How to Make Communities Part of the Opportunity Zone Equation
But last year, when Angeline Johnson arrived in Wichita, Kansas, as a FUSE executive fellow tasked by the City Manager’s Office with encouraging equitable investment in Opportunity Zones (OZs), she discovered that some residents in northeast Wichita had mobilized to share concerns about their OZ designation. “There was a legitimate fear of gentrification and displacement,” Johnson said. The value of OZs to underserved communities has come under scrutiny. Attempting to track the program’s community impact, the Urban Institute released an early assessment recently that identified sever...
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