Presentation delivered at the 2019 SWREDA Conference, December 4-6, 2019

1. Acadiana’s Opportunity Zones:
a Tool in the Toolbox for Revitalization
Monique Boulet, CEO
Acadiana Planning Commission

2. The missing piece of Revitalization:
The Private Sector $
Transportation
Corridor Study
Brownfield RLF
/ Assessment
Grant / TBA’s
Economic
Development
District
Public / Private
Partnerships
State Historic
Preservation /
Cultural District
Tax Credits
National
Historic
Preservation
Tax Credits

3. Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017
Bipartisan legislation – Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Corey
Booker (D-NJ)
The Tax Cut and Jobs Action passed December 22, 2017
Text: www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1

4. Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives

5. Opportunity Zone Overview
IRS TAX INCENTIVE,
NOT A GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROGRAM
INCENTIVIZE UNREALIZED CAPITAL IN THE STOCK MARKET
BACK INTO THE ECONOMY
“INVESTMENT WHERE INVESTMENT
WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAPPENED”
CHANGES THE CONVERSATION
IN THE WORK WE ARE ALREADY DOING!

6. Acadiana’s Opportunity Zones:
a Regional Strategy

7. http://led.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=117d9113148c47f3945ce9bef6342625
The Acadiana Opportunity Zone
Initiative
25 Tracks, 9 Parishes, 12 Cities
Census Tracts selected where investment would NOT have gone otherwise.

8. Acadiana’s Opportunity Zones
25 Tracks, 9 Parishes, 12 Cities

9. ACADIANA’S
Economic Development Partners
EVANGELINE PARISH
INDUSTRIAL BOARD

10. Acadiana
Opportunity Zone
Prospectus
• Create a data and information hub/website
• Host and Market project proposals
• Market Acadiana’s Opportunity Zones on a
National Platform
• Align regional partnerships to leverage
resources

13. Acadiana’s Opportunity Zones:
Outreach and Education

14. ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION
REGIONAL FORUM FEB 2019

15. White House Opportunity and Revitalization
Commission Roundtables
August 6-7, 2019

16. OPPORTUNITY ZONE
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

17. Investacadiana.com
https://investacadiana.com/

18. OZ PITCH FEST 2020

19. OZ PITCH FEST 2020 Wed, April 22, 2020
Fest

20. Legal and Financial Sectors
IN THE ACADIANA OPPORTUNITY ZONE INITIATIVE

21. Acadiana Planning Commission
Involved in Local Projects
Match Making: Investor – Project
Developing Legal and Financial Sectors
Developing a Prospectus for local communities
Asset Mapping
Building Partnerships with Local Mayors
EDO Partnerships
Technical Assistance in Project Development
Being contacted by Site Selectors