Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zone Prospectus
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1 QUAD CITIES REGION OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROSPECTUS Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.comQuadCitiesChamber.com CONTACT US 2 Quad Cities Chamber is your one-stop organization for economic development and Opportunity Zone inquiries For additional details or questions about Opportunity Zones, please contact: Tami Petsche Vice President, Economic Development 563-823-2655 [email protected] www.quadcitieschamber.com Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com PURPOSE OF PROSPECTUS 3 Introduce local, regional 1 and national investors to the Quad Cities region 2 Promote investable projects and potential projects Organize stakeholders around 3 a unified vision of growth for the region Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com OPPORTUNITY ZONE TAX INCENTIVES 4 Opportunity Zone tax incentives established under Section 1400Z of the Internal Revenue Code allow investors to defer, reduce and eliminate capital gains that are reinvested in qualified opportunity funds that hold at least 90% of fund assets in business or property located in designated “Opportunity Zones.” • TEMPORARY DEFERRAL – Investors may defer recognition of capital gains that are reinvested into a qualified opportunity fund until the earlier of the time that the qualified opportunity zone fund investment is sold or Dec. 31, 2026. • STEP-UP IN BASIS – Investors that hold their qualified opportunity fund investment for at least five years receive a 10% reduction in the original capital gain tax obligation; at seven years, the investor receives an additional 5% reduction in the original capital gain tax obligation. • PERMANENT EXEMPTION – Investors that hold their qualified opportunity fund investment for 10 years will not have to pay any capital gain tax on the appreciation of the investment. For more information, please visit: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/opportunity-zones-frequently-asked-questions Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com OPPORTUNITY ZONE AREAS 5 The Quad Cities region has ten Opportunity Zones located in 3 five communities with industrial, commercial and residential investment opportunities. 1 •1 Davenport, Iowa 2 4 •2 Muscatine, Iowa •3 Clinton, Iowa •4 Rock Island, Illinois 5 •5 Kewanee, Illinois Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com QUAD CITIES BY THE NUMBERS 6 Diverse cultural Competitively Welcome to the Quad Cities priced housing An overall cost festivals options, including region – a cool, creative, of living that is lofts, historic and connected and prosperous and new construction in lower than the urban, suburban bi-state community on the national average events and rural settings banks of the mighty Mississippi River. Encompassing six counties in Two award-winning local Innovative and Iowa and Illinois, the Quad health care systems and superior K-12 Cities region offers something within one hour of a schools, nationally recognized for everyone, including: colleges university research hospital and universities Average commute To p -notch parks, Robust arts, outdoor recreational Award- time of culture, theater, and scenic spaces, Innovative, creative winning with hundreds of food landscape with museums sports and miles of trails for restaurants, food & learning entertainment hiking, biking and trucks, craft breweries, centers scenes minutes19 walking distilleries & vineyards Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com QUAD CITIES BY THE NUMBERS 7 Cost of When you locate to the Region living Quad Cities region, you population: index: 743,000 are met with an Laborshed advantageous business 474,385 environment enjoyed by 89.8 30,000 existing companies, Metro population GDP growth: plus systems of support holding post- that aid in the longevity secondary 4.1% metro#3 in the degree or higher: of your operation. nation for industry diversity 39.8% Fortune 500 & 1000 Access to 37 40 30,000 million people Companies: higher education businesses, including in less than one John Deere and + 150 others on institutions within a 35+ international day’s Fortune's 500 and 1000 lists that 90-mile radius with companies drive have a presence in our region 40,000 graduates/year Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 The Quad Cities region is a bi-state, six-county region in eastern Iowa and western Illinois where the Mississippi River and Interstate 80 intersect. With a population of nearly 475,000, businesses and people alike continue to locate, grow and thrive in the Quad Cities region because of our competitive business costs and advantages, as well as the idyllic Midwestern lifestyle. The region has experienced a 5.2% increase in economic strength over the past five years. Manufacturing, logistics, corporate office, defense and agricultural innovation sectors have attracted $1.3 billion in total capital investment, plus the creation of 5,500 new jobs. Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE QUAD CITIES 9 BUSINESS EMPLOYEES INDUSTRY JOHN DEERE 7,240 Agricultural Innovation The Quad Cities region’s ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL 6,163 Defense Manufacturing GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM 5,173 Healthcare major, private-sector HY-VEE 4,568 Grocery employers provide jobs, UNITYPOINT HEALTH - TRINITY 3,954 Healthcare HNI CORPORATION/THE HON COMPANY/ALLSTEEL 3,200 Office Furniture Manufacturing careers and employment WALMART 2,821 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters opportunities for ARCONIC 2,500 Aerospace and Defense Aluminum TYSON FRESH MEATS 2,400 Food Processing residents in our six OSCAR MAYER/KRAFT HEINZ 1,600 Food Processing counties. These ISLE CASINO HOTEL BETTENDORF 1,250 Casino, Hotel, Entertainment TRI-CITY ELECTRIC CO. 1,200 Electrical Contractor employers span multiple WEST LIBERTY FOODS 1,200 Food Processing industries and continue XPAC 1,000 Supply Chain Management and Logistics KENT CORPORATION 950 Food Processing to grow as integral MERCY MEDICAL CENTER 950 Healthcare institutions in our area. MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY 845 Utility/Energy Delivery EXELON NUCLEAR – QC GENERATING STATION 800 Utility/Energy Delivery COBHAM MISSION SYSTEMS 750 Defense and Aerospace Manufacturing NESTLE PURINA PETCARE COMPANY 685 Pet Food Maker CUSTOM-PAK INC. 675 Durable Good Manufacturing ALORICA 650 Global Customer Service VON MAUR 640 Retail Headquarters & Distribution Center UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 640 International & Domestic Package Shipping GREAT DANE TRAILERS 600 Truck Trailer Manufacturing ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (ADM) 600 Food Processing GROUP O 526 Third Party Logistics SEARS MANUFACTURING 520 Durable Good Manufacturing JUMER'S CASINO AND HOTEL 482 Casino, Hotel, Entertainment RHYTHM CITY CASINO 466 Casino, Hotel, Entertainment MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA 435 Insurance Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com 10 DAVENPORT OPPORTUNITY ZONES Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com DAVENPORT AT A GLANCE 11 assessed value within the Davenport Opportunity Zones PROJECTED OVER INCREASED BY $84M+ $260M to be spent in the spent in the Opportunity 145% Zone area in the last five years between 2008 and 2018 next 18 months Downtown daytime 4% population: 3.9% increase in population Unemployment from 2010 (98,325) to rate – as of 2017 (102,268) 6,908 April 2019 Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com OPPORTUNITY ZONE AREA 12 Quad Cities Region Opportunity Zones QuadCitiesChamber.com PLANNING & ZONING TYPES AND DEFINITIONS 13 The C-D Downtown Zoning District is intended to accommodate the unique development environment of downtown Davenport. The District is intended to reinforce and enhance the existing character of downtown C-D as a point of regional focus, a destination for culture, sports and entertainment, and a vibrant, pedestrian- friendly, mixed-use environment. The I-2 Heavy Industrial Zoning District is intended to provide for a variety of general manufacturing, fabricating, processing, distributing and warehousing uses. The I-2 district accommodates the most intense I-2 uses as outdoor storage and activities. The purpose of the I-MU Industrial Mixed-Use Zoning District is to provide for a mix of light industrial uses as well as compatible commercial uses such as recreation, entertainment and retail establishments to promote I-MU the reuse of older, character-giving structures that may no longer be suitable for their original purposes. The I-MU District may also function as a transition district between the C-D Downtown District and surrounding areas. Higher-density residential is also permitted in the I-MU District. The R-4C Single-Family and Two-Family Central Residential Zoning District is intended to preserve and protect Davenport’s dense, centrally located, established urban residential neighborhoods. Standards of the R- R-4C 4C District are intended to ensure that new development is complementary to the existing developed character of these neighborhoods. Limited non-residential uses that are compatible with the surrounding residential neighborhoods may be permitted in the R-4C District. The R-MF Multi-Family Residential Zoning District is intended to accommodate a high-density neighborhood environment characterized by a mixture of housing types including single-family dwellings, R-MF two-family dwellings, townhomes and multi-family dwellings. Limited non-residential uses that are compatible with the surrounding residential neighborhoods may be permitted in the R-MF District. 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