Watch the recording of this webinar. Opportunity Zones have received a lot of press, both good and bad. They are a new way to attract large-scale investments to tough parts of the country. However, understanding and communicating their benefits is not so simple. Join Abigail Emison of Vita Nuova and Michael Malley of Mikton Consulting as[…]
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Rebuilding America Webinar #1 – Taking the Long View: Rebuilding Communities is a Marathon Not a Sprint!
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Jun
Jun
The ReGenesis Partnership in Spartanburg, SC, has worked to rebuild and revitalize the Arkwright community for the past 20 years. This effort has involved a multi-stakeholder partnership composed of representatives of Federal, State, and local government agencies; the private sector; academia; and community organizations. The partnership has utilized the Collaborative Problem-Solving Model, where the community[…]
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May
May
Optimism remains high that the qualified opportunity zone program will assist in rebuilding distressed communities in opportunity zones post-pandemic given the increase of capital gain investment in qualified opportunity funds. Since the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency on January 31, 2020, under section 319[…]
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May
May
Rebuilding America Webinar #2 The Oakley Story: From End of the Line to Hub for the Region Look for the second Rebuilding America webinar coming in late summer! This is an evolving story of how a small town in California banded together with an industrial owner of a former manufacturing site and a developer to[…]
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May
May
The US Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that 151 communities and tribes were selected to receive $65.6 million in EPA Brownfields funding to assess, cleanup, and redevelop underutilized properties. These funds will assist communities in recycling vacant and abandoned contaminated properties for new and productive reuses. Nearly 30% of the communities selected are receiving brownfields[…]
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Apr
Apr
Join Us in Rebuilding America The global pandemic crisis has had an extraordinary impact on the American economy. Despite the challenges brought on by the crisis, this time offers a unique opportunity for the nation to redouble efforts at revitalization. We at the Redevelopment Institute are dedicated to these efforts using a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary approach[…]