Opportunity Zones

Activities Publications

Opportunity Zones are a new federal incentive to spur investment in low-income and undercapitalized communities. Governors (and the mayor of the District of Columbia) have now selected zones, and investors, businesses, state and local governments, and philanthropy are figuring out how to turn this concept into investable deals. NNIP Partners are supporting their local communities in program planning and implementation.

Related Activities:
NNIP Partners Inform Local Opportunity Zone Conversations
December 2019
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)
Kinder Institute for Urban Research   (Houston)


Local businesses, investors, public agencies, and community and economic development groups are all thinking about ways to harness the federal Opportunity Zones designations to benefit their... [read more]

Opportunity Zones through an Equitable Development Lens in Baltimore
February 25, 2019
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


The Community Development Network of Maryland hosted a meeting in February 2019 about Opportunity Zones in Baltimore. Seema Iyer, Associate Director Jacob France Institute,... [read more]

Related Publications:
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
Health and Health-Related Resources in Newly Designated Federally Qualified Opportunity Zones
January 30, 2020
Journal Article - By: Jana Hirsch
Link; Interactive App
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
Federally Qualified Opportunity Zones: an Opportunity for Natural Experiments on Place-based Programming and Neighborhood Change
January 2020
Presentation - By: Jana Hirsch
PPTX
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Houston
Opportunity Zones in Metro Houston
November 2019
Digital Feature - By: Houston Community Data Connections team
Link
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Charlotte
Data, urban agriculture and opportunity zones: Lessons from Milwaukee
June 20, 2019
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo
Read more.
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Opportunity Zones: Implications for Partners and Local Communities
June 12, 2019
Meeting Materials - By: Brett Theodos
PPTX
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Opportunity Zones: Implications for Partners and Local Communities
June 12, 2019
Video - By: John Cruz; Brett Theodos; Aaron Seybert; Geoff Smith
Session materials
Framing Page for "Opportunity Zones: Implications for Partners and Local Communities"
June 12, 2019
Meeting Materials - By: Leah Hendey; Kathy Pettit
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
NNIP Camp June 2019: Opportunity Zones
June 12, 2019
Meeting Materials - By: Brett Theodos
Camp Session Notes
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Putting Baltimore’s Opportunity Zones in Context
February 22, 2019
Blog post - By: Seema Iyer
Blog; Interactive mapping tool
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Understanding the Relationship between Opportunity Zones and Displacement Pressure in Chicago
February 2019
Blog post - By: Geoff Smith; Will Holland; Sarah Duda
Link to blog post
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
New Release from Columbia University Press: The Dream Revisited
January 2019
Book - By: Ingrid Gould Ellen, Justin Peter Steil
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Housing and Educational Opportunity: Characteristics of Local Schools Near Families with Federal Housing Assistance
July 2018
Report - By: Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Horn