March 2018 Map of the Month: Bay Area Opportunity Zones

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Goal

The goal of this month’s map of the month is to highlight the newly created Opportunity Zones within the Bay Area.

Contents

Data Sources
Methodology
Outcome & Products

• Maps, Charts, and Graphics
• Written Material
• Feature Classes & CSVs

Data Sources

• Opportunity Zone Eligibility - State of California Department of Finance
• U.S. Census Tracts

Methodology

1. Opportunity Zone Eligibility workbook updated and converted to csv
2. Join opportunity zone csv to U.S. Census Tracts on GEOID
3. Output new feature class containing only preliminary recommended tracts, eligible tracts, and tracts that would be eligible using data from ACS 2012-2016.

Outcome & Products

Written Material

March 2018 Map of the Month Write-Up

Feature Classes & CSVs

• Opportunity Zone Features FGDB
• Opportunity Eligibility CSV

Maps, Charts, and Graphics

• Source Files (Illustrator/InDesign)
• Image Files (PDF/PNG)