Downtown Greenville on the historic Reedy River
Opportunity Zones are the latest hot trend in investment real estate and big dollars are starting to be poured in to these zones. They were created with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Greenville, SC stands to benefit significantly from the new tax plan beyond the Opportunity Zones created. We’ll have more commentary on that as it will likely be a theme that will continue to be played out over the next 20-30 years.
The South Carolina Department of Commerce has built an excellent resource for the entire state. Be sure to check out South Carolina Opportunity Zones for maps and specific information you’ll need to help with understand what might be possible here in the palmetto state.
The Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) has a helpful article about how Greenville can benefit from Opportunity Zone investments and Greenville Business Magazine covered the topic earlier this year after the Opportunity Zones Summit in Columbia.
Here’s Greenville County’s Opportunity Zone information along with an FAQ from the IRS.
There are already projects in the works where we’ll see tens of millions of dollars invested in to Greenville as part of this new program.
TEDxGreenville has released its list of exciting speakers coming to Greenville on March 28, 2020 for a day of what should be inspiring, motivating and educational TedTalks.
The event will be held at the Greenville One Center. The theme is called “Brain Candy.” The event is being organized by Russell Stall. You can view many of the TEDxGreenville presentations on YouTube.
Below is what looks to be the most popular presentation ever from TEDxGreenville with an incredible 5 million views on YouTube. It was a talk given by Cynthia Thurlow on intermittent fasting at last year’s event.
Tickets go on sale later this month for TEDxGreenville 2020 slated for March 28, 2020.