(The Washington Post) — Northam expressed optimism that Virginia legislative leaders would reach a Metro funding agreement soon as well. “I think that whether it’s Amazon or any other business, we need to fix Metro, that’s the bottom line,” he said.
Officials from Amazon.com toured sites in Washington, Montgomery County, Md., and Northern Virginia last week — the latest sign that the tech giant is seriously considering adding a second headquarters with as many as 50,000 jobs to the D.C. area, according to officials in all three jurisdictions.
There are at least nine sites in the D.C. area proposed for the tech giant’s expansion, dubbed HQ2. Officials from the firm toured sites in Northern Virginia early in the week, Washington, in the middle and Montgomery County at the end, according to the officials, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had signed agreements not to disclose company information.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) said he had breakfast with Amazon officials last week in Northern Virginia. The governor left the tours to economic development staff, who are pitching sites in Alexandria and Arlington plus the Center for Innovative Technology campus on the border of Fairfax and Loudoun counties.
Click to continue reading. By Jonathan O’Connell – March 5, 2018. Photo Caption: Amazon chief executive and founder Jeffrey P. Bezos is taken on a tour of the Amazon Spheres buildings in Seattle in January. He is looking for another headquarters for the company and narrowed his list to 20 areas of the United States and Canada. (Ian C. Bates for The Washington Post)