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  1. Catherine:
    When I read this twitter feed from TheLastReffuge I thought about the many key insights I have learned from Solari. You identified this long before the rest of the world caught up. The Pirates are out in full force and we can anticipate that they will buy up the world at bargain prices. It is as if the Murder Hornets have been let loose on our economy. Oddly, I am hopeful. It will be a fight for sure and there will be dark days ahead. But I sense that we will be stripped to our spiritual essentials and that just may be a great gift. I need to start a study on Spiritual Warfare. Do you have any new resources?

    1. Forgot the tweet on Opportunity Zones: https://mobile.twitter.com/thelastrefuge2
      Slight modification… The regions where property will be purchased a low cost will, not coincidentally, be the “opportunity zones” where investment transactions without capital gains can be made. The areas where riots took/take place (OZ’s)will sell cheap. WATCH… #RESET
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      Part of “The Plan.” Next : real estate prices fall.Citys devalued investors will snap up propertys.The investors buyingb& then flipping real estate will be the mayors of these cities.
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      2) “Opportunity zones” allow for mass investment moves f

  2. Catherine, as to your post questioning Kenosha as an opportunity zone – I think the definition of opportunity needs to be expanded to include relevant geography to facilitate insurrection. Kenosha is the half-way point between Chicago and Milwaukee with major harbor access to Great Lake access which implies routes in through international waters and the Atlantic. Not merely the desire to erect the smart grid but an attempt to control sea based points to land para-military personnel and logistics.

  3. Seattle: Capitol Hill has been the battle zone. I spoke to a King County real estate developer and owner of a number of mobile parks in in the region. He told me that Capital Hill is the last remaining area in downtown Seattle that remains “underdeveloped” (e.g. high rises fitting the smart city specs). Developers have had their eye on this neighborhood for awhile, he said and is watching to see who capitalizes on this. It does appear that no Federal Banks are within the CHOP area (they are in South Seattle). Opportunity zones are just south of Capitol Hill area. I ran a quick analysis and learned the following: I ran a quick analysis comparing opportunity zones in Seattle with the CHAP occupation zones in Seattle. Existing opportunity zones appear to be south of the occupied zones by a number of blocks. Close but not on top of. Sorry I don’ have more time to dig deeper, am working some double shifts right now but want to send some information along in case your team wants to track the aftermath of CHAP and opportunity zones (see if any new opportunity zones open up, for example).
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    Seattle has a huge homeless problem and VERY VERY expensive real estate – watching how this gets navigated will be interesting. Bridgewater group big player in one 45 million dollar project, see below.

    Link to opportunity zones in Washington state and analysis: https://opportunitydb.com/location/washington/

    Here are mapped opportunity zones in Seattle:

    https://opportunitydb.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=dd5cbe5ccd91438a9235bc446b66ad44&extent=-128.6697,44.3037,-112.4429,50.4885&zoom=true&scale=true&disable_scroll=true&theme=light

    the CHAP occupied zones were found due north of zone 53033009000 (see map above)
    Wikipedia describes their location below:

    One of the zone’s entrances on June 13, 2020
    The zone was initially centered around the East Precinct building, after it was abandoned on June 8, 2020.[65] Barriers were set up on Pine Street for several blocks in order to prevent traffic from passing.[65] The early territory reportedly encompassed five and a half city blocks, including a public park.[20] It stretched north to East Denny Way, east to 12th Avenue (and partially 13th Avenue), south to East Pike, and west to Broadway.[66] Cal Anderson Park was active with demonstrators. Protesters used blockades and fences to construct staggered barricades at intersections.[65] One entrance to the zone’s territory was marked by a barrier reading “You Are Entering Free Capitol Hill” on June 9.[8] Other signs declared “You are now leaving the USA.”[15] Spray paint renamed the occupied police station as the “Seattle People’s Department East Precinct” amid anarchist symbols and graffiti.[16]

    There is a big project underway in an opportunity zone just south of the CHAP:

    https://eig.org/oz-activity-map
    Affordable housing unit – North Marquee Seattle Multifamily affordable housing unit:- Bridgewater Investment Group
    NorthMarq has secured $45 million in joint-venture equity through Bridge Investment Group for the development of 12th & Yesler, a multifamily property in Seattle. The developers will also participate in Seattle’s Multifamily Tax Exemption program, under which 20 percent of the units (54 units) will be dedicated to workforce housing.
    Description of project:
    https://rebusinessonline.com/northmarq-arranges-45m-in-opportunity-zone-equity-for-multifamily-project-in-seattle/

  4. I took a look at Portland out of curiosity.

    The opportunity zone map is here. Oregon also has Enterprise Zones (state tax exemptions):
    https://www.oregon4biz.com/Opportunity-Zones/

    The address of the Federal Reserve Bank branch:
    1500 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97201, United States

    The protest timeline is here up to early June:
    https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/protests-in-portland/283-21d67e10-4b33-46d4-a81e-7d3b437a7519#longform_chapter_6

    Fri May 29 – Peninsula Park – stores looted along MLK Jr. Blvd (a 30 block slice of Enteprise Zone goes along MLK Jr. Blvd nearby Peninsula Park; seems that this is the area that was looted); Multnomah County Justice Center / downtown (Opportunity Zone)
    “as some demonstrators broke away from the group and started vandalizing businesses along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The rioters and looters shattered store windows and tagged buildings with graffiti that police say stretched for 20 blocks.”

    Sat May 30 – Multnomah County Justice Center (Opportunity Zone)
    “Protesters threw fireworks at the Multnomah County Courthouse, projectiles at officers and assaulted an officer.”

    Sun May 31 – from Laurelhurst Park to downtown (Opportunity Zone/Enterprise Zone)
    “The main protest, with thousands of people in attendance, started at around 6 p.m. at Laurelhurst Park in Southeast Portland…The group first marched to a former police precinct building on Southeast 47th Avenue and Burnside and then peacefully marched several miles westbound, crossed the Burnside Bridge and entered downtown Portland.”

    Mon June 1 – Southwest 4th Avenue and Salmon Street (Opportunity Zone)

    Tue June 2 – Pioneer Courthouse Square (Opportunity Zone)

    Wed June 3 – downtown Portland (Opportunity Zone)

    Thurs June 4 – gathering at Southeast Portland’s Revolution Hall to downtown (Opportunity / Enterprise Zones)

    Fri June 5 – Revolution Hall, Multnomah County Justice Center, Waterfront Park (Opportunity / Enterprise Zones)

    Sat Jun 6 – the group at Revolution Hall marched to Irving Park (Opportunity / Enterprise Zones)

    Sun Jun 7 – Revolution Hall to Multnomah County Justice Center (Opportunity Zone)

    Mon Jun 8 – downtown to Alberta Park (no Opportunity or Enterprise Zones, but: “From there, protesters went on a miles-long march to Northeast 15th Avenue and Alberta Street, chosen because of the gentrification that has occurred in the Alberta Arts District.”)

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    the recent protests are again in downtown, but have moved to the North side where a police station was burned (1868 N. Lombard St, Portland, OR 97209). That sits between one Enterprise Zone block in the North, and a Opportunity/Enterprise Zone to the South, and across the river from downtown.

    https://usprotests.liveuamap.com/en/2020/19-july-video-from-north-portland-where-the-police-declared

    are they done with downtown now or what? i’m trying to not read into it too much since opportunity zones are in downtown areas, which can be ripe for public gatherings/riots. would be interesting to see other cities.

    1. Thanks! Agree we need to see a lot of them. Keep an eye out for who and what is buying.

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