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Will Opportunity Zones Accelerate Gentrification or Spur Critical Investment in Distressed Areas?

State and local officials will need to play a critical role in layering incentives to direct opportunity zone investment in projects with the greatest long-term benefits to local communities.
By Joe Koncelik and Chaz Weber
April 17, 2019
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by Joe Koncelik
Joe Koncelik chairs the Tucker Ellis Environmental & Renewable Energy Group. He has more than two decades of experience practicing in the areas of environmental law, property development, and remediation.
by Chaz Weber
Chaz Weber is a real estate finance attorney in the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis LLP where he co-chairs the firm’s Opportunity Zone Task Force.

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