Tag: opportunity zones

Paseo Gateway / Northwest opportunity zone, Kansas City, Missouri We Grow KC

We Grow KC investment summit aims to harness opportunity zones to empower neighborhood social fabric

By Tommy Felts / June 13, 2019

Investment is a two-way street that can have a positive impact on both investors and community residents, said Dianne Cleaver. A new gathering — the June 26-27 We Grow KC Opportunity Zones Investor Summit — aims to bridge the potential divide between such neighbors with the back of Cleaver’s Urban Neighborhoods Initiative, the Ewing Marion…

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Startup stakeholders: Opportunity zones could prompt culture shift on redevelopment

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2018

Startup community stakeholders think opportunity zones in some of Kansas City’s poorest areas could work, but only with collaboration between the government and private sector. A number of low-income communities in Kansas City are eligible for designation as opportunity zones — areas in which investors may defer paying capital gains taxes over a certain period…

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