Governor John Carney stopped by the White House yesterday along with other state governors.
And they talked with the president about revitalizing low-income communities and dealing with the drug epidemic.
The Delaware Democrat was there while attending the National Governors Association Winter meeting.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that there are over 87-hundred Opportunities Zones in the country with 25 in Delaware.
Many of those are near Wilmington.
Meanwhile, the governors also discussed methods to combat the opioid crisis.
Delaware ranks 5th in the nation for drug overdose deaths.