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From: Dr. Robert S. Boege, ASTRA Executive Director <astranews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 11:24 AM
To: Ericsson, Aprille J. (GSFC-5500) <aprille.j.ericsson@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Please Join Us for "Accelerating Innovation Through Opportunity Zones
(OZ)" Congressional Briefing on June 13, 2019
Please join us for...
ASTRA's Congressional Policy Briefing on "Accelerating Innovation through
Opportunity Zones"
When: Thursday, June 13, 2019, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Where: Russell Senate Office Building — Room 485, Washington DC
RSVP:
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View of America's 8,760 new Opportunity Zones (OZ) — a Remarkable (and
bipartisan!) Opportunity for our Innovation Nation...
[Opportunity Zones Map]
ALSO: Compare this map with ASTRA's new 2019 State STEM & Innovation Report
Cards at http://www.usinnovation.org/state-innovation-vital-signs
Why you should attend — or request our PDF materials:
Experts from Congress, the White House, state government, business, research
organizations and non-profits will discuss the latest developments and impact
of Opportunity Zones (OZ's) on distressed communities. Created by the 2017 Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act, Opportunity Zones are designed to drive long-term capital
into low-income communities using tax incentives to encourage private
investment into designated census tracts through privately- or publicly managed
investment funds. The Treasury Department has approved 8,760 such zones in all
50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C.
Briefing Topics include:
How OZ financing will work, OZ eligible asset classes, linking innovation to
OZ's, state and local government roles, economic development implications, job
creation and STEM Workforce implications, infrastructure improvements,
public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship and start-ups, OZ sustainability,
and much more beyond "real estate deals."
Scheduled speakers include:
• Dr. Robert Palazzo, Chairman of the Alliance for Science & Technology
Research in America (ASTRA)
• Ben Hobbs, Special Assistant to the President, White House Domestic
Policy Council
• Senator Tim Scott representative (Emily Lavery), Co-Sponsor of OZ
legislation
• Senator Cory Booker representative (Veronica Duron), Co-sponsor of OZ
legislation
• Egils Milbergs, Center for Accelerating Innovation, PureBlue co-founder
• Kevin Byrne, President & CEO, University Financing Foundation, Inc.
(TUFF)
• Frank Dickson, Dir. Strategic Business Initiatives, Dept. of of
Housing & Comm. Dev., State of Maryland
• Biju George, COO, DC Water
• Maurice Jones, CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
• Sam Kelly, Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
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