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In the coming weeks there is perhaps an expectation for the release of a new shortlist with the remaining finalist cities after trimming down the current crop of 20 candidates even further. Worth noting that this phase can also be skipped and a winner can be directly announced without an even shorter list, those prospects may still be in the cards.
Amazon will make a decision in either what is left of Q2 2018 or in Q3 2018 with regards to where the location of its second headquarters may be located. As Amazon noted in their initial RFP, there is also the slim chance that Amazon could still opt to cancel this search and not go through with the second headquarters at all, but chances remain slim for that to transpire.
In the coming weeks there is perhaps an expectation for the release of a new shortlist with the remaining finalist cities after trimming down the current crop of 20 candidates even further. Worth noting that this phase can also be skipped and a winner can be directly announced without an even shorter list, those prospects may still be in the cards.
Amazon will make a decision in either what is left of Q2 2018 or in Q3 2018 with regards to where the location of its second headquarters may be located. As Amazon noted in their initial RFP, there is also the slim chance that Amazon could still opt to cancel this search and not go through with the second headquarters at all, but chances remain slim for that to transpire.
Interesting thought, and it has been indirectly mentioned in earlier posts, by myself and others. The development out of Seattle today perhaps strengthens your latter point, but I agree, a complete dismissal of HQ2 is unlikely. However, I would not be surprised if the HQ2 is downsized, atleast at the beginning of the building cycle, with more a "slow and grow" process.
It is more of an open-ended interpretation of both time as it relates to a business cycle annually and the rhetoric from the governor in a state that has a city that is arguably one of the leading candidates.
If you read the last two lines and follow their line of thinking, then you would be left with the sense that the list being trimmed down is to come at some point in the not-so-distant-future.
Anyone else find it sort of irksome that Amazon is having a bunch of cities dance like dogs through hoops to win their favor? Billions of dollars worth of tax breaks to try and catch the fancy of one company? Have some self respect.
In the coming weeks there is perhaps an expectation for the release of a new shortlist with the remaining finalist cities after trimming down the current crop of 20 candidates even further. Worth noting that this phase can also be skipped and a winner can be directly announced without an even shorter list, those prospects may still be in the cards.
Amazon will make a decision in either what is left of Q2 2018 or in Q3 2018 with regards to where the location of its second headquarters may be located. As Amazon noted in their initial RFP, there is also the slim chance that Amazon could still opt to cancel this search and not go through with the second headquarters at all, but chances remain slim for that to transpire.
I think there could even be one additional possibility -- that Amazon would select multiple cities, and announce that HQ2 would instead be multiple large remote offices.
This could minimize potential backlash from some of the cities not selected, and maximize incentives received -- especially if cities would still offer the same incentives that they negotiated for the full HQ2. And I'm sure some would.
I think there could even be one additional possibility -- that Amazon would select multiple cities, and announce that HQ2 would instead be multiple large remote offices.
This could minimize potential backlash from some of the cities not selected, and maximize incentives received -- especially if cities would still offer the same incentives that they negotiated for the full HQ2. And I'm sure some would.
A city with lots of gender studies undergrads isn’t better than city with half the educational attainment, but higher quality post-grad degrees, with lots relevance to field.
Do you really think that Carnegie Mellon University is cranking out graduates with gender studies degrees?
Indianapolis is the Dark Horse candidate here. The city can offer good incentives, has affordable housing, easy access to dozens of major cities nearby, days drive to 80% of America's population, and most Importantly has an 100 acre site Downtown that is shovel ready for Amazon's HQ2.
Indianapolis is the Dark Horse candidate here. The city can offer good incentives, has affordable housing, easy access to dozens of major cities nearby, days drive to 80% of America's population, and most Importantly has an 100 acre site Downtown that is shovel ready for Amazon's HQ2.
But no public transit, small airport, conservative state (hello, they gave us Mike Pence), and inability to attract talent from afar. A highly educated person looking for a good job in IT is much more inclined to move to a city like Atlanta, DC, Philly, NYC, Boston, Chicago, etc. I think Amazon would lose out on a lot of potential employees because Indy so bleh and has nothing special about it and doesn't attract a workforce from far beyond.
Cities in similar situations with no public transit, small airports, and affordable housing are Columbus and Raleigh. But Columbus attracts people to go to OSU and is doing extremely well economically. Raleigh continues to attract people from all over the Northeast, especially the highly educated ones for tech jobs, and is one of the metros popular with half-backers from Florida. Indy doesn't have the same attraction as either of those.
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