Houston-Area Opportunity Zone Participants Discuss Community Impact

City Council Member Amanda Edwards and GlobeSt.com reporter Tanya Sterling

Houston, TX—Hundreds of residents, investors, developers, bankers, civic leaders and government officials attended an Opportunity Zones and Community Impact Workshop on February 15 at the Council of Recovery near downtown Houston. The purpose of the workshop, held by Houston’s Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Houston City Council Member, Amanda Edwards (At-Large 4), was to invite all interested parties to the table to discuss Opportunity Zones and learn how they will impact designated communities in the Houston area. Panelists at the event included Amanda Timm, Houston LISC, Council Member Amanda Edwards as well as Larry Jacobs and Ross Baird, both with the Kauffmann Foundation.

“Now is the time to have these discussions with residents as a number of these Opportunity Zone areas here in Houston have high levels of poverty,” said Council Member Amanda Edwards.