Opportunity Zones Interest Grows in Mississippi

From left: Scott Spivey, Mississippi Home Corporation Executive Director; Jerrie Magruder, HUD Mississippi Director; Denise Cleveland-Leggett, HUD Southeast Regional Administrator; Phil Eide, Hope Credit Union - Community and Economic Development Senior Vice President.

HUD Regional Administrator Cleveland-Leggett traveled to Mississippi to meet with local leaders interested in the Opportunity Zones (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-reform-creates-opportunity-zone-tax-incentive). The objective was to garner their comments on the newly proposed regulations for the tax incentive program. Scott Spivey, Executive Director for Mississippi Home Corporation; Ray Robinson, Bureau Manager at The Mississippi Development Authority; and Phil Eide, Senior Vice President, Community and Economic Development for Hope Credit Union joined the session convened by HUD Mississippi Director Jerrie Magruder.

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