Indiana submits 126 tracts — including Rochester — for 2027–2036 Opportunity Zone designations
Giant FM reports Indiana nominated 126 census tracts, including one in Rochester, to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Opportunity Zone designation for the 2027–2036 cycle. The report says Congress created the Opportunity Zone program in 2017 to spur development in low‑income census tracts via federal tax incentives.
Giant FM reports Indiana submitted nominations for 126 census tracts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury seeking Opportunity Zone designation for the 2027–2036 cycle; the list includes a tract in Rochester.
The report notes Congress created the Opportunity Zone program in 2017 and that Opportunity Zones are intended to encourage local development in federally defined low‑income census tracts by offering federal tax incentives to investors.
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