{"id":1586,"date":"2018-01-18T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2018-01-21T05:21:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T13:21:13","slug":"amazon-narrows-list-of-second-hq-contenders-to-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/amazon-narrows-list-of-second-hq-contenders-to-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Narrows List of Second HQ Contenders to 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon this morning announced it has narrowed to 20 the number of locations in the running as the site of the e-commerce giant\u2019s second headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Finalists include the country\u2019s three biggest cities, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as one Canadian city, Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it has reviewed 238 proposals from across the United States,\u00a0Canada, and\u00a0Mexico from cities vying to host HQ2, the company\u2019s second headquarters in\u00a0North America.<\/p>\n<p>Today,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0announced it has selected the following 20 metropolitan areas to move to the next phase of the process (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atlanta<\/li>\n<li>Austin, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Boston<\/li>\n<li>Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Columbus, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Dallas<\/li>\n<li>Denver<\/li>\n<li>Indianapolis, Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Miami<\/li>\n<li>Montgomery County, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Nashville, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Newark, New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Northern Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>Raleigh, North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Toronto, Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all 238 communities that submitted proposals,\u201d said Holly Sullivan of Amazon Public Policy. \u201cGetting from 238 to 20 was very tough \u2013 all the proposals showed tremendous enthusiasm and creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon says its HQ2 will be a complete headquarters, not a satellite office. The company says it plans to invest over\u00a0$5 billion\u00a0and grow this second headquarters to accommodate as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The selection process, initially announced last September, now moves into a second phase. The company says that in the coming months, it\u00a0will work with each of the candidate locations \u201cto dive deeper into their proposals, request additional information, and evaluate the feasibility of a future partnership that can accommodate the company\u2019s hiring plans as well as benefit its employees and the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u00a0expects to make a decision later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon this morning announced it has narrowed to 20 the number of locations in the running as the site of the e-commerce giant\u2019s second headquarters. Finalists include the country\u2019s three biggest cities, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as one Canadian city, Toronto. 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