Amazon Announces Candidates for HQ2

Panzer did't even make it back into the Panzermobile before he was knocked over by the oohing and aahing coming from Amazon's Press Room. Back inside our poor bruised kitty found a Press Release about Amazon's second headquarters.

According to the press release, Amazon has announced the list of the 20 candidates being considered for the location the Amazon second headquarters (HQ2) in North America. The candidates are (in alphabetic order):

Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
Montgomery County, MD
Nashville, TN
Newark, NJ
New York City, NY
Northern Virginia, VA
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburg, PA
Raeigh, NC
Toronto, ON
Washington DC

Amazon will make the final decision later this year.

Panzer says, "Let the games begin!"

Did you make the list? Did you want to?

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and one and a half muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the full Press Release tootle over to Amazon HQ2

Local governments won't say what they're offering Amazon - AP News

Today's trip took Panzer to the AP News (Associated Press) site. There with no digging at all he found a post about Amazon's second headquarters (HQ2).

According to the post by Josh Cornfield, Amazon has promised to choose the location for their second headquarters (HQ2) by the end of this year. By the 2017 deadline 238 proposals were received  from different states, cities and districts in North America. Each is hoping to get Amazon's promised 50,000 jobs. They're willing to give Amazon tax breaks, grants and incentives to get those jobs, but most are not willing to discuss they're individual offers. The post names three cities who were willing to disclose their offers. The other states,cities and districts either refused (for different reasons) to disclose anything or didn't bother to respond.

I've got an answer for any problem.

Panzer says, "Why do humans have all these big secrets from each other about what they're doing to woo Amazon? Everybody knows, nothing says I love you like a dead mouse on the pillow in the morning."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a thermos of tea and half a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon