About Us
Our Promise Zones
Our Promise Zones
Our Promise Zones
Our Promise Zones
The Federal government designated 22 place based collective community development Promise Zonesover three years beginning in 2014. Fourteen are urban, four are rural, and four are tribal.
Round One
Round Two
Our Promise Zones
The Federal government designated 22 place based collective community development Promise Zonesover three years beginning in 2014. Fourteen are urban, four are rural, and four are tribal.
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Puerto Rico
Our History
Our Promise Zones
Our Promise Zones
Our History
2013
February – 2013 State of the Union Address – Place based collective community development, Promise Zones are announced
2014
January – First Round PZs Announced
2015
April – Second Round of PZs Announced
2016
March – Sara Jane Smallwood, PZ Director of the Choctaw Nation PZ Testified before the House Committee on Appropria
Our History
2013
February – 2013 State of the Union Address – Place based collective community development, Promise Zones are announced
2014
January – First Round PZs Announced
2015
April – Second Round of PZs Announced
2016
March – Sara Jane Smallwood, PZ Director of the Choctaw Nation PZ Testified before the House Committee on Appropriations
June – Third Round of PZs Announced October - Informal discussion for a national coalition.
2017
January - First NCPZ Conference Call
January – S. 144, Promise Zone Job Creation Act (Casey, D-PA)
February – S. 293/H.R. 826, Investing in Opportunity Act (Scott, R-SC and Tiberi, R-OH) ˗Opportunity Zones
June – M-17-26, OMB Memo on Reducing Burden for Federal Agencies by Rescinding and Modifying OMB Memoranda
October – National Coalition of Promise Zones Washington, D.C. Fly-In
December - Tax Cut and Job Creations Act with Opportunity Zones is signed into law
2018
March – H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115-141) - Codifies Urban PZ designations
March – S. 2804, Cultivating Resources, Opportunity, Prosperity, and Sustainability (CROPS) for Indian Country (Hoeven, R-ND and Udall, D-NM) - Codifies Tribal PZ designations; Allows the USDA Secretary nominate additional tribal PZs
June – H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 - Codifies Urban PZ designations
August – Submitted comments on proposed the Corporation for National and Community Service’s transition plan
September – Section 12515 of the Senate-passed H.R. 2, 2018 Farm Bill
October - National Coalition of Promise Zones Washington, D.C. Fly-in
December - Section 12515 of H.R. 2, 2018 Farm Bill, is signed into law
2019
January - IRS releases first round of regulations for Opportunity Zones
April - White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council is formed
July - IRS releases second round of regulations for Opportunity Zones
November - National Coalition of Promise Zones Washington, D.C. Fly-in
December - IRS releases final regulations for Opportunity Zones
2020
January - requested and received CNCS Vista support for entire 10 year designation
February - NCPZ addressed in national article by Stoker and Rich
February - Focus group formed to explore expanding the NCPZ to include other place-based, collective community development initiatives
Our Mission
Our Promise Zones
Our Mission
To collaborate, share resources and a present unified voice for place-based collective community development designation known as Promise Zones.