Virtual Series V

Are Opportunity Zones still a Game Changer?

October 21, 2020 | 10 a.m.

The Federal Opportunity Zone Program was created in 2017 to bring investment to distressed state census tracts. Investors have poured billions of dollars into Opportunity Zones, demonstrating confidence in the program’s value to long-term investment. However, time-based incentives to invest in OZs are coming to a close, and questions have been raised as to how much of an impact those dollars are making on local communities. Join the EDCC, OEDIT, and a panel of OZ experts as we discuss the present and future of the OZ Program, and whether the program remains the “game changer” it promised to be at its inception.

SESSION LINEUP:
Moderator: Mike Landes, Opportunity Zones Director, OEDIT
Panelists:
– Grant Baskerville, Manager, Sorenson Impact Center
– Chelsea Rosty, Director of Business Innovation & Tourism, City of Montrose
– Jessica Erickson, President & CEO, Longmont Economic Development Partnership
– Fred Adams, Chief Investment Officer, Parsonex Capital Partners

Who should attend? This is a FREE virtual event and we invite our rural and urban, public and private-sector, for profit and not-for-profit, individual communities, counties and regional organizations, local and state government, chambers of commerce, universities, and private industry stakeholders to attend.

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Presentations from this series will be added at the conclusion of the event.

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SESSION LINEUP:
Moderator: Mike Landes, Opportunity Zones Director, OEDIT | LinedIN
Panelists:
– Grant Baskerville, Manager, Sorenson Impact Center | LinedIN
– Chelsea Rosty, Director of Business Innovation & Tourism, City of Montrose | LinedIN
– Jessica Erickson, CEcD, President & CEO, Longmont Economic Development Partnership | LinedIN
– Fred Adams, Chief Investment Officer, Parsonex Capital Partners | LinedIN

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