Municipalities
Strategies for equitable cities
For cities and municipalities, Opportunity Zones represent both an unprecedented opportunity to attract capital and a potentially explosive risk of displacement, gentrification, and misaligned incentives. As capital chases yield in spaces they often don’t know and in which they have not worked, the prospects for miscalculation are high. It’s critical that cities develop an Opportunity Zone strategy that maximizes the upside of new capital infusions while maintaining guardrails for community benefit. We’ve partnered with Pine Street Strategies to provide some guidance based on existing best practices.
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