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Game of Zones: Opportunities for Businesses to Take Advantage of a New Tax Incentive

Date/Time

October 23, 2019

Welcome & General Session: 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Breakout Sessions: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Lunch Program: 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Location

Hilton Columbus Downtown
401 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Business Drives Government was created to help business leaders connect and hear directly from elected officials on issues that impact their business, better navigate government complexity, facilitate connections with key stakeholders and raise the collective voice of the Columbus Region business community at the local, state and federal levels of government.

One of the featured breakout sessions, Game of Zones: Opportunities for Businesses to Take Advantage of a New Tax Incentive, featuring GBQ Managing Director Darci Congrove, will take a deep dive into the federal opportunity zone program created under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the state incentive recently enacted by the Ohio General Assembly under H.B. 166. The Columbus region is ripe for development, and the desire to pursue inclusive growth makes the newly created Opportunity Zones an exciting vehicle to jumpstart development, while also lifting up distressed neighborhoods. Register to hear from industry experts and learn how businesses spanning various industries can engage with and potentially utilize this initiative to make long-term investments in their business and our community.

Moderator:
Mike Flowers, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Panelists:
Darci Congrove, GBQ
Erin Herbst, Kegler Brown
Catherine Lyons, Economic Innovation Group
Mark Lundine, City of Columbus Department of Development

Speaker

Darci Congrove Managing Director