PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 12, 2026
State and federal officials this week announced the 25 “tracts” that have been selected as the next federal Qualified Opportunity Zones, a designation designed to help draw private, long-term investment to low-income areas. But parts of the state that could desperately use an infusion of investment, like large swaths of northern and western Maine, were passed over, despite being some of the most rural parts of the state.