slCareer Studio FREE virtual Opportunity Zones Center consists of business plan templates, development plan companies, small business agencies, and OPPORTUNITY FUNDS. As new opportunity zones information is developed, those resources will get added to slCareer Studio Opportunity Zones Center.
Special thanks to Our Opportunity, Forbes, and Economic Innovation Group.
WHAT ARE OPPORTUNITY ZONES? Opportunity Zones are low-income census tracts nominated by governors and certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury into which investors can now put capital to work financing new projects and enterprises in exchange for certain federal capital gains tax advantages. The country now has over 8,700 Opportunity Zones in every state and territory.
WHAT ARE OPPORTUNITY FUNDS? Opportunity Funds are new private sector investment vehicles that invest at least 90 percent of their capital in qualifying assets in Opportunity Zones. U.S. investors currently hold trillions of dollars in unrealized capital gains in stocks and mutual funds alone— a significant untapped resource for economic development. Funds will enable a broad array of investors to pool their resources in Opportunity Zones, increasing the scale of investments going to underserved areas.
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