[Electronic-lan] Fwd: FW: Stakeholder engagement meeting for opportunity zones

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From: Diane Stoddard via Electronic-lan <electronic-lan at lists.ku.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 10:10 AM
Subject: [Electronic-lan] FW: Stakeholder engagement meeting for
opportunity zones
To: LAN <electronic-lan at lists.ku.edu>
Cc: Britt Crum-Cano <bcano at lawrenceks.org>


Please see the news release below- we would encourage all neighborhoods to
attend.  Thank you to LAN and Phil Collison for serving on the planning
group for this event!



*Thanks, Diane*



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*Diane Stoddard*, Assistant City Manager – dstoddard at lawrenceks.org

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*Stakeholder engagement meeting for opportunity zones*

On Tuesday, October 22, a group of five Lawrence-area organizations,
including the City of Lawrence, Douglas County Community Foundation,
Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and
University of Kansas, will host a stakeholder engagement meeting for
residents, business owners and other interested parties to give their input
on desired developments in the two opportunity zones located in Lawrence.

Opportunity zones are a new federal economic development tool enacted by
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that is designed to encourage long-term
investments in low-income urban and rural communities. In 2018,
then-Governor of Kansas Jeff Colyer designated two opportunity zones in
Lawrence.

The first Lawrence opportunity zone is the “University Zone,” which
includes the entire KU campus. The second opportunity zone is the “East
Lawrence Zone,” which includes four targeted investment areas: the eastern
side of the Downtown Lawrence shopping district, the historic Warehouse
Arts District, VenturePark and East Hills Business Park, and parts of
several eastern Lawrence neighborhoods. See map below for reference.

The stakeholder engagement meeting will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
Oct. 22 in Flory Hall at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St.
Community members attending the meeting will have the opportunity to
proactively share what types of developments they would like to see in the
opportunity zones. Input shared at the meeting will be provided to the
Lawrence City Commission and included in an informational guide that will
be available for prospective investors.

The ultimate goal of the opportunity zones program is to spur meaningful
economic development in these areas. Additional information is available on
our website: lawrenceks.org/ed/opportunity-zones
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