Alex Flachsbart @alex_flachsbart
Founder & CEO of @OpportunityALA | Bay Area by birth, Birmingham by choice | Come for the #OpportunityZones, stay for the incisive college football commentary opportunityalabama.com Birmingham, AL Joined November 2008-
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Meet a Backing Small Businesses grantee! Sarah Cole, owner of Abadirs, used grant funding to renovate her space and upgrade equipment, adding capacity to provide a community gathering space and healthy food hub for the surrounding community. Read the Q&A: bit.ly/3IUY7Au
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Everyone please say hi to @ArianneShipley, our new #EconomicRecoveryCorps fellow, and Justin Washington, her counterpart at @OpportunityALA! Arianne will be working with @DETCOG and @EastTexasCOG to boost #BroadbandAccess and #EconDev projects in East Texas! @IEDCtweets
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We got our Novogradec magazines in! This issue features an in-depth overview of how OZ Incentives & Historic Tax Credits helped make Market Lofts on 3rd a reality! Author: Nick DeCicco Published by: Novogradac & Company LLP
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2022 Women to Watch: Selena Rodgers Dickerson, SARCOR LLC bizjournals.com/birmingham/new…
Great getting a chance to represent @OpportunityALA yesterday on the @AtlantaFed visit to Greensboro - and some old Community Growth Accelerator friends in the process!
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OPAL & @EDAAInfo have partnered to host an info session on our Community Growth Accelerator program! Join us in BHAM on Sept 14th to hear us talk about CGA, to see real-world OPAL case studies demonstrating the program, & to meet the team! Register --> ow.ly/HLnl50KEJuo
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OPAL’s Lindsay Edwards, was part of a team of development experts assembled by @MayorofMgm to look at places in need of development on the South & West Side of MGM. Check out the full segment on @ALNewsNetwork --> ow.ly/OU5P50KsnsO *clip owned by AL News Network
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@SenatorTimScott gave OPAL and our CEO @alex_flachsbart a shout out at a packed house in Birmingham for the $600M in new investment we’ve helped facilitate in #OpportunityZones across Alabama over the last four years - thank YOU Senator for making #OZs happen!
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OPAL will use this hub to aid in economic development in underserved communities throughout the state. ow.ly/looe50KigPv
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The Woodlawn Theatre. Created in 1929. Reestablished in 2019. Opening in 2022. This revitalization, led by Mason Music Foundation, is a meaningful placemaking initiative that benefited from OPAL's assistance in structuring the Opportunity Zone investment.
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Birmingham law firm names four new partners bizjournals.com/birmingham/new…
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Thrilled to announce the first close of #TheOPALFund - a #realestate-oriented #OpportunityFund that will deploy to community-centric deals across #Alabama and help build wealth for underrepresented groups. Read more on our Medium post! bit.ly/OPALFund #ESG #impinv #CRE
Hey #Twitterverse - @OpportunityALA is #hiring once again! If you know an analyst who wants to work on awesome #impinv #CRE deals and help drive #econdev in rural communities, send them our way! And be on the lookout for a very cool announcement next week... 👀👀👀
Hey #Twitterverse - @OpportunityALA is #hiring once again! If you know an analyst who wants to work on awesome #impinv #CRE deals and help drive #econdev in rural communities, send them our way! And be on the lookout for a very cool announcement next week... 👀👀👀
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Hear from our Founder & CEO @alex_flachsbart in next week's free OZ webinar. Over the last 2 years, OPAL has built an impact-oriented investment ecosystem for Alabama’s OZs. Alex has been noted as one of the leading experts on OZ in the U.S. Register - opportunityalabama.com/2020/12/08/web…
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Our friends at @RuralLISC are providing grant funding for small businesses in rural communities. Check out this great opportunity below!
Our friends at @RuralLISC are providing grant funding for small businesses in rural communities. Check out this great opportunity below!
If you're interested in our Underwriting and Analytics role, check out the new posting: linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/…
If you're interested in our Underwriting and Analytics role, check out the new posting: linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/…
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