by Ellen D. Harpel | Nov 30, 2020 | Amazon
We last wrote about the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus about a year ago in an article, All In On Talent for Amazon. Since then, project planning has progressed rapidly despite COVID-related challenges. In October the Alexandria City Council approved the design for...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Sep 30, 2019 | Amazon
The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus was a core element of Virginia’s proposal to attract Amazon HQ2. Company executives this summer reiterated its importance in choosing Northern Virginia: Many locations had current tech talent. What was unique...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 18, 2019 | Amazon
Photo credit: Jacob Passy, MarketWatch The HQ2 saga continues. Just as we were happily turning our attention to other incentive topics, Amazon announced it would not move forward with its headquarters in Long Island City. So here we are again, still working to...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 11, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon’s proposed 5,000-person Operations Center of Excellence in Nashville was in the news last week with two positive stories. The Metro Council approved $15.2 million in spending for sidewalk, road, sewer, and other utility upgrades for Nashville Yards, the...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 5, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon’s HQ2 raised new challenges for economic developers as they responded to a high-profile, public RFP promising a unique transformational economic opportunity. Our analysis of the HQ2 incentive offers makes clear that economic development organizations have...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 14, 2019 | Amazon
We continue our series on the Amazon HQ2 incentive offers with a look at the local agreements, turning this week to New York and Long Island City. This MOU is different from the other local agreements because there is a single, combined state and local document, the...
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