(WAMU) — “In the letter, Hogan, Northam and Bowser told Bezos about the region’s shared workforce, its many universities, the Metro system and three airports.”
In the national competition to land Amazon’s second headquarters, the 20 jurisdictions on the HQ2 shortlist are individually fighting to make the best case for themselves.
But in the Washington region — where D.C., Northern Virginia and Montgomery County all emerged as finalists for HQ2 — elected officials recently set aside the fierce competition that usually comes with corporate relocations and instead settled on a more cooperative message: It doesn’t matter which of the three jurisdictions Amazon picks for HQ2, just as long as it picks the region.
Click to continue reading. By Martin Austermuhle – Apr 19, 2018