The newly daylit Assunpink Creek next to Mill Hill Park in Trenton. I'm so excited for this to open! It's right around the corner from Warren St where all the restaurants & Starbucks are. It'll especially be a critical asset once the abandoned garage is developed. #TrentonMakes
Watching my incredible colleague @Jane_E_Cohen who will be leading our new Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy join @GovMurphy to announce $100M investment in environmental justice and the green economy.
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Must Read: @bruce_katz article in @FinancialTimes on how #OpportunityZones help #KeepLocalWealthLocal: "The US doesn’t have a capital problem; it has an organizational problem. So how can capital flows be rewired to reverse the export of wealth?" Link: https://t.co/WwC7UcrDGj
Great to be on an #OpportunityZones panel at UPenn and learn about the amazing work going on in Philly, Baltimore, and most importantly Newark! @aisha_glover @Tai_Cooper101 @benseigel22 @vaughnross @annebnevins
So excited to see this happening. We need more stakeholder specific #OpportunityZones convenings. Look out for ones we're planning for business, healthcare, and the public sector!
Now is the time to shape #OpportunityZones. Learn how - Join our free webinar, Ensuring Impact: The Role of #Philanthropy in Opportunity Zones on April 18. Register 🔜 https://t.co/QZuicVAjYc
Maybe the biggest single issue with #OpportunityZones is how ethereal they are; this piece brings them back down to Earth and shows us, in detail, what's starting to work and what makes this an innovative incentive to positively reshape the economy.
Particularly like the OZ Community Corp, which will help existing businesses and others get pro Bono legal and accounting advice on how to setup an OZ fund.
Great news out of #WashingtonDC on OZ, city-land redev, #affordablehomes
"She has harmonized the city's priorities and resources... which is brilliant."
#DC Unveils New #OpportunityZone Initiatives, Development RFPs https://t.co/Kho5NL4Pus
Left to their own fate, state and local policy makers often end up shoveling money at companies in the hope of attracting future investment. It isn’t working.
“The destiny of the U.S. heartland may be to go from farming and manufacturing towns of 5,000 people to college towns of 50,000.”
Strong case for second-tier research institutions as regional revitalizers, by @Noahpinion.
https://t.co/1JAHOSHbqw