Representative Mike Kelly
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The success of Erie's Opportunity Zones remains a model for cities nationwide.
Last year, the Working Families Tax Cuts made permanent and expanded my OZ legislation, which leverages the tax code to spur private investment in low-income and rural communities.
During today's Committee on Ways and Means GOP hearing, I invited Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Erie not only to see the great work in our city, but also to see what's next for Rural Opportunity Zones.
Perhaps the best part: Opportunity Zones don't use a dime of taxpayer money.
Erie's Opportunity Zones by the numbers:
🏘️108 new fully occupied residences
🏗️ Revitalized and created more than 100,000 square feet of new commercial space
🛍️Established space for 25 new businesses
💵 $400 million+ of long-term capital investment at work in Downtown Erie
06/03/2026
🚨97% of filers received a tax cut this tax filing season.
Bigger refunds. Higher take-home pay. The Working Families Tax Cuts put more money back into the pockets of American families.
Almost every US tax filer got a cut this year, coming to $82B in relief: Treasury Department Without the new law, those same families would have been hit with a $5 trillion tax hike from the expiration of Trump’s landmark 2017 law that slashed payments to the IRS for millions of Amer…
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