Abstract:
In this article the author is discussing how the tax cuts and job act proposed my republican senator creates tax breaks for the creation of opportunity zones. There are talks that underway between city officials, universities, and the Durham Housing Authority about what census tract will get the opportunity zone. Andre Pettigrew, director of the city’s office of Economic and Workforce Development, states that they will be choosing census tract 10.02 and that they have a focus on the poverty reduction initiative which was proposed by the former Mayor Bill bell.