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Does your county have an Opportunity Zone?

By Jennifer Burnett
There are 144 Opportunity Zones in 84 counties in Kentucky.

A Kentucky Opportunity Zone is a low income U.S. Census tract that encourages individuals and corporations to invest in a variety of economic development projects through "Opportunity Funds". 

Opportunity zones were created by Congress to encourage long-term investments in low income urban and rural communities nationwide. Designation as an Opportunity Zone allows certain investors in these zones to realize significant federal tax advantages. 

The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development has set up a website to provide additional information: http://www.thinkkentucky.com/OZ//. The site includes an interactive map where you can zoom in on where an opportunity zone is located. 

 

 Counties with an Opportunity Zone:

  • Adair
  • Ballard
  • Barren
  • Bath
  • Bell
  • Boone
  • Boyd
  • Boyle
  • Bracken
  • Breathitt
  • Bullitt
  • Butler
  • Calloway
  • Campbell
  • Carlisle
  • Carroll
  • Carter
  • Casey
  • Christian
  • Clark
  • Clay
  • Clinton
  • Cumberland
  • Daviess
  • Edmonson
  • Estill
  • Fayette
  • Fleming
  • Floyd
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Gallatin
  • Grant
  • Graves
  • Green
  • Greenup
  • Harlan
  • Hart
  • Henderson
  • Hopkins
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Jessamine
  • Johnson
  • Kenton
  • Knott
  • Knox
  • Larue
  • Leslie
  • Letcher
  • Lewis
  • Lincoln
  • Logan
  • Madison
  • Magoffin
  • Martin
  • Mason
  • McCracken
  • McCreary
  • Menifee
  • Metcalfe
  • Montgomery
  • Morgan
  • Muhlenberg
  • Nicholas
  • Ohio
  • Owen
  • Owsley
  • Perry
  • Pike
  • Powell
  • Pulaski
  • Robertson
  • Rowan
  • Russell
  • Simpson
  • Taylor
  • Todd
  • Union
  • Warren
  • Wayne
  • Webster
  • Whitley
  • Wolfe