizations, such as banks, development groups, community development finance institutions, regional economic development groups and investor consortiums, according to the Economic Innovation Group, which spearheaded the initiative…
A new program uses tax incentives to encourage investors to help revitalize low-income communities. Research on similar programs from the past suggests it doesn’t work to reduce poverty.
An economic downturn in an ecosystem due to the decline of a primary employer or industry can create huge new…
With Opportunity Zones, the potential is there for great benefit, but it is not yet clear where, how, and to whom any benefits will accrue. People who care about connecting residents and businesses in distressed communities with opportunities need to act now so they fulfill their promise.
The TCJA offers investors some unprecedented tax benefits, but it's complicated.
The need for talent has driven many states and cities to come up with creative initiatives to entice workers to move and develop their skills there.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included changes for businesses and individuals. One of these is the creation of the Opportunity Zones tax incentive, an economic development tool that allows people to invest in distressed areas
The substantial improvement definition could be one based on total cost expenditures or something based on the strict definition of what could must be capitalized.
Transportation and land use planning decisions affect economic opportunity and mobility—the chance that children become more economically successful than their parents. We can help create more equitable communities.
This year’s Opportunity Index was just released. It’s an annual big-data report that ranks states on how easy it is for people to improve their lives
Developers and investors are enamored enough with the federal Opportunity Zones program that they have been raising massive funds in hopes of taking advantage of the big tax incentive. But they remain cautious enough over of the program’s many unanswered questions that few have deployed much of the
Opportunity Zones could allow distressed communities to tap a multi-trillion-dollar pool of capital to support a wide range of economic development activities.
The Internet has been a catalyst for so many changes in our values, economics, lifestyles and even geographic living preferences. Millennials, the
Cities and states are altering local policies to maximize benefits for private investors in Opportunity Zones.
Cities are getting into the start-up game and have benefitted from tech accelerators focused on AI and mobility and incubators that are active health
Despite the popular narrative that average Americans are experiencing economic stagnation, data show the middle-class is enjoying more prosperity over time.