As cities ready HQ2 bids, Amazon should plan civic investments too, community groups say
A coalition of community groups sent an open letter to Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos on Tuesday asking the company to forgo tax breaks and...
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Seattle leaders look to push ‘refresh’ button with Amazon for ‘a new relationship’
In a letter, some Seattle-area officials are calling for “a new relationship” to “realign how we live and work with you in our community.” They...
Subsidy arms race for Amazon? We of all people should know how this turns out | Danny Westneat
Remember? We went down this same road with a certain other mega-corporation. It didn’t work out so well for us.
9 cities, Tulalip Tribes included in King-Snohomish counties’ bid for Amazon HQ2
The combined proposal will include sites in Arlington, Bellevue, Bothell, Everett, Kenmore, Marysville, Renton, Lynnwood, Tukwila and land owned by the Tulalip Tribes. Notably absent...
Shopping malls battered by online retailers may be offered to Amazon as HQ2 sites
Real-estate developers from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., are suggesting former shopping malls as prime locations for Amazon’s next headquarters.
Georgia town offers to create a new city named Amazon in HQ2 bid
In the latest move to win Amazon’s HQ2, the first elected city council in the Georgia town of Stonecrest has approved a plan to carve...
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