Economic Development

Clarifying Community Benefits to Improve Place-Based Programs

By Erin I. Castellas, Darren Brusnahan, Courtney Cardin & Mitra Anderson-Oliver 1

Place-based development incentive programs like Opportunity Zones in the United States and Enterprise Precincts in Australia need a robust framework to meaningfully identify and measure public benefits and the delivery of them. The Net Community Benefit Methodology can help.