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The Opportunity Zones Playbook, featuring a foreword by US Senator Tim Scott, is the most thorough guide to OZ investing ever published. Today we are proud to announce the publication of The Opportunity Zones Playbook: […]

A tract-by-tract analysis of all 8,764 Opportunity Zones reveals that under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s tighter criteria, 23% of current OZs are fully ineligible for re-designation, another 17% are only partially eligible, and […]

Editor’s note (April 8, 2026): This article originally referenced Revenue Procedure 2026-12. The IRS has since renumbered this guidance to Revenue Procedure 2026-14. All references in the article have been updated accordingly. The embedded video […]

OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Spring 2026 on Thursday, March 12, 2026, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time — marking the platform’s 17th such event since launching the series in 2020, and the first […]

OpportunityZones.com analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data indicates that 6,544 new Opportunity Zones would be designated in the OZ 2.0 cycle, assuming Treasury relies on the ACS data as published. This analysis is […]

The 2025 Annual Survey Report on Opportunity Zones, conducted by OpportunityZones.com, shows that investor optimism and satisfaction with the Opportunity Zones program remain strong for a second consecutive year. This year’s survey collected responses from […]

OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Fall 2025 on Thursday, November 13, 2025, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityZones.com’s 16th OZ Pitch Day event since 2020, and the third and final […]

President Trump’s signature on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, enacted OZ 2.0 and made Opportunity Zones a permanent feature of the tax code. In this live episode, Jimmy Atkinson and Andy Hagans recap […]

Earlier today, by a final tally of 218-214, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill. When enacted, the bill will codify OZ 2.0 into law and make Opportunity Zones […]

Earlier today, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, which will make Opportunity Zones permanent. The bill now heads back to the House for final passage before going to President Trump […]

OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Summer 2025 on Thursday, June 19, 2025, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityZones.com’s 15th OZ Pitch Day event, and the second of three such events […]

Update July 23, 2025: Due to additional changes in the final version of the bill that was enacted on July 4, 2025, I’m now estimating a 25.5% reduction in the total number of Opportunity Zones, […]

Update 7/4/25: President Trump has enacted OZ 2.0 legislation by signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. The bill has materially changed since this article was written in May. Click here for a […]

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, leader of 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, he was simply “Bobby” — a boy growing up in a modest brick home in Dolton, Illinois — a neighborhood now designated for […]

The SEC has issued new interpretive guidance that significantly eases the verification requirements for accredited investors in private funds offered under Regulation D, Rule 506(c). The new interpretation should help streamline capital raising and reduce […]

OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Spring 2025 on Thursday, March 6, 2025, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityZones.com’s 14th OZ Pitch Day event, and the first of three such events […]

  The 2024 Annual Survey Report On Opportunity Zones, conducted by OpportunityZones.com, reveals significant optimism and satisfaction among investors in the OZ program. With responses from 251 participants — including investors, developers, government officials, and […]

OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Fall 2024 on Thursday, November 14, 2024, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityZones.com’s 13th OZ Pitch Day event, and the third and final one in […]

With Major League Baseball’s postseason in full swing (pun intended!), now is a great time to look at which MLB ballparks are located in Opportunity Zones. Plus, the Oakland A’s may no longer be in […]

Today, The Wyoming Reserve Opportunity Zone Fund released a new site tour video, showing a behind-the-scenes look inside their gold and silver vaulting business, strategically located in an Opportunity Zone in Casper, Wyoming. The site […]

OpportunityDb, the world’s leading authority on Opportunity Zone investing, today announced its rebrand as OpportunityZones.com. The company’s website includes a new logo, along with a refreshed suite of industry-leading OZ tools, guides, and content. The […]

The U.S. Navy has announced that private equity-backed United Submarine Alliance Qualified Opportunity Fund will provide capital for the redevelopment of a major submarine supplier yard in an Opportunity Zone in Mobile, Alabama. The “USA […]

OpportunityDb has opened a new Opportunity Zones survey to collect input from OZ stakeholders regarding their investment activity and opinions of the tax incentive program. Enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs […]

OpportunityDb will host OZ Pitch Day Summer 2024 on Thursday, June 13, 2024, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityDb’s 12th OZ Pitch Day event, and the second of three such events […]