From: Meeting of the Minds <jessie@meetingoftheminds.org>
Date: August 8, 2019 at 1:02:33 PM EDT
To: Michael McDonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>
Subject: A Community Blueprint for Opportunity Zones
Reply-To: us5-efc2f06a79-c496711d76@inbound.mailchimpapp.net

August 8, 2019 A Community Blueprint for Opportunity Zones By Ben Bartlett and Matt Napoli Cities can and should inform their community members living in Opportunity Zones about what Opportunity Zones are, and how they work to protect them from speculation and displacement. Cities should also create zoning overlays to ensure projects proposed in Opportunity Zones actually provide community benefit. Cities can even create impact investing prospectuses marketing their Opportunity Zones to ethical investors. And, finally, cities should be ambitious, and create their own Opportunity Funds to include investment experts, policy experts, and members of the community to fund equitable, sustainable projects that actually benefit communities.  Read Article To discuss this blog post in more depth, Ben Bartlett is taking over our Twitter account today. Follow @MeetoftheMinds to join the conversation! Upcoming events from Meeting of the Minds August 20th Webinar: Democratized Data Access: the Key to Managing Urban Mobility in Cities On August 20, 2019, at 10 am PT, Meeting of the Minds will host a free, live webinar featuring Heather Marx of the Seattle Department of Transportation and Rachel Zack of Remix. Register   September 25th Webinar: City of San Diego’s Inclusive & Connected Communities Roadmap for Smart City Projects On September 25, 2019, at 10 am PT, Meeting of the Minds will host a live webinar featuring Steph Stoppenhagen of Black & Veatch, Dave O’Connor of Atonix, and Jason Anderson of Cleantech San Diego. Register   The Next Urban Future Join us October 3rd in Sacramento (CA) for “The Next Urban Future” with 120 VIPs to discuss strategies to accelerate new mobility, energy and bandwidth solutions in cities. Registration now open: https://meetingoftheminds.org/thenexturbanfuture Update the frequency of these emails or leave this list.