Topic: Opportunity Zones
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Growing the Pie, Not Cutting the Pieces
Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab Director Bruce Katz on growing inclusive wealth in city neighborhoods
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/High_Line_20th_Stree-791x400.jpg)
Who Pays and Who Gains?
Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director rethinks the interplay between public investments and private wealth in cities
By Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/revitalize-underserved-communities-opportunity-zones--791x400.jpg)
A Quiet Revolution
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
By Ross Baird and Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/illinois-medical-district-in-chicago-791x400.jpg)
Where Innovation and Opportunity Meet
Drexel’s metro finance director on what we can learn from the Illinois Medical District
By Bruce Katz and Suzet McKinney![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shift-capital-kensington-791x400.jpg)
The New Street Fight
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
By Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Checks-Cashed-791x400.jpg)
Too Big to Function?
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
By Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/housing-header-7.07.49-PM-791x400.jpg)
The Surprising Truth
18 months into the controversial Opportunity Zone tax incentive for distressed neighborhoods, some hopeful lessons...and some remaining questions
By Ross Baird and Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20-shelby-park-better-block-mtg1-791x400.jpg)
The Street Corner Answer
Intensely local investments rescued a Louisville neighborhood from the brink. Could it be a new way to think about economic development?
By Ross Baird and Bruce Katz