Topic: Opportunity Zones

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab Director Bruce Katz on growing inclusive wealth in city neighborhoods

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director rethinks the interplay between public investments and private wealth in cities

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director says the U.S. could be on the brink of a radical shift in how underserved communities are revitalized—and he’s released a blueprint for how to get there

Drexel’s metro finance director on what we can learn from the Illinois Medical District

The Director of Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab on how Shift Capital might help make Kensington a model of the right type of private investment

Check cashers and dollar stores thrive in urban neighborhoods while local businesses struggle. The director of Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab points to a better way

18 months into the controversial Opportunity Zone tax incentive for distressed neighborhoods, some hopeful lessons...and some remaining questions

Intensely local investments rescued a Louisville neighborhood from the brink. Could it be a new way to think about economic development?

Ideologues have set their sights on Opportunity Zones. The Nowak Metro Finance Lab Director suggests cutting through the cynicism, and bringing to life the places that have been left behind

The Nowak Metro Finance Lab Director on how the federal tax incentive might grow equitable wealth in cities beyond its intent