Planner: current data suggests Fraser area unlikely to qualify for Opportunity Zone designation
Town planner Garrett Scott told trustees that the latest American Community Survey data indicates no census tracts in Grand County appear eligible for federal Opportunity Zone designation; staff will notify trustees if the official federal list differs.
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Garrett Scott, Fraser town planner, briefed the board on the federal Opportunity Zone program and the local prospects for designation. He said the program uses census-tract-level eligibility and that some unofficial maps had previously suggested parts of the Fraser Valley might qualify, but the most recent American Community Survey data suggests otherwise.
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