County offers two areas for designation as opportunity zones

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County could have one or two of its low-income census tracts be designated as opportunity zones, a program designed to foster economic development and job creation in economically distressed areas and that was made permanent by the One Big Beautiful Bill of 2025. The purpose of the program, according to the Florida Department of Commerce (FloridaCommerce) is to encourage investors, businesses, developers, financial institutions and other investors