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How opportunity zones could help restore economy after COVID-19
Real Estate - MAY 27, 2020

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How opportunity zones could help restore economy after COVID-19

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The COVID-19 shutdown has created financial setbacks for millions of Americans and their communities, but economic troubles — whether caused by the pandemic or otherwise — don’t hit everyone equally.

“Unfortunately, there are many rural and urban areas across our great nation that have become distressed due to a variety of circumstances and factors — and that was true for these areas even before COVID-19,” said Jim White, founder and president of JL White International and author of Opportunity Investing: How To Revitalize Urban and Rural Communities with Opportunity Funds. “These areas cover the entire breadth of our nation and their populations are diverse. Poverty is a condition that does not discriminate, impacting people of every race, creed, color, gender, and age group, though it does strike minorities wi

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