New Tax Incentives Should Help Colorado Springs-area 'opportunity Zones'

New tax incentives in eight "opportunity zones" in Colorado Springs and El Paso County should help struggling areas there, Colorado's top economic development official said Tuesday in Colorado Springs. "One of the biggest things that I want to see happen is that this does not become an abused tax" incentive, said Stephanie Copeland, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. "It is catalytic for those geographies that would otherwise somewhat languish without investment." The zones, created in the U.S.