Date of Award
Spring 2023
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department/Major
Sustainability
First Advisor
Shane Nordyke
Second Advisor
Michael Card
Third Advisor
Mandie Weinandt
Keywords
Tax Credits, Opportunity Zones, Community Development, Midwest
Subject Categories
Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation
Abstract
Opportunity Zones were implemented within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to bring jobs and investment to low-income communities. States were given authority to choose which of their census tracts would be given Opportunity Zone status, and previous research has been conducted to investigate if selected tracts were the ones with the most distress. This study expands upon past national research to investigate state-level Opportunity Zone tract selections and processes by using a sample of seven Midwest states. The results provide an explanation for national studies seeing variance in levels of Opportunity Zone distress by state, and it found that states had differing selection processes, goals in tract selection, and levels of initial distress
Recommended Citation
Spinler, Breana R., "Midwest Opportunity Zones: A Regional and Comparative Analysis of Tract Selection" (2023). Honors Thesis. 301.
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/301