by Darrene Hackler | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the past few months, state and local governments have barely had time to look past crisis and emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have risen to the challenge with creative local responses. Mind-boggling economic forecasts indicate that we may be...
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 | 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...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 7, 2019 | Amazon
We continue our series on the Amazon HQ2 incentive offers by moving on to the local agreements, starting with Arlington, Virginia. What is incentivized Arlington has proposed to provide an annual pay-for-performance grant to Amazon to be funded through the Transit...
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