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Opportunity Zones: What we learned and what comes next
Brookings and AmericaFWD announced an October 22 discussion of research on the first generation of Opportunity Zones and the implications for the 2026 redesignation process. Tracy Hadden Loh and Christopher Coes were scheduled to present findings before a broader panel conversation.
The event brings together perspectives from investment, community development and state policy. Its announced agenda includes differences in outcomes among communities, project readiness and the connection between zone selection and actual investment. The page describes a planned research discussion; it does not itself establish the findings of the forthcoming panel.
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