SHELBYVILLE â Tasha Bates frequently uses Airbnb and other home-sharing options when she goes on vacation. The rates are right and the convenience is great, she said.
That s why Bates and her husband decided to turn an office in their Moultrie County business, Central Storage Solutions, into a suite for vacationers. After all, their site off Illinois State Route 32 is right next door to Lake Shelbyville and the Sullivan Recreation Area and Bo Wood Campground are nearby.  We loved the idea of like having a whole home to yourself and a property versus a hotel, said Bates. So we thought, Why not? Let s try it, see how it goes. And it s been booming.
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The establishment of U.S. Treasury-certified opportunity zones in Forsyth County in May 2018 continues to provide mixed results to residential markets in six census tracts reviewed in a report released this week by Attom Data Solutions.
Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts qualified to receive private investments through a new vehicle known as opportunity funds.
The goal is connecting those tracts with investors, offering tax credits and other tax incentives to get investors involved.
All but one of the 11 Forsyth tracts are in the central part of Winston-Salem. They account for more than 25,000 residents. They are among 47 in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina, and 252 statewide.