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Before getting into Opportunity Zones, Patrick McKenna, managingpartner at Catalyst Opportunity Funds, had the venture fund focusedon investing in entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley—fromBaltimore to Pittsburgh to Milwaukee.

"The idea here is that there's talent everywhere," he says."It's under-capitalized. So, I've personally been in those placesworking with entrepreneurs and working with local investors."

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.