Please join experts from the Accelerator for America, WSP USA and Waterloo City Planners for the Waterloo Opportunity Zones Mini-Conference, June 12, 2019 at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. The two sessions include an Introduction to Opportunity Zones in the morning and a more in depth ‘How to’ workshop for City partnering agencies and developers of projects in Waterloo’s OZs in the afternoon. COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM Introduction to Opportunity Zones 7:45am - 10:00am Law Court Theatre What to expect: Overview of the federal Opportunity Zone provisions for investors and designation for communities Waterloo’s Three Opportunity Zones & Prospectus Special presentation - Accelerator for America, the visionaries helping cities create transformative change through Opportunity Zones Why the time is now for Waterloo to unlock transformative economic potential and create lasting change in our most overlooked areas. PARTNERS & DEVELOPERS WORKSHOP A ‘How to’ for Projects in the Zone 1:00pm - 3:00pm Schoitz Room Topics: Opportunities – Developing Waterloo’s shovel ready projects Funding Mechanism –Connecting the dollars through philanthropy, local investors & developers City Policy & Practices Marketing Waterloo’s Opportunity Zones for outside investment Find more details and speaker bio’s in the attached conference flyer. Space is limited so please RSVP for the either or both sessions at www.cityofwaterlooiowa.com/OZprospectus
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
7:45 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
Community Symposium: June 12, 7:45am - 10:00am Partners & Developers: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Waterloo Center for the Arts 225 Commercial Street Waterloo, IA 50701
Free, but registration is requested.
Wendy Bowman
wendy.bowman@waterloo-ia.org
319-291-4301
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